About Me

Hi, I'm Elaine and a newbie to the world of self-publishing. I am a first-time author of the new novel Do You Think I Cried Too Long? 

I was born in Tulare, California, to a teen mom, Ellen, who tragically died by supposed suicide, leaving me and my siblings to cope without her. 

Growing up, reading library books was my escape. As an adult, I learned to use the magic of stories to recall the colorful characters of my youth and resurrect the interesting people from the wrong side of the tracks in the small California towns that I inhabited with my gypsy- grandmother. 

I love to travel and have lived in different parts of the country, including Puerto Rico and New England. I'm married, have three adult children, and currently reside in my beloved California. 

My Work

In my fictionalized memoir, Do You Think I Cried Too Long, I write about a young girl, Lily, who stumbles upon her dying mother, Ellen, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. In her quest to make sense of her mother-less world, Lily learns that motherly-love, though hard to come by, can be found in many places.

Lily's gypsy grandmother, Pet, struggles, unsuccessfully, to erase the pain of losing her precious daughter.

Orville, Ellen’s jealous-hearted husband, is a complicated character. He truly loved Ellen but is tormented by his inability to remember what actually happened on that isolated farmhouse.