About Me

I live in Las Vegas, with  Cucumber, the dog who rules the household. As an  interior designer, I spent many years designing interiors for model homes, celebrities, restaurants and offices.   My writing career was launched when Designer’s West Magazine approached my partner and me during the time we owned an interior design studio in California and asked us to write an article. Back then I wrote under my first name and 2nd husband's last name, Elaine Pransky. ​ 

The article was so well-received, I wrote many more published “how to” articles for designers. From there, my topics expanded to diverse subjects.  After the Sisters in Crime Southern Nevada chapter was closed down, I suffered from "newsletter writer's withdrawal." I started the "Writer's Tricks of the Trade" newsletter which grew into the quarterly "Writers' Tricks of the Trade" eZine with articles contributed by writers and people in the publishing business all over the United States and occasionally some from as far away as Europe. Although it ceased publication you can still access many of the issues by clicking THIS LINK.  

I have written over 600 published articles about the business and craft of writing. When I gave workshops and talks, attendees always asked if I had a book about writing, so I wrote Writers' Tricks of the Trade: 39 Things You Need to Know About the ABCs of Writing , as a helpful handbook for writers at all career stages. It is now in its 4th edition. After co-authoring award-winning memoirs for others, readers asked where mine was. Well, that took longer, but I finally decided upon the format for A Life in Bits and Pieces. Explore the My Books page.