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Elaine D Walsh

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The latest...Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award quarter finalist and recipient of an honorable mention at the 2012 Southern California Book Festival.

Nimitz Highway and River Street is an intersection on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It is also the place I impatiently came out of the womb ready to start my own personal history. Plan A was the military vehicle whisking my laboring mother toward the base hospital for a traditional birth. That did not happen. Plan B has been my life since.

I was one of two children but with my father being one of nine, I enjoyed the richness and craziness of growing up in a larger extended family. Being brought up Catholic I have an appreciation for the history and tradition of the church that stays with me althou The latest...Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award quarter finalist and recipient of an honorable mention at the 2012 Southern California Book Festival.

Nimitz Highway and River Street is an intersection on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It is also the place I impatiently came out of the womb ready to start my own personal history. Plan A was the military vehicle whisking my laboring mother toward the base hospital for a traditional birth. That did not happen. Plan B has been my life since.

I was one of two children but with my father being one of nine, I enjoyed the richness and craziness of growing up in a larger extended family. Being brought up Catholic I have an appreciation for the history and tradition of the church that stays with me although I did not stay with the church. My mother suffered bouts of guilt about birth control and other church teachings I never let bother me. I struggled in other ways, dealt with it, and moved on.

Mom did her best to prepare me for life as a woman. Secretarial courses and domestic chores would prepare me to be a wife. Growing up in the flowering women’s rights movement as a child of the 70’s, we had differing ideas, and I had other plans. I went off to college in upstate New York majoring in psychology with the intent of being a “death & dying” counselor. This would be my paying job while I wrote the next great American novel. Plan B kicked in and I graduated with a B.A. in English, packed my car, and upset my parents by moving to Florida in search of my destiny.

This is where you will find me now, along with tens of thousands of northern transplants who invaded the Sunshine State. I adopted the sports allegiances of my adopted home state (Tampa Bay Rays and Buccaneers) much to the chagrin of my New York Yankee baseball and football Giant family. Without ever having taken one business course, I created my own brand and became a successful business executive by day and women’s fiction writer by night. So far, I have lived a Lifetime Movie Network life, a mixture of extraordinary, ordinary, mundane, and terrifying, providing me great inspiration and fanning my creative flame.

My father instilled in me a strong sense of family. Semper Fidelis is not only his beloved Marine Corp motto but also a guiding principle in his life. My family stood by me, accepted me, and supported me during my difficult times. Other times, we laughed and created memories. He brought to life the words unconditional love.

From my mother, I gained an appreciation for the complexities of relationships and richness in life one finds exploring and experiencing everything from a recipe, to a historical site, to lunch with friends, or a glass of wine. Material possessions meant little to her. She was a collector of experiences. We journeyed together and grew as individuals and as mother-daughter. I shared her journeys battling cancer, surviving one and succumbing to another. In one of our last soulful conversations before she died, she told me she was glad I also had a daughter and she hoped I would enjoy my own daughter as much as she enjoyed me.

Being a daughter, mother, friend, and soul mate are the most powerful influences in my life and my stories. But as a women’s fiction writer, does this surprise anyone?
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God vs. Man vs. Me – A Lesbian’s Struggle with Faith

I go from dreaming about a kissing a girl to actually kissing a girl. Unconscious thoughts to conscious action. Exercising my “free will” to sin as God’s creation. And that can only mean one thing for this Catholic raised girl. Hell. Eternal damnation. A one-way ticket to the fiery pit of Dante’s inferno. Do not stop by Heaven’s gates. Do not collect angel wings. Upon death, go immediately to hell

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Average rating: 3.84 · 178 ratings · 51 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

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“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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“I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food”
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“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”
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message 12: by Lolita

Feb 14, 2013 09:08AM

oh... thx for the add...

i will be reviewing your book soon :)

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message 11: by Lori

Jan 31, 2013 07:26AM

Hi Elaine,
Thanks for the friend invite!

:)
~Lori

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message 10: by Elaine

Nov 07, 2012 12:00PM

Christine wrote: "Thanks for being my friend"

Christine wrote: "Thanks for being my friend"
Glad we could connect and keep up the great work you do with children.

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message 9: by Christine

Nov 07, 2012 11:28AM

Thanks for being my friend

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message 8: by Karen

Oct 25, 2012 04:22PM

Thank you kindly for the friend invite, Elaine! Love your profile!!

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message 7: by Susie

Oct 13, 2012 12:03PM

thanks for the add!

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message 6: by Susan

Oct 03, 2012 06:53AM

Thanks for the friendship.

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message 5: by Yvonne

Sep 28, 2012 05:25PM

Thanks for including me in your friends!

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message 4: by Elaine

Sep 21, 2012 06:00AM

Midu wrote: "Thanks for the invite!"

You are very welcome. Glad to connect!

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Sep 21, 2012 12:08AM

Thanks for the invite!

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message 2: by Becca

Aug 22, 2012 12:35PM

Nice to "meet" you, Elaine! :)

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message 1: by Terry

Jul 23, 2012 08:21AM

Hi Elaine! Just wanted to say thank you so much for the review of 'You Wish' - for some reason the 'like' icon does not show underneath it, but yes, I like it very much!! I am delighted that you enjoyed it, and thank you so much for taking the time to write a review.

I know what you mean about learning different phrases, words, etc - it's fascinating, isn't it? Although we speak the same language we sort of don't, at the same time! Well, we both know how it can even vary in different districts of our own countries!

Thanks again,

Terry xx

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