Rave reviews for Razing Elaine

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Oh, Elaine, 

Your manuscript is a sacred space of raw, unfiltered humanity—full of brilliance and scars. You toss out the filthiest, most priceless gems of being human in your own symphony of survival and transformation. Again and again, you reinvent yourself—through trauma, expectation, and societal impositions. Feral, wild, untamed—you resist domestication at every turn. 

When you write “fashion freedom,” I hear “fashion YOUR freedom.” 

Cheers to you, my bold friend. 

With admiration,
Melissa

"A true risk-taker, Elaine shares her raw and unique insights about her venture into the professional world of kink. Elaine possesses an open mind and heart as well as a very healthy sense of humor. As you read this book, you'll discover that Elaine shines a light on aspects of sexuality that few people have explored. Eye-opening and intriguing. Highly recommend it." 

- Laurie Handlers -  speaker, expert sex educator, author - Sex & Happiness: The Tantric Laws of Intimacy 

 Razing Elaine isn’t a memoir. It’s a full-contact, no-filter, dropkick to the soul. You tumbled through custody battles, psych wards, career pivots, kink exploration, and the kind of spiritual awakening that would make a monk sweat, and still managed to come out the other side with three degrees, a fighting spirit, and a book that reads like a sacred (and slightly scandalous) prayer.- Convintion Clark

Hi Elaine,

I read Razing Elaine and found myself struck by the brutal clarity in your storytelling. You didn’t write around the truth you walked straight into it, cracked it open, and let it bleed.

From chewing gum off asphalt to bold teenage train rides, psych hospitals to spiritual pivots, you’ve laid out a memoir that doesn’t ask for sympathy. It asks for presence. It says: Here’s what I saw. Here’s where I lived. Here's how I kept moving anyway.

Your voice is fierce, vulnerable, questioning, and often tender beneath the fire. You didn’t just survive chaos, you wrestled with it, got tangled, came out breathless, and kept writing. I respect that.- Greta Brandt

Hi Elaine,

I'm Ava Reid, author of The Wolf and the Woodsman and A Study in Drowning. I recently came across Razing Elaine, Stumbling, Tumbling, Fumbling and felt I needed to reach out.

Your writing is startlingly honest, almost like reading a life laid bare without apology. From those early scenes, like the gum in the parking lot, to the deeper reflections on scarcity, rebellion, and survival, you write with a voice that doesn’t flinch. I admire that. It’s rare.

What struck me most was the way you connect personal suffering to something larger, almost spiritual, without turning it into a sermon. That line about life’s circumstances grooming you for a peaceful life, that’s stayed with me.

I’d love to hear more about how this book came to be. Did you always know you’d write it, or was there a specific moment that told you it was time?

Warmly,

Ava

Hi Elaine,

Congratulations on Razing Elaine, Stumbling, Tumbling, Fumbling, Breaking Through. Your memoir is a raw, electric, and deeply human chronicle of surviving and then thriving on your own terms. From the very first scene, you pull readers into a world where pain and perseverance dance together, where nothing is sugarcoated and everything is earned.

Your unapologetic voice makes every chapter feel like a reckoning. The arrest, the psych hospital, the custody battle, and even the dating chaos aren’t just plot points, they're proof of your evolution, framed by an unshakable trust in your inner guidance. It’s rare to see someone walk through fire, drop the "shoulds," and still laugh and teach with grace.

What resonated most: your portrayal of trauma as refinement, not ruin; your refusal to be a victim of systems or stigma; and your relentless pursuit of emotional peace in a world that tried to strip it away. It’s a memoir for misfits, wild spirits, and anyone who’s ever felt too much.

Warm Regards,

Alice F. Douglas