Write, Revise, Transform

As a trauma-informed memoir coach and structure maven, I help writers create stories that transform lives, including their own.

Ready to jumpstart your writing process? Click here to join the James River Writers spring retreat.

Memoir Coach

Struggling to meet your goals? Get the group or individual support that will take your project from idea to completed project.

Camp Structure

Does your memoir look like a series of disconnected stories? Learn to define and refine your memoir’s arc.

Book Proposals & Editing

Looking for an agent or editor? Let’s build a proposal and sample chapters that get noticed.

Classes

Need to build the storytelling skills that get projects published? Check out my short and long-term classes.

“Lisa is a capable, empathic and insightful writing teacher who creates and sustains a safe, warm space for students to learn and become successful mindful writers themselves.”

Rita Hartbook publisher in Melbourne, Australia

“I would highly recommend Lisa even to the most experienced writer.”

Katie Rose Guest Pryalauthor of Entanglement

“I’ve experienced Lisa as a workshop leader, course presenter, and editor — and in every instance, Lisa has been consistently insightful and able to meet me and my writing just where I need it most”

Leslie MiddletonCharlottesville, author of Wide the Safety of Shore (memoir in progress)