Lisa Cooper Ellison
Writer, Editor & Coach
What i do
Manuscript Evaluation
Looking for feedback before you move forward?
Developmental Editing
Need someone to help you tackle serious problems in your manuscript?
Coaching
Starting a new project or feeling stuck and overwhelmed?
Classes and Seminars
Looking for a speaker or instructor for your next event?
Mindful Writing
Getting Started
I offer a free thirty-minute initial consultation via Skype for all potential clients to discuss the scope of their projects, goals, deadlines, and budgets.
“The best part of this work has been watching other writers blossom.”
About Lisa Ellison Cooper
Lisa Ellison is a freelance writer, editor, and writing coach. She teaches memoir and the art of story telling at WriterHouse, a nonprofit writing center in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her work and life story are forthcoming or have appeared on NPR’s With Good Reason, and in The Kenyon Review, Huffington Post, The Rumpus, The Guardian, Streetlight, Gravel Literary Journal, The Rusty Nail, Charlottesville Family, and The Healthy Living Directory.
of their stories one word at a time.
Testimonials
Slow Pieces Blog
Creating A Birds-Eye View of Your Book
Three years ago, I saw my literary hero Nick Flynn speak about the challenges of writing memoir at the University of Virginia. Playwright, poet, and serial memoirist, Flynn discussed the differences between writing a poem and a book. With a poem, he said, you think...
Heart Speak Column #2: When a Medically Impaired Mind Derails Your Memoir
Co-authoring a book under optimal circumstances can be a trying experience, but add intermittent cognitive impairment or cognitive decline to the mix, and the challenges are monumental. Learn how to outmanuver the challenges dementia can add to the writing process.
Twenty-two years after my brother’s suicide I’ve found peace
Twenty-two years ago today, my brother Joe died by suicide during a mental health crisis. He was twenty years old. I was twenty-two, the same age as his death. This morning I walked along the road by the writing retreat where I’m spending the weekend so I can finish...