Your Editor
Elliott teaches writing and other creative processes as practices of being in deep relationship with yourself, your influences, and the spirit of the work. He makes space for both intellectual and mystical inquiry as complementary avenues of research. Cultivating longing as devotional practice, Elliott roots in queer and trans modes of knowing and connecting.
“Working with Elliott was liberating! He brings curiosity, humor, and clarity to all stages of practice. Talking with him made me realize how many paralyzing concerns I was carrying into practice. How many assumptions I've internalized about being judged instead of helped.
I've been limping into projects expecting that I'll need to constantly contextualize and defend my stories for non-queer and non-trans editors. A bit like I'm building the tracks underneath the train I'm also piloting: a frankly impossible setup for exploring new ideas.
Elliott immediately "got" what I was going for and offered incisive and attuned questions. He freed me up to actually play and explore. What a relief to suddenly get some purchase under my feet! Elliott's emphasis on process over product reconnected me with my writing. His workshop on Critical Essay Writing ("For Fun!") and his notes on my manuscript made me actually excited to write for the first time in a while.
— Andrea Tsurumi
