• Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle: Conversations with authors, journalists, agents, novelists, memoirists, niche writers, publishers, writing teachers, assigning editors and media experts.

  • Auteur(s): Estelle Erasmus
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Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle: Conversations with authors, journalists, agents, novelists, memoirists, niche writers, publishers, writing teachers, assigning editors and media experts.

Auteur(s): Estelle Erasmus
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  • Welcome to the Freelance Writing Direct podcast. Join Estelle Erasmus every week as she shares short, sound bite-filled podcasts, covering everything that the creative writer, freelance writer, and author needs to know to move forward in their creativity and career. Estelle will share how the sauce is made, with tips and tricks to give you a leg up in the marketplace. The podcast will also feature interviews with authors and writers who are generous with their own advice. Throughout the episodes, Estelle will evolve with the audience, as she listens to her guests, share pitches and essays, and offer writing and career prompts. If you want to learn how to get your work published and noticed you are in the right place. This show will provide answers to questions like: *How can I get started writing? *What are assigning editors in top publications looking for? *How can I find an agent? *What do publishers want? *What are writing craft tips I can implement right away to get published? *How can my pitches to editors make an impact? *What do bestselling authors recommend I do to improve my writing practice? *What craft tips do writing teachers recommend? *What are tips, tricks and strategies for getting my writing noticed? It’s time to build your craft with Freelance Writing Direct. Estelle can’t wait to read what you will be writing. Estelle Erasmus: an award-winning journalist, is the author of WRITING THAT GETS NOTICED (named a "Best Book for Writers" by Poets & Writers Magazine), a Contributing Editor for Writer's Digest, and host of the podcast Freelance Writing Direct. She is an adjunct instructor for NYU’s School of Professional Studies/Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts, has written for over 150 publications, including The New York Times, Next Avenue/PBS, WIRED, The Independent,The Washington Post, and AARP: The Magazine, and was the editor-in-chief of five national publications. Find out more at estelleserasmus.com and follow her on Substack at https://estelleserasmus.substack.com and on social media: @EstelleSErasmus
    2022
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  • #132 The Blurry Boundary Between Truth and Fiction in Women’s Lives Featuring Nicole Graev Lipson

    #132 The Blurry Boundary Between Truth and Fiction in Women’s Lives Featuring Nicole Graev Lipson
    Mar 27 2025
    Nicole Graev Lipson is the author of the memoir in essays Mothers and Other Fictional Characters. Her writing has appeared in The Sun, Virginia Quarterly Review, LA Review of Books, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Marie Claire, among other venues. Her work has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, shortlisted for a National Magazine Award, and selected for The Best American Essays anthology. She lives outside of Boston with her husband and children. In this episode: The organizing principle of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters and how personal essays that started with confusion or a question became a cohesive book [3:00] How Nicole layered literary themes and archetypes into her book along with real life situations [7:56] The complexity of intergenerational relationships, particularly with mothers and fathers [11:48] The duality of embracing and resisting traditional gender roles [16:34] How to write emotional scenes from everyday moments [22:21] Advice for writers on structuring essays, capturing sensory details, and writing an accumulation of small moments [41:03] Connect with Nicole Website https://nicolegraevlipson.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nglipson/ Subscribe to Nicole’s newsletter https://nicolegraevlipson.com/contact Buy her book on Estelle’s Bookshop https://bookshop.org/p/books/mothers-and-other-fictional-characters-a-memoir-in-essays-nicole-graev-lipson/21565078?aid=98827&ean=9781797228563&listref=authors-who-have-appeared-on-freelance-writing-direct Other Episodes Mentioned Maggie Smith Episode #81 The Art of Shaping a Compelling Story https://estelleserasmus.com/81-the-art-of-shaping-a-compelling-story-featuring-maggie-smith/ Joanna Rakoff: Episode #87 Writing Memoir that Reads Like a Novel and Captivates on Every Page https://estelleserasmus.com/87-writing-memoir-that-reads-like-a-novel-and-captivates-on-every-page-featuring-joanna-rakoff/ Kelly McMasters: Episode #39 The Literary Gifts of The Leaving Season https://estelleserasmus.com/39-the-literary-gifts-of-the-leaving-season/ Christie Tate: Episode #123 Writing About Trauma Using Timelines, Throughlines, and Imagery https://estelleserasmus.com/123-writing-about-trauma-using-timelines-throughlines-and-imagery-with-christie-tate/ Nicole’s Pushcart- Prize winning essay “Tikkun Olam Ted” that was in River Teeth Journal https://zibbymag.com/blog/pushcart-prize-essay-tikkun-olam Estelle Erasmus: an award-winning journalist, is the author of WRITING THAT GETS NOTICED (named a "Best Book for Writers" by Poets & Writers Magazine), a Contributing Editor for Writer's Digest, and host of the podcast Freelance Writing Direct. She is an adjunct instructor for NYU’s School of Professional Studies/Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts, has written for over 150 publications, including The New York Times, Next Avenue/PBS, WIRED, The Independent,The Washington Post, and AARP: The Magazine, and was the editor-in-chief of five national publications. Find out more at estelleserasmus.com Sign up for her Substack (with craft advice and writing opportunities). Paid subscribers receive opportunities for pitch reviews, plus bonus clips from Freelance Writing Direct guests https://estelleserasmus.substack.com Mentioned in the episode: Estelle’s substack post Why Taping My Podcast Reminds Me of Working in Magazines https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/why-taping-my-podcast-reminds-me Read Estelle’s latest post on Substack (and an editing offer for paid subscribers): 5 Hard Truths about Essay Writing https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/5-hard-truths-about-essay-writing Apply to be on Freelance Writing Direct in a coaching episode: email freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com and state three of the issues you are dealing with that you would like Estelle’s help with. Sign up for Estelle’s NYU Classes https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/faculty/e/1068-estelle-erasmus.html Get Her Book Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published: https://rb.gy/5ihwp0 Order Her Audiobook: https://shorturl.at/4uG2P Follow Estelle: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EstelleSErasmus TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@EstelleSErasmus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EstelleSerasmus BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/estelleserasmus.bsky.social Freelance Writing Direct has been named a 2025 Podcast of the Year Winner in the Education category by the American Writing Awards. For a list of winners go here https://americanwritingawards.com/
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    46 min
  • #131 The Flavor of Trauma: A Food Memoir Wrapped Around a Family Story Featuring Bonny Reichert

    #131 The Flavor of Trauma: A Food Memoir Wrapped Around a Family Story Featuring Bonny Reichert
    Mar 20 2025
    Bonny Reichert is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist. She has been an editor at Today’s Parent and Chatelaine magazines, and a columnist and regular contributor to The Globe and Mail newspaper. When she turned forty, a now-or-never feeling made her quit her job to enroll in culinary school, and she’s been exploring her relationship with food on the page ever since. Bonny was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and lives in Toronto with her husband and little dog, Bruno. HOW TO SHARE AN EGG won the 2022 Dave Greber Book Award for social justice writing. Bonny’s journey from journalism to food writing and memoir [2:23] The inspiration behind How to Share an Egg and how Bonny blended personal and historical narratives for a universal message [3:17] How Bonny’s Holocaust-surviving father shaped her understanding of food, resilience, and storytelling [3:45] The power of a declarative sentence, key incident, conversation or experience [7:22] How Bonny restructured her book chapter by chapter for a stronger narrative arc [8:30] The meaning of the phrase coping was containment [18:11] The role of metaphors in good writing [20:01] Why Bonny believes writing for the reader [27:58] Advice for writers tackling their own personal and family histories [36:06] Connect with Bonny Reichert http://www.bonnyreichert.com Subscribe to my newsletter: bonnyreichert.substack.com Find How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love and Plenty on Estelle’s Bookshop https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-share-an-egg-a-true-story-of-hunger-love-and-plenty-bonny-reichert/21415607?aid=98827&ean=9780593599167&listref=authors-who-have-appeared-on-freelance-writing-direct Bonny and her Father on NPR with Scott Simon https://www.npr.org/2025/01/25/nx-s1-5185933/bonny-reicherts-how-to-share-an-egg-is-a-memoir-about-food-and-family Bonny’s article on Jane Friedman’s Site How to Find Your Memoir’s Narrative Arc (There May Be More Than One) https://janefriedman.com/finding-your-narrative-arc/ Episode Mentioned in This Episode Episode #87 Writing Memoir that Reads Like a Novel and Captivates on Every Page Featuring Joanna Rakoff https://estelleserasmus.com/87-writing-memoir-that-reads-like-a-novel-and-captivates-on-every-page-featuring-joanna-rakoff/ Estelle Erasmus: an award-winning journalist, is the author of WRITING THAT GETS NOTICED (named a "Best Book for Writers" by Poets & Writers Magazine), a Contributing Editor for Writer's Digest, and host of the podcast Freelance Writing Direct. She is an adjunct instructor for NYU’s School of Professional Studies/Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts, has written for over 150 publications, including The New York Times, Next Avenue/PBS, WIRED, The Independent,The Washington Post, and AARP: The Magazine, and was the editor-in-chief of five national publications. Find out more at estelleserasmus.com Sign up for her Substack (with craft advice and writing opportunities). Paid subscribers receive opportunities for pitch reviews, plus bonus clips from Freelance Writing Direct guests https://estelleserasmus.substack.com Mentioned in the episode: Estelle’s substack post Why Taping My Podcast Reminds Me of Working in Magazines https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/why-taping-my-podcast-reminds-me Read Estelle’s latest post on Substack (and an editing offer for paid subscribers): 5 Hard Truths about Essay Writing https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/5-hard-truths-about-essay-writing Apply to be on Freelance Writing Direct in a coaching episode: email freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com and state three of the issues you are dealing with that you would like Estelle’s help with. Sign up for Estelle’s NYU Classes https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/faculty/e/1068-estelle-erasmus.html Get Her Book Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published: https://rb.gy/5ihwp0 Order Her Audiobook: https://shorturl.at/4uG2P Follow Estelle: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EstelleSErasmus TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@EstelleSErasmus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EstelleSerasmus BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/estelleserasmus.bsky.social Freelance Writing Direct has been named a 2025 Podcast of the Year Winner in the Education category by the American Writing Awards. For a list of winners go here https://americanwritingawards.com/
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    38 min
  • #130 Focus on Friendship Featuring Nina Badzin

    #130 Focus on Friendship Featuring Nina Badzin
    Mar 13 2025
    Nina Badzin is the host of the top 1% charted podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. As an essayist and freelance writer, she's had numerous pieces published on a wide variety of topics, but she started focusing on friendship in 2014. Nina moved to writing solely about friendship in 2021. Her Substack, "Conversations About Friendship" is a go-to newsletter for friendship advice, and her private Facebook group, "Dear Nina: The Group," has become a community where people help each other solve friendship problems and talk about books, shows, and more. In this episode: How Nina Badzin transitioned from parenting essays to writing exclusively about friendship [5:39] Why Nina started Dear Nina, Conversations About Friendship and how the podcast has evolved [9:45] The challenges of pitching to podcasts and what makes a great pitch [11:13] The importance of pivoting and adapting as a writer and creator [15:09] How Nina monetizes her writing and podcast through paid Substack subscriptions [19:54] How friendships evolve over time and why letting go of expectations can improve relationships [31:57] Connect with Nina Website https://ninabadzin.com/ Substack https://dearnina.substack.com The Podcast https://ninabadzin.com/podcasts/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@dearninafriendship Facebook: Dear Nina: The Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/855246118403712 Estelle’s episode on Nina’s Podcast #97 Disclosing my Invisible Disability Increased the Intimacy in My Friendships https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-nina-conversations-about-friendship/id1576473592?i=1000656069611 Estelle Erasmus: an award-winning journalist, is the author of WRITING THAT GETS NOTICED (named a "Best Book for Writers" by Poets & Writers Magazine), a Contributing Editor for Writer's Digest, and host of the podcast Freelance Writing Direct. She is an adjunct instructor for NYU’s School of Professional Studies/Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts, has written for over 150 publications, including The New York Times, Next Avenue/PBS, WIRED, The Independent,The Washington Post, and AARP: The Magazine, and was the editor-in-chief of five national publications. Find out more at estelleserasmus.com Sign up for her Substack (with craft advice and writing opportunities). Paid subscribers receive opportunities for pitch reviews, plus bonus clips from Freelance Writing Direct guests https://estelleserasmus.substack.com Mentioned in the episode: Estelle’s substack post Why Taping My Podcast Reminds Me of Working in Magazines https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/why-taping-my-podcast-reminds-me Read Estelle’s latest post on Substack (and an editing offer for paid subscribers): 5 Hard Truths about Essay Writing https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/5-hard-truths-about-essay-writing Apply to be on Freelance Writing Direct in a coaching episode: email freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com and state three of the issues you are dealing with that you would like Estelle’s help with. Sign up for Estelle’s NYU Classes https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/faculty/e/1068-estelle-erasmus.html Get Her Book Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published: https://rb.gy/5ihwp0 Order Her Audiobook: https://shorturl.at/4uG2P Follow Estelle: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EstelleSErasmus TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@EstelleSErasmus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EstelleSerasmus BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/estelleserasmus.bsky.social Freelance Writing Direct has been named a 2025 Podcast of the Year Winner in the Education category by the American Writing Awards. For a list of winners go here https://americanwritingawards.com/
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    34 min

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