Freelance Writing Direct talks to author of Midstream Kate Washington about shaping a memoir around a recurring challenge, writing candidly about divorce and self-reclamation, and incorporating research with a light touch.… Read More
Estelle Erasmus goes inside this year’s U.S. Book Show to explore AI, discoverability, podcast publicity, and film and television adaptations, sharing her “Estelle’s Edge” on what they mean for writers and authors.… Read More
Freelance Writing Direct chats with author Bonnie Friedman about writing immersive fiction, moving from essays to novels, creating psychologically complex characters, writing obsession and intimacy, sustaining suspense, crafting irresistible chapter endings, finding the right publisher, and why literary friendships can change a writing career.… Read More
Freelance Writing Direct chats with author and teacher Brenda Miller about hermit crab essays, braided essays, finding emotional truth through form, writing with playfulness, and more.… Read More
Freelance Writing Direct chats with Courtney Kocak about writing a memoir in essays, finding the structure for deeply personal stories, using hybrid forms including poetry and letters, writing honestly about Hollywood and ambition, deciding what to cut from a manuscript, navigating rejection, publishing with an independent press, building an author platform, and why becoming your own gatekeeper may be one of the most important lessons for writers today.… Read More
What happens when you limit yourself to exactly 70 words? Deborah Sosin joins Freelance Writing Direct o discuss her memoir in essays, Escape Velocity, composed of seventy 70-word stories.… Read More
Freelance Writing Direct chats with Tiffany Graham Charkosky, author of Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy, about family history, genetic testing, motherhood, loss, dual timelines, scene, dialogue, and the revision process behind her memoir.… Read More
Freelance Writing Direct chats with Dionne Ford about the inspiration behind her memoir Go Back and Get It, the challenges of researching family history, blending personal narrative with historical investigation, and how writers can uncover and tell the stories that shape their lives.… Read More
Freelance Writing Direct chats with Rachel Weaver, author of Dizzy, about writing while feeling ill, building a compelling braided memoir, using metaphor to illuminate experience, and transforming a deeply personal story into a universal one.… Read More
Freelance Writing Direct chats with bestselling author Wade Rouse and his husband and jack-of-all-trades Gary Edwards about Wade’s moving new novel, That’s What Friends Are For, the inspiration behind its unforgettable characters, and why friendship, found family, and second chances matter more than ever.… Read More
Estelle Erasmus chats with the author of a Prescription for Burnout, Carolyn Roy-Bornstein about healing through storytelling, creatively dealing with emotional exhaustion, narrative medicine, the burden of healthcare providers and more.… Read More
Estelle Erasmus chats with the features editor of The Persistent about the types of pitches, articles, essays and ideas they like to feature.… Read More
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