Estelle Erasmus chats with author Shannon Luders-Manuel about using personal artifacts in memoir to access emotional truth, navigating the complexities of writing about family, her work as a sensitivity reader, and practical tips for memoirists.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with author Dennis James Sweeney on cracking the code to publishing in literary magazines and small presses—and why it’s okay to want validation for your work.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with celebrated writer, author, and teacher Dinty W. Moore about why the peculiar often makes the most powerful material when it comes to memoir.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with top literary agent Joelle DelBourgo about what she is looking for in submissions, and how writers can get the attention of an agent, create a book proposal with legs, and query with confidence.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with Hannah Selinger about going viral, writing a book that uncovers abuse in an industry, writing for top publications, crafting essays out of experience and more.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with Amy Wilson about writing Happy to Help; using adages, framing your work, seamlessly weaving research into the narrative and more.…
Estelle Erasmus speaks with author Nicole Graev Lipson about her new book, crafting confusion or questions into a collection of essays, layering in literary themes, capturing sensory details and more.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with author, Bonny Reichert about writing complex family stories in memoir, and the challenges she faced and overcame writing her book.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with Nina Badzin about writing and podcasting with a niche in mind, how to pivot, what it means to be an early adopter, and how to maximize Substack when you are covering an in-demand topic.…