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.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with USA Today bestselling author Jessica Strawser about dual timelines and POVS, and structuring a suspense novel that surprises and delights the reader.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with Open Secrets Magazine founder/editor Rachel Kramer Busssel about writing tips, what she is looking for for her magazine and more.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with Alyson Shelton about the magical impact of the Where I’m From Poem, how inserting childhood memories into writing can help heal trauma, notes on estrangement and more.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with Athena Dixon about crafting her memoir-in-essays, selecting throughlines, using various vessels to convey a message, deciding your memoir’s format and more.…
Estelle Erasmus chats with memoirist and author of Strip, Hannah Sward on excavating childhood memories, distilling scene and setting from her father’s poems, and writing her story of finding herself, and reclaiming her voice through writing.…
I first connected with Krishan Trotman when we both were keynote speakers at the recent ASJA Virtual Conference. She opened the conference, and with my fireside chat with legend Abigail Thomas, I closed the conference.…