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#129 Intentional About Structure: Dual Timelines and POVs As a Bridge Featuring Jessica Strawser

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.… Read More

#128 Crafting Cathartic Personal Essays with Rachel Kramer Bussel of Open Secrets Magazine

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.… Read More

#127 Finding Scientific Angles on Any Story with The Open Notebook’s Editor Siri Carpenter

Estelle Erasmus chats with the editor-in-chief of The Open Notebook, Siri Carpenter about writing science in an accessible way an… Read More

#126 Rocking Your Radiance In Work and Play Featuring Becca Powers

Estelle Erasmus speaks with Becca Powers, a life coach and author of A Return to Radiance about burn-out, and being the star of your own life.… Read More

#125 Parlaying Writing Into an Act of Reclamation Featuring Alyson Shelton

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.… Read More

#124 Essays on Loneliness: Tethering An Isolated Writer To A Disconnected World 

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.… Read More

#123 Writing About Trauma Using Timelines, Throughlines, and Imagery with Christie Tate

Estelle Erasmus chats with Christie Tate about how she wrote Group, and used her therapy process to help structure her memoir… Read More

#122 Crafting A Tsunami of Transformation in Memoir with Hannah Sward

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.… Read More

#121 A Deep Dive into Hachette’s Legacy Lit Imprint Featuring Publisher, Krishan Trotman

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.… Read More

#120 Writing Days of Wonder Featuring Caroline Leavitt

Estelle Erasmus chats with bestselling author Caroline Leavitt about writing, structuring, processing, editing, and revising her latest novel, Days of Wonder, and the rigors of publishing.… Read More

#119 Solo Episode: Estelle’s Edge on Steering Through The Publishing Gauntlet

Estelle Erasmus shares her forecast for publishing in 2025, and how to navigate some of the clear pitfalls ahead.… Read More

#118 Reflections on Writing for Next Avenue/PBS with Managing Editor Julie Pfitzinger

Estelle Erasmus chats with Managing Editor of Next Avenue, Julie Pfitzinger on what it takes to pitch and get published on the site.… Read More