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#58 Writing About Historical Subjects with Audrey Clare Farley

Welcome to all my new subscribers. I’m so happy that Freelance Writing Direct is now one year old! You can look at Podcasts to see all the episodes, including ones with Cheryl Strayed, Ann Hood, and assigning editors Noah Michelson, Alan Henry, and more.…

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#57 Writing About the Medical Industry and The Cost of Living

Welcome to all my new subscribers. I’m so happy that Freelance Writing Direct is now one year old! You can look at Podcasts to see all the episodes, including ones with Cheryl Strayed, Ann Hood, and assigning editors Noah Michelson, Alan Henry, and more.…

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#56 Writing About Food With Laura Burak, and I’m in Inc. Magazine

Welcome to all my new subscribers. I’m so happy that Freelance Writing Direct is now one year old! You can look at Podcasts to see all the episodes, including ones with Cheryl Strayed, Ann Hood, and assigning editors Noah Michelson, Alan Henry, and more.…

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#55 Parenting and Productivity with Milda De Voe and New Events

I first met Milda De Voe a few years before the pandemic. We were introduced by Marcelle Soviero who was then the editor of the fabulous former literary publication Brain, Child, I regularly wrote for.…

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# 54 Behind Publishing Confidential with Kathleen Schmidt

I reached out to  Kathleen Schmidt after she presented a webinar on book publishing for Women’s Media Group, an organization we both belong to.…

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I Spoke at the Annual Writer’s Digest Conference in August

I have been so remiss in writing this post. I spoke at the Writer’s Digest annual conference in NYC this year again at the end of August, and, as usual, had an amazing time.…

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#53 From Poetry to Middle Grade Fiction to Molecule

I first met Kevin Carey when he was a guest speaker for my NYU class on Micro Memoir when he spoke about the micro memoir site Molecule.…

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#52 A Conversation with Claire Dederer about Monsters

I took a class with Claire Dederer at Hedgebook on memoir years ago, and she always stuck out in my mind as a writing teacher who really knew her stuff.…

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#51 Money Matters and Launching Financial Grownups with Bobbi Rebell

I met Bobbi Rebell when we both got invited to speak at Mom 2.0 a few years before the pandemic. We shared a cab to the airport, and a friendship was born.…

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#50 On Good Authority with Anna David

I first met Anna David when she reached out on social media to her followers to set up a launch team.…

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#49 Making the Most of Publishing With A Small Press

I first met Alle through online writer’s groups and I was impressed at her ability to navigate a complicated press arena for her debut novel.  …

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I’m Co-Teaching a Workshop on Pitching and Publishing Reported Essays

I have so much to share. It seems like life is moving very quickly these days. Maybe it has to do with the scientific-based fact that time seems to move faster as you get older.…

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