Freelance Writing Direct

Author, Steven Rowley

#207 Writing Humor, Character, and Love That Lasts with Steven Rowley

Freelance Writing Direct chats with author of Take Me With You Steven Rowley about writing humor from character, finding comedy in serious subjects, creating an organizing question for a novel, writing long-term love and relationships, developing characters who change over time, and why he prefers discovering his story rather than over-outlining, and more.… Read More
Abigail Meyers

#206 How to Build a Journalism Career in a Changing Media Landscape

Journalist and multimedia storyteller Abigail Meyers joins Estelle Erasmus of Freelance Writing Direct for a chat about navigating a changing media landscape, developing transferable storytelling skills, crafting stronger pitches, finding your voice as a journalist, using curiosity and resourcefulness to uncover stories, pivoting between beats and different kinds of journalism, dealing with burnout and rejection, using AI as a brainstorming and research tool while verifying information through primary sources, turning personal experience into advocacy, and how her work with the Arthritis Foundation has taught her about the power of using your own story to create change.… Read More
Author Wade Rouse

#194 Why Wade Rouse Finally Wrote the Book He Was Meant to Write

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