Freelance Writing Direct Podcast

Welcome. I’m Estelle Erasmus, a writing coach, NYU adjunct professor, award-winning journalist and author of Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published. I’m thrilled to host/produce Freelance Writing Direct, a veritable pocket MFA in storytelling, building media credentials, origin stories for books, actionable writing tips, advice from agents, perspectives from publishers and more

In this short, sound-bite filled podcast, I cover everything the creative writer, freelance writer, or author needs to know to move forward in their creativity and their career.

I include interviews with top editors, successful authors, and more who are generous with their advice. I’ll also break down pitches, share essays and give you writing and career prompts.

So join me every week on Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube to grow your freelance business and improve your craft with Freelance Writing Direct. I have many of the episodes on my website, and the rest are on iTunes.

This is a community service that I offer for free to help the writing community. The resources in these episodes are invaluable to writers at any stage of their careers. You can support my work by subscribing to my substack as a paid subscriber. Please let me know if any of the episodes help you to publication, and please leave a review on iTunes.

I can’t wait to read what you’ll be writing.

If you have ideas, or want to be a guest, please send an email to [email protected].

#60 Shutter Secrets: Searching For and Using Photos in Your Writing

Most of my guests on Freelance Writing Direct are people that I know or have learned about from other colleagues and friends.…

#59 All About Teri Rizvi and the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop

I met Teri Rizvi back at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in 2018, I believe. She asked me to do a speed dating session for writers and I had such a great time doing it.…

#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.…

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

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

#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.…

# 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.…

#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.…

#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.…

#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.…

#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.…

#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. …