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].

Brendan Spiegel of Narratively

#48 A Deep Dive Into Narratively

Show Summary I’m so delighted to be speaking with Brendan Spiegel, Editorial Director of Narratively. Brendan spills all on writing for Narratively and just what it takes.…

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Professor Art Swift

#42 Talking Polling and Politics

I was delighted to speak with Professor Art Swift all about politics and polling and data. I think it is such an important aspect of research and writing and cover it extensively in my book.…

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Author Jane L. Rosen talks about her new book On Fire Island

#37 Writing On Fire Island

Jane L. Rosen is one of my favorite authors. I couldn’t wait to talk to her about how she wrote On Fire Island and hear some of her writing and craft tips.…

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