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#102 Writing Scenes Shaped Around Sensory Experience Featuring Rona Maynard

Estelle Erasmus speaks with Rona Maynard about finding the conflict in your story, what having a dog taught her, and working as a magazine editor-in-chief.…

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#97 Exploring Biblical Tales Through a Feminist Lens 

Estelle Erasmus has a conversation with author Sally Wiener Grotta about putting historical texts into modern constructs and writing and structuring a workbook.…

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#92 Writing A Memoir in Feelings, Flashes and Fragments Featuring Lara Lillibridge  

Estelle Erasmus chats with Lara Lillibridge, author of The Truth about Unringing Phones about writing a memoir in essays in fragments.…

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#91 Book Publisher Lisa Sharkey On Hot Topics, and Her Harper (Collins) Influence 

Estelle Erasmus chats with HarperCollins book publisher Lisa Sharkey, who has a newly launched imprint Harper Influence.…

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#90: Bonus Episode: Estelle’s Edge on the U.S. Book Show 2024

Estelle reports on the U.S. Book Show 2024, with all the latest news in publishing.…

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#89 Level Up Your Novel by Mastering Visual Imagery and Research

Estelle Erasmus has a chat with Amanda Churchill, author of The Turtle House.…

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#86 The Way of an Author and Illustrator: Finding Inspiration in Art Featuring Bob Eckstein

Estelle Erasmus speaks with creator, author and artist Bob Eckstein.…

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#81 The Art of Shaping A Compelling Story Featuring Maggie Smith

Estelle Erasmus in conversation with poet and author Maggie Smith…

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#80 When You Want a Literary Agent Who Has Your Back

Estelle Erasmus chats with literary agent Amy Collins…

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I Was a Guest on Zibby Owens’ Podcast Mom’s Don’t Have Time to Read Books

If you haven’t yet been exposed to the Zibbyverse where have you been? Zibby Owens has been busy for the past several years building an empire in publishing, running an award-winning podcast (more on that), writing essays and books (Blank is her newest, and it’s a novel, and I just adore her story of Pippa, a feisty woman taking on publishing and spinning it in a new direction).…

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#78 No One is Broken & Everyone Has What it Takes

Estelle Erasmus in conversation with author, and writing teacher Bill Kenower.…

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#75 Charting The Trends in Publishing (Solo Episode)

Estelle Erasmus does a solo episode focused on publishing and social media trends.…

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