Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle

Estelle Erasmus

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led writing and publishing podcast featuring authors, literary agents, editors, storytelling coaches, and other publishing professionals, with occasional solo expert episodes. PR agencies could credibly pitch published or forthcoming authors, award-winning writers, memoirists, literary professionals, and experts with strong perspectives on craft, publishing, platform-building, or adaptation; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally have substantial publishing or professional credentials but are not limited to major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 209

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 101 subscribers

Instagram: 4.3k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

estellesedge2022@gmail.com

freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com

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Host

Estelle Erasmus - Estelle Erasmus is an award-winning journalist, TEDx speaker, author of Writing That Gets Noticed, adjunct professor at NYU, and former magazine editor-in-chief.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published or forthcoming authors, award-winning writers, memoirists, literary agents, editors, storytelling coaches, writing professors, and publishing professionals with demonstrated expertise or a compelling book-industry perspective.

Required Achievements:

Published or forthcoming books, Writing or literary awards, Major media bylines, Established teaching or coaching credentials, Notable publishing, editorial, or screenwriting experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Hyeseung Song - Structuring A Decades-spanning Memoir, Writing About Family And Mental Health, Self-portraiture, Identity, And The Ethics Of Writing About Loved Ones.

Michelle Tamara Cutler - Selling A Reported Memoir Without An Agent, Restructuring Nonfiction, Developing A Book Proposal, Building Platform, Negotiating Publishing Contracts, And Retaining Adaptation Rights.

Kate Washington - Blending Memoir With Nature Writing And Research, Sustaining Narrative Momentum, Sensory Detail, Revision, Midlife Change, Caregiving, And Writing About The Body And Family.

Bonnie Friedman - Transitioning From Nonfiction To Fiction, Immersive Reading Experiences, Psychology And Character, Suspense, Literary Friendships, And The Publishing Process.

Recent Topics

Memoir, Publishing, Writing Craft, Author Platform, Literary Agents

Episodes

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Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle

#208 Layering Memory, Meaning, and Motifs in Memoir with Cinelle Barnes

September 10, 2026

In this episode of Freelance Writing Direct, award-winning author and memoirist Cinelle Barnes joins me to talk about how A Way Home evolved from a Philippines travel memoir into a layered story of travel, family, identity, recovery, and finding home after she suffered, and recovered from a brain aneurysm. We discuss how she braided different threads and timelines together, found connections between seemingly disparate parts of her story, and shaped a memoir that became more expansive than th...

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

September 03, 2026

What makes humor work on the page? And how do you write about love after the meet-cute, when a relationship has lasted for decades? In this episode of Freelance Writing Direct, I talk with New York Times bestselling author Steven Rowley about his new novel, Take Me With You, a love story with a touch of science fiction that asks a fascinating question: If you had the chance to leave everything behind and explore the unknown, would you go? We talk about how Steven builds a novel around an orga...

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

August 27, 2026

What does it take to build a career in journalism when the media landscape keeps shifting? In this episode of Freelance Writing Direct, Estelle Erasmus talks with her former NYU High School Academy student Abigail Meyers, a digital and multimedia storyteller whose work spans journalism, creative services, social media, advocacy, and political communications. Abigail shares how an early interest in storytelling grew into reporting, writing, and multimedia work, and asks Estelle for advice on n...

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freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com

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