Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle

Estelle Erasmus

freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

An interview-led writing and publishing show featuring candid conversations with authors, editors, literary agents, and other publishing insiders about memoir, essays, writing craft, and building a platform. Agencies could credibly pitch published or forthcoming authors, memoirists, writing educators, editors, agents, and publishing professionals with demonstrated expertise and notable credits; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 200

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 101 subscribers

Instagram: 4.3k followers

Contact Information

freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com

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Host

Estelle Erasmus - TEDx speaker, NYU writing professor, former magazine editor-in-chief, and author of Writing That Gets Noticed. She is also an award-winning writer, editor, and writing coach focused on helping writ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published or forthcoming authors, memoirists, essayists, editors, literary agents, writing educators, and publishing professionals with recognized bylines, relevant industry experience, or a compelling book and writing career story.
Required Achievements:  
Published or forthcoming books, Bylines in major newspapers, magazines, or literary publications, Experience as an editor, literary agent, writing instructor, or publishing professional, Notable credentials in writing, media, or the broader literary field

Recent Guest Discussions

Courtney Kocak - Memoir Structure, Personal Essays, Hybrid Storytelling, Radical Honesty, Revision, Rejection, Independent Publishing, And Author Platform-building.

Deborah Sosin - Micro-memoir, Creative Constraints, Narrative Arcs, Emotional Throughlines, Self-publishing, And Distilling Life Experience Into Concise Nonfiction.

Tiffany Graham Charkosky - Memoir Craft, Dual Timelines, Inherited Cancer Risk, Medical Storytelling, Revision, Family Legacy, Motherhood, Grief, Healing, And Advocacy.

Recent Topics

Memoir, Writing, Publishing, Literary Agents, Essays

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle
:

#199 Turning Chaos into Compelling Stories with Courtney Kocak

July 09, 2026

Welcome to new subscribers. First, an announcement: My first Substack Live in my new series Musings on Magazines: The Story Behind the Story was with former Chatelaine Editor-in-Chief Rona Maynard.  Here is the link to the video of our fun and fearless discussion:of our lives in magazines in the 90s and early aughts.  https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/live-with-estelle-erasmus-and-rona Sign up for my substack at https://estelleserasmus.substack.com  to get notified of my upcoming guests...

#198 Micro Memoirs with Maximum Impact: Distilling a Life into Seventy 70-Word Stories with Deborah Sosin

July 02, 2026

Welcome to new subscribers. First, an announcement: My first Substack Live in my new series Musings on Magazines: The Story Behind the Story was with former Chatelaine Editor-in-Chief Rona Maynard.  Here is the link to the video of our fun and fearless discussion:of our lives in magazines in the 90s and early aughts.  https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/live-with-estelle-erasmus-and-rona Sign up for my substack to get notified of my upcoming guests and dive with us into the magazine archi...

#197 How Dual Timelines Brought a Family Story to Life with Tiffany Graham Charkosky

June 25, 2026

Welcome to new subscribers. First, an announcement: My first Substack Live will be with former Chatelaine Editor-in-Chief Rona Maynard on June 25 at 4 p.m. ET. Here is the link to the post: Musings on Magazines: The Story Behind the Story. https://estelleserasmus.substack.com/p/musings-on-magazines-the-story-behind Sign up and dive into the magazine archives with us to hear behind-the-scenes stories you won't hear anywhere else. I hope to see you there. Now for today's episode: Tiffany Gra...

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