Weekend Thread: Get An Estelle's Edge

Dip into my wisdom about all things publishing in this new feature.

I am working up a post about my recent Editor-on-Call event for NYU (for everyone, with great information), but in the meantime it is time for my new weekend offering for paid subscribers: Get An Estelle’s Edge, where I will answer your questions over the weekend. No worries, If you are not a paid subscriber, I also have an AMA for everyone.

For Everyone

Also, even if you are not a paid subscriber, I will have a free Zoom AMA on September 5 from 4:30-5:30 pm with Aly Walansky, who was a guest on episode #99 of Freelance Writing Direct. Aly is a lifestyle journalist with 10K subscribers, and writes for dozens of sites regularly. Her substack is https://alywalansky.substack.com

If you want a Zoom link, please email me at freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com to get your Zoom link, and feel free to also email me your question that you want me to address.

Oh, and I just celebrated my 100th episode of the Freelance Writing Direct podcast with the wonderful Beth Ann Fennelly (Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs). We spoke about Micro Memoir, the pleasure of writing, and so much more.

I’m teaching a class at NYU that covers Writing About Your Life Through Memoir, Essays and Articles. Info can be found here.

My 101st episode is with Elissa Bassist, who wrote Hysterical and is the editor of the Funny Women column at the Rumpus.

Tweet of the Week from ASJA @ASJAhq

The ASJA 2024 Conference, to be held online on Sept. 24-26, will feature more than 100 top-notch speakers. The full list of speakers with mini-bios is available via the link here. #ASJACon2024 For more on the conference, check out my episode #98 with additional insights from ASJA President, Emily Paulsen, here.

So excited to be a part of the ASJA Virtual Conference in a fireside chat with the great Abigail Thomas.

That’s about it. Can’t wait to hear from you or see you at the AMA! I love sharing what I know to help you improve your publishing game.

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Here now, are the instructions for my paid subscribers:

Welcome to the new thread:

Here are the rules:

This community is for paid subscribers, and the point of the thread is a place where you can ask questions about pitching, publishing, publicizing your writing and getting a book published. You can share your worries, challenges and confusions. It is a tumultuous time in the industry, as I shared in this episode #75 of the podcast, called Charting the Trends in Publishing.

So here is how it is going to work (and I’ve taken advice and co-opted procedures from others who also successfully operate in this space).