Maya Kosoff
We're back with season two of The Writers’ Co-op! This season, we’ll be interviewing other freelance writers to get a glimpse into how they run their businesses. Success takes on many shapes and sizes, so we want you to understand how others make it work. To kick off this season, we’re talking with Maya Kosoff. Maya is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. You might know her from The Internet. (She’s an excellent follow on Twitter). After journalism school, she helped launch VanityFair’s The Hive, and has written for the New York Times, GEN, MRKR, The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Business Insider, and many others. Maya and Wudan talk about finding ‘life rafts’ as a freelancer -- those ground floor, stable gigs that help your peace of mind -- how to best navigate social media for relationship building, and how to use your journalistic skills and beat areas to find other journalism-adjacent gigs that will help pay your bills. This week, Patreon subscribers will get access to exclusive resources like Maya's Twitter etiquette tips and gig bingo, to help you brainstorm unique ways to use your journalism and storytelling skills. You can join the Co-op here: https://www.patreon.com/twcpod (Btw: we have a new offering: If you're just getting started with your freelance business, you'll want to enroll in freelance biz school @ The Writers’ Co-op Academy! We're offering two courses: One that helps you create a business plan (Biz Basics) and one to help you understand media contracts. Check 'em out!)