Mallika Rao on honing your voice, the importance of nuanced writing, and making freelance work, work for you

Welcome back to the Creation Stories Media podcast, where we make each day, a day to make. I know there's been a bit of a hiatus so thanks for joining us again with a really exciting episode with writer Mallika Rao. As I was in need of some creative community and support while feeling a bit burned out, Mallika was such an energetic breath of fresh air and I know you will enjoy this episode. Mallika is a freelance writer, whose creative nonfiction has been featured in the top outlets of the genre including Vulture, NY Mag, Huffington Post, Jezebel, The Believer. The Believer piece, Three Bodies in Texas, we talk about the most in this episode and it was part of the last volume of that great magazine. Her work has been recognized by the LA Press Club for best industry feature for her writing on Apu from the Simpsons and Longreads best of the year for a piece on Dallas Strip Mall Restaurants. She herself has done a podcast, called HiberNation, set in the realm of sleep which was Ambie nominated. You can check out some of her most recent work at Vulture and the link to her full website mallika-rao.com for more work on our website - I'll link some of the great work she mentions throughout this episode online.