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Setting goals as a freelance journalist
How do you set goals for your business as a freelance journalist? What sort of goals are best to set? What will move your business and career forward?
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Your working rights as an editor
Marisa Wikramanayake <h1>Your working rights as an editor</h1> <h2>A summary of my presentation at the 2019 IpEd Conference in Melbourne</h2> At the Institute of Professional Editors' Conferences there are often multiple streams of sessions and you always miss out on something. Samya Ibrahim of DjedPress was quite kind to film my ten minute top speed spin through working rights for editors but it will be some time before we have the video. In the meantime, here is a quick summary of what I spoke about for your information. In Australia, the rights you have as an editor, vary depending on whether you are a freelancer or an employee working in-house.…
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11 things I am tracking in 2019 for my freelancing and why
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses what she tracks as a freelancer so that she can be a better journalist and editor.
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How to deal with late payments as a freelancer
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses what options freelancers, small business and independent contractors in Australia have when chasing late payments and unpaid invoices.
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9 lessons I learned freelancing in 2018
While you book your spot in the upcoming very cheap Writers Victoria webinar on freelancing that I am running ($20 tickets and 20% off before Feb!) and get excited about Rounded offering a deal for attendees, here is a list of lessons I learned about freelancing in 2018 that will be useful for you to know if you have just started or are looking to start freelancing yourself. A bit of an intro first for those who came in late Moving into a new context for your work and your career means that invariably you learn something new. I moved from Perth to Melbourne last year. Despite my business being…
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The NYWF-ty List
NYWF is National Young Writers Festival and this is the "NYWFty" ("nifty") list because it is truly nifty and is full of the resources the young writers were asking me and other people about at all the #NYWF2018 sessions over the past weekend.
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Mentoring Cher Tan via Writers Victoria She writes better than I do so it is a tad bit strange for me
I am now a mentor with Writers Victoria. It is pretty cool. Let me explain. I am trying to become a mentor on the IPEd/CSE mentoring program which caters to just editors but at the moment, I am also now a mentor for Writers Victoria. Writers Victoria is a writing centre for the state of Victoria in Australia. They hold events, run workshops and so on but one of the services they offer is mentoring. The Writers Victoria mentoring scheme operates like this: you apply for mentoring and Writers Victoria assess your application. You also nominate someone you want to mentor you from the list of mentors on their website.…
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Frequently Asked Questions About Becoming A Freelance Writer: All the frequently asked questions about freelance writing you ever wanted to ask
Marisa Wikramanayake answers a few of the frequently asked questions about being a freelance writer.
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How to set your freelance rates for 2018 Bonus: free worksheet
A few years ago, I created a post about how to set a freelance rate similar to this one. It was very popular and I thought it was time to revisit the topic at the start of 2018. I have learnt a lot from my colleagues and from running a business since then. I hope this helps you. You can also get a free worksheet to help you with some of the calculations. Before we start: 1. There are several methods/means of arriving at a freelance rate and I will go through all of them. Figuring out the numbers for all of them will help you figure out the best…
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9 things I did not expect in 2017 & Happy New Year! I was kind of taken by surprise and gawping in shock most of the year to be honest.
2017 has been a year full of ups and downs. Or at least for me, a lot of things that I well – did not expect to happen. Not to me. I am still quite giddy and grateful and in other ways also sad. We had a lot of unnecessary violence, hate and tragedy this past year. I did not expect… so much travelling I did not expect to travel as much as I did. I criss crossed Australia for the IPEd 2017 Editors’ Conference in Brisbane as a speaker and for the MEAA for union meetings. You can catch up on my conference updates here. I did not expect……
