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  • Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013
    Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Book Reviews,  Events,  IPEd Con 2013,  Journalism,  Political journalism,  Projects,  Science journalism,  Updates

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013 / No Comments

    Recovering mostly. The conference is over. But the organisation part of it isn’t. There are accounts to be finalised and even now, still a lot of emails to answer. So let me digress to answer the most often asked question via email now: Conference proceedings will be posted on the website and you will all be emailed to be told when they get uploaded.  But what else have I been up to? Well, I have had a particularly weird and busy time of it and a lot of it has involved writing. So without further ado, here is the list: I have reviewed:  Amanda Curtin’s Elemental which will end up in…

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    The Rockstar Freelance Lifestyle

    April 10, 2013 / No Comments

    Speakers/Presenters: Sarah J H Fletcher, Abigail Nathan, Patrick Horneman, Karen Strain, Dinesh Aggarwal and Marisa Wikramanayake The idea originally came about via a Twitter discussion between Sarah, Abigail and I. We had met at Sydney in 2011 where Abigail had the both equally pleasurable and painful experience of helping to plan a conference and I was about to embark on it myself. But then there was much waving of hands. We wanted to make it fun as well as helpful. And I ran into Patrick Horneman at the MediaPass Student Industry days for journalism graduates and students where I was expounding on freelancing as a journalist and he was expounding…

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    January 14, 2013

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    November 14, 2012

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    March 2, 2013
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    Twitter feed for the Wednesday Workshops

    April 10, 2013 / No Comments

    The Wednesday workshops have started. Refresh the page to keep seeing the latest tweets and photos. As always, please check the main conference blog for all the posts, tweets and photos. Tweets about “#ipedcon2013 OR #rockstarfreelancelifestyle”

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    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013

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    November 14, 2012
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    The final #ipedcon2013 Program!

    April 6, 2013 / 4 Comments

    Today we got to see the final #ipedcon2013 program. This is what lucky delegates will find in their bags on Thursday next week! It’s another reminder that this is actually happening. It’s still a bit hard to believe. – Marisa Wikramanayake, Convenor

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    January 14, 2013
  • IPEd Con 2013,  Projects

    What do you mean there is a conference in four days' time?

    April 6, 2013 / 1 Comment

    About two years ago I put my hand up to be conference convenor for the 6th IPEd National Editors Conference in Perth in 2013. We are now a mere four days away from the event and no one on the committee can quite figure out how we got here and where all the time went. Is everything done? Is everything ready? Well, yes, it is. Don’t worry. On that front we are fine. On the emotional side of things? Well, we are not so sure. As a committee we were so focused on making sure that everything was ready that it has only just hit us that we should be…

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    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
  • Events,  IPEd Con 2013,  Journalism,  Literary Journalism,  Projects,  Updates

    Interview with Nury Vittachi on the 6th IPEd National Editors' Conference 2013

    March 2, 2013 / 2 Comments

    [wpcol_2third id=”” class=”” style=””]So who exactly is Nury Vittachi? Well, apart from being a crime fiction writer and a keynote at the 6th IPEd National Editors’ Conference here in Perth in April 2013, I’ll let him do the talking: Nury Vittachi in a nutshell? A small, bald Asian writer who was born on earth and still spends a fair bit of time there.  Yes, so just so you know,  he’s also exceptionally funny. Writers are cool, right? Yes, but only because few of us earn enough money to pay our heating bills. Why does he want to come to the conference? Why bother? Well, we asked him to – some of…

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    How to network at an editors' conference

    January 14, 2013 / 3 Comments

    Or any other conference really. And by network, I mean meet, chatter, gossip with, not just pop up, deliver your 15 word elevator speech, exchange cards and dash off again. And for those who are still a bit behind, this is the 6th National IPEd Editors’ Conference we are discussing which will be held in Perth in Fremantle in April 2013. In about three months’ time in other words. Before the conference (one is assuming you have already registered for it): Find the program – I have made it easy for you, it’s here. Check out the list of who will be there as speakers and presenters for each session.…

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  • IPEd Con 2013,  Projects

    Rapping for the 6th IPEd National Editors' Conference, 2013

    November 14, 2012 / 2 Comments

      Yes, ok, I know it seems odd. and it must have seemed odd when this status popped up on my Facebook profile the other day. Apparently editors can rap. Who knew? *is killing herself laughing*   It started with past Society of Editors (WA) President, Robin Bower, who is on the conference planning committee, emailing me and one other committee member. Planning the conference happens at high speed so emails are many and fly past in a quick flurry so for convenience we had started referring to each other with initials. Robin being Robin, first she started with “Hey, M & M” but chocolate wasn’t good enough for her…

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    April 6, 2013

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    April 10, 2013

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    Registration for the IPEd National Editors Conference in Perth 2013 now open!

    November 2, 2012 / No Comments

    Hi everyone, One of the projects taking up my time these days is organising the 6th IPEd National Editors Conference which will be in Perth in April 2013. We have international and national writers, publishers and editors attending and it’s going to be absolutely fantastic. We opened registrations yesterday so if you are in Perth in April and are keen to attend, go book now for an early bird discount on fees AND to make sure you have a place at one of the workshops we will be running and the extra events like dinners and cocktail parties.

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