Marisa Wikramanayake

writer, journalist & editor ~ I help you tell stories.

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Services
  • Journalism work
  • Editorial work
  • Events
  • Free resources
    • Perth & WA Literary Calendar
    • Women who review
  • My Patreon
  • MEAA FAQs
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Services
  • Journalism work
  • Editorial work
  • Events
  • Free resources
    • Perth & WA Literary Calendar
    • Women who review
  • My Patreon
  • MEAA FAQs

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,410 other subscribers

By clicking submit, you agree to share your email address with the site owner and Mailchimp to receive marketing, updates, and other emails from the site owner. Use the unsubscribe link in those emails to opt out at any time.

Processing…
Success! You're on the list.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.
  • Mentoring and mentorships for writers
    Freelancing

    9 unexpected helpful lessons learnt as a freelance writer in 2016

    January 27, 2017 / No Comments

    I think it is important to reflect on what lessons you have learnt so far from time to time especially when it comes to the business side of being a freelance writer. I think it is also important to acknowledge that some lessons you tend to have to keep learning over and over till they stick in your brain. And some things are easier for others to get straight away but tend to take you forever and vice versa. But in case this helps, here is a list of what I learnt in 2016, proving yet again that I did not know everything when I started out. 

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Mentoring: the why and the how of doing it

    December 6, 2013

    How to get started in journalism

    November 29, 2013

    6 May 2013: MediaPass Student Industry Day

    April 16, 2013
  • I'm blogging this by Jhayne via Flickr (additional text by me)
    Blog

    My top 10 posts in 2016

    January 20, 2017 / No Comments

    It is a fact of life that whenever you try to plan your life you end up dropping something at some point – life intervenes and you have to. You have to prioritise. In 2016 it was this blog. But it is interesting to see what my top 10 posts were for 2016 in terms of how many people viewed/read them. I got views despite not being as active as I wanted to be on the blog. I am hoping to change that this year. It is also interesting to see what people read and to try and unpick why that was the case. PS: All headings are clickable and…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    How to deal with late payments as a freelancer

    January 26, 2019

    Where you will find me in October 2018

    October 11, 2018
    Katherine Susannah Pritchard and her typewriter (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 4: Freedom to write, freedom for writers

    June 1, 2018
  • Cover of the book Portable curiosities by Julie Koh
    Book Reviews

    The best Australian books that 7 Australian writers loved in 2016

    January 2, 2017 / 1 Comment

    I wanted to write about some of the best books by other Australian writers that I had read and been blown away by during 2016. And then I thought – why not ask them who they read in 2016 that was amazing AND an Australian author? So that then I could have a list of books to then go read myself in 2017? So I did. I yelled out into the Twittersphere: Australian #writers: what was the best book by an Australian that you read this year? I want to write a blog post & will link back to you. — Marisa Wikramanayake (@mwikramanayake) December 24, 2016 And true enough, over…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    AWW 2013: Ann-Marie Priest's Great Writers, Great Loves

    January 31, 2013
    The Paper House by Anna Spargo-Ryan

    3 amazing Australian authors I read in 2016 and absolutely loved

    January 9, 2017

    AWW 2013: Amanda Curtin's Inherited

    January 24, 2013
  • Freelancing,  Writing

    My year in writing: 2016 and the freelance writer life

    December 16, 2016 / 2 Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes about what 2016 has been like for her as a freelance writer, editor and journalist and what it meant for her career.

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Annuncia Il Suicidio In Chat, Lo Incitano e Si Impicca In Diretta Su Skype via Hot Gossip Italia on Flickr

    Protected: How to interview people via Skype video

    April 2, 2015

    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018

    Surviving university as a journalism student

    February 13, 2015
  • Events,  Writing

    The Writing Calendar: June 2016

    June 9, 2016 / 2 Comments

    I decided to put this calendar for the month of June together on a whim. And then it took forever. So this is the monster list of everything even remotely writerly and literary that is going on in Perth and WA in the month of June from today onwards. Anyone who says the arts is dead in Perth is wrong – it was tiring to compile and it is tiring to even contemplate. IF this does prove useful to you, let me know if you want me to do one each month. IF so, then Emily Paull will be helping to collate info & we will be cross posting here with…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    How do you tell a story?

    February 9, 2019

    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
  • Plan B by Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr
    Updates

    The writing plan for June

    June 3, 2016 / No Comments

    It’s June today. A June day, today, let’s say since June began the day before yesterday. On this June day my TBR is neither pile nor stack, it is a scatter instead, in bags, on shelves, across the floor, under laptops and beds. It’s also not To Be Read but rather like quantum, a mix between the two, some To Be Read but some also read already so To Be Reviewed. I need a plan. 

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    The Defying Doomsday Anthology

    April 12, 2015

    Despite COVID-19 I am still here

    May 26, 2020
    Photo of car outside Thornlie Mosque in Perth. (c) Yahya Adel Ibrahim

    BREAKING: Perth mosque targeted with car bomb attack

    June 29, 2016
  • Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Book Reviews,  Literary Journalism

    The Australian Women Writers’ Challenge 2016

    January 11, 2016 / 1 Comment

    So in case you didn’t know, I often volunteer, and often fail (sorry Elizabeth) at rounding up and discussing what people have read for the Australian Women Writers’ Challenge in the genres of non fiction and short fiction and poetry. Occasionally, I interview authors for podcasts as well. The Challenge aims to get people reading more books written in all genres by Australian female and female identifying writers and to promote their work since we seem unable to rely on mainstream media to do a good enough job of doing so with no gender or racial bias involved. This year we hope to introduce a bingo card element to the…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013

    Australian Love Stories

    November 20, 2014

    So who won the Australia Day Book Giveaway?

    January 30, 2013
  • City of Lights by Sammu on Flickr.
    Blog,  Updates

    Sri Lanka, December 2015 – February 2016

    December 5, 2015 / No Comments

    Destination: Colombo, Sri Lanka Duration: December 2015 – February 2016 Brief: I have crash landed in Colombo again, this time for two months and I will be taking on a bit of freelancing work as well as some work experience at a news organisation though as yet I am not entirely sure exactly what I will be doing so stay tuned. Follow the reportage/articles: Facebook / Twitter (I will update my website’s portfolio section when I can) Hire me to freelance for you: Email [email protected] / check out my website’s portfolio/Contently portfolio. Seriously, if you are a Sri Lankan organisation/publication or even an overseas one, make use of the fact…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    Day 2: A cat is here!

    May 30, 2018

    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018
    A phone with messags on its screen sits on a desk in front of a lit up keyboard

    My 10 Compelling Reasons For Running Youtube Livestreams Right Now

    January 22, 2021

Blog Stats

  • 100,170 hits

Support my work

Become a Patron
Follow along on Twitch
Hire me
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Facebook Page
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Instagram
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Twitter channel
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Patreon channel
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Twitch channel
All rights reserved. © 2022 Marisa Wikramanayake
 

Loading Comments...