Marisa Wikramanayake

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    Freelancing,  Journalism,  Productivity

    Three important stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist

    February 15, 2022 / No Comments

    Three stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist and why they were important.

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    February 13, 2015
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    My 2021 year in review – amazing goals success or failure?

    January 4, 2022
    Mentoring and mentorships for writers

    9 unexpected helpful lessons learnt as a freelance writer in 2016

    January 27, 2017
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    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer

    January 25, 2022 / No Comments

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer in Australia and why it is important to be transparent about it.

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    January 14, 2013

    My year in writing: 2016 and the freelance writer life

    December 16, 2016

    Cents & Sensibility: Networking

    October 7, 2011
  • green typewriter on brown wooden table
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    My goals for 2022: making my freelancing work better for me

    January 18, 2022 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks through what her goals for 2022 are and how she is planning to achieve them.

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    February 15, 2022

    For the confused author/editor: Style sheets vs Style guides

    June 7, 2013

    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018
  • writings in a planner
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    How to successfully set goals and plan for 2022

    January 11, 2022 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes about how to plan for 2022 and set goals as a freelancer.

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    14 easy rules to simplify your workflow and life as a freelancer

    June 4, 2013
    An image of two hands writing in front of a computer screen with a phone on top of papers on a desk

    How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist

    January 7, 2021
    green typewriter on brown wooden table

    My goals for 2022: making my freelancing work better for me

    January 18, 2022
  • Fallon Michael's photo of eyeglasses on book beside macbook for Marisa Wikramanayake's blog post about their 2021 year in review
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    My 2021 year in review – amazing goals success or failure?

    January 4, 2022 / No Comments

    The 2021 year in review - were all the goals met and hit and what of COVID-19? Marisa Wikramanayake looks back at her work over the year.

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    How to get started in journalism

    November 29, 2013
    Top down shot of two people sitting across from each other a table having coffee with just their arms and cups in view

    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

    January 14, 2021

    Cents & Sensibility: Networking

    October 7, 2011
  • Cat asleep on a wall - Photo by Iván C. Fajardo on Unsplash
    Editing,  Freelancing,  Journalism,  Updates

    Why I really need to take a week off for rest right now

    February 17, 2021 / No Comments

    I talk about why it is important to create a productivity system for a freelance businesses that includes time for leave and rest.

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    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018
    Top down shot of two people sitting across from each other a table having coffee with just their arms and cups in view

    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

    January 14, 2021
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    How my business will change for the better in 2021 and why

    December 17, 2020 / No Comments

    In a lot of ways this year I have been perfectly positioned to do well despite a global pandemic. So maybe this should be a post on how and why I have weathered this storm. I might still write one of those posts. But moving forward, some things are going to change about how I run this business. And all of them have nothing to do with Covid-19. Some of them have been thoughts in the back of my head for years. Some changes are merely to make sure I don’t become too stressed.

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    Why I write at 4 am

    March 14, 2019

    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019
    I'm blogging this by Jhayne via Flickr (additional text by me)

    My top 10 posts in 2016

    January 20, 2017
  • Blog,  Updates,  Writing

    December 2020: What’s new & what I have been upto

    December 3, 2020 / No Comments

    Well first of all I had had plans for November 2020. I had planned to sit and relax and write more of the book – about 30,000 words extra to be exact. That worked for about a week. I am also involved in various projects in a voluntary capacity where I try to provide some assistance somehow. One of these ended up having a lot of drama and that caused a lot of stress. So I didn’t get to actually have much stress free time to write or do much else. So what else happened in November? I was in a Melbourne Fringe show. Yes you read that right. I…

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    Day 2: A cat is here!

    May 30, 2018
    Top down shot of two people sitting across from each other a table having coffee with just their arms and cups in view

    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

    January 14, 2021
    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
  • Blog,  Books,  Editing,  Freelancing,  Journalism,  Writing

    11 things I am tracking in 2019 for my freelancing and why

    February 12, 2019 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake discusses what she tracks as a freelancer so that she can be a better journalist and editor.

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    March 14, 2019
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    Day 1: Home on my back, home where there is a bed

    May 30, 2018
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    Sri Lanka, December 2015 – February 2016

    December 5, 2015
  • Blog,  Freelancing

    How to deal with late payments as a freelancer

    January 26, 2019 / No Comments

    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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    March 14, 2019

    Gin & Tonic Update #3

    February 21, 2019
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    Foundation Fellowship update: a bit about Gin and Tonic

    January 12, 2018
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