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Happy 2019!
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses her plans for freelancing, journalism, editing and writing and MEAA in 2019.
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Freelancing for Editors – Writers’ Bloc Online Course
So some of you have been waiting for this for awhile. Writers’ Bloc polled a few of you and you wanted a Freelancing for Editors course. So on June 21, I will be teaching you how to get set up and started as a freelancing editor, what you need to remember and know and how to find work and set your rates and a few tips and tricks to start. But you need to go book now and spread the word. It’s $25 per course and $17 for concession/low income earners and you can get three courses for $59! The other two courses will be run by Benjamin Law which…
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Upcoming events in June 2018
I am going to be rather tired this month. But that’s a good thing because you get to see me at several events during June. Check out the events page. Continuum Panels The very first one kicks off in two days time: So You Want To Be A Book Reviewer? This is an awesome panel at the Continuum Speculative Fiction Convention at the Jasper Hotel in Melbourne running from Friday 8 June to Monday 11 June. I am on it with Figgy and Elizabeth Fitzgerald and it starts at 5 pm on Friday. We will discuss how book reviewing changes depending on how you do it, what you need to…
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Frequently Asked Questions About Becoming A Freelance Writer:
Marisa Wikramanayake answers a few of the frequently asked questions about being a freelance writer.
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The writing plan for June
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.
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My story on China’s circuit breaker mechanism
I recently got back from two months in Sri Lanka where I worked as a weird mix of intern and reporter and production assistant and researcher for both a TV channel called Newsfirst and a radio channel called Yes FM. They allowed me to take some of the work I had done for my portfolio when I left. So here is some of the work I did. This is the story on the circuit breaker mechanism that China trialled in early January. It was part of why the global economy in January was so shaky that oil prices got affected a lot more than they otherwise might have been. I…
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The Unconvential Guide to Freelance Journalism: Part 2 – setting up the business
So in Part 1 I explained why I wanted to answer the question of becoming a freelance journalist but also clarify exactly how difficult it can be to work as a freelance journalist. In this part I am going to tell you what, in Australia at least, you need in order to become a freelance journalist and to set up a business. Business type And the first thing you need to know is that yes, you are starting a business. And that you can be all by yourself as a sole trader, work with a couple of others in a partnership arrangement or set up a company with yourself working…
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Mentoring: the why and the how of doing it
If you were to ask me if I was a mentor, my immediate answer would be “No.” “No. I’m not.” But I’d have to correct myself. It’s not quite true. I’m not set up as a mentor with a mentoring program. I don’t have regular meetings with a mentee of any sort. But yes I do end up mentoring people or being in a mentor like position quite often, very unofficially. And that’s because I believe that it is important. 1) I learn a lot from having to help or train or teach or supervise someone in their work. What I usually end up doing is having to really think…
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25+ ways I automate my workflow, or how I am trying to become a cyborg
Calista Bruchi, an editor I met at IPEdCon2013 (who has her own blog here) had these kind words to say about a guest post I wrote for Katy McDevitt’s PublishEd Adelaide. I have just read your guest post on PublishED Adelaide and have to tell you I really enjoyed it. I’m sure I read it with your voice and your enthusiasm in my head as I was going along, and it was a really lovely insight into who you are. I was particularly interested in how you try to ‘automate’ as much as you can and I’d love to know more about how you do this – I have no…
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Australian Women Writers Challenge, Book Reviews, Events, IPEd Con 2013, Journalism, Political journalism, Projects, Science journalism, Updates
Where have I been?
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…
