Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Blog,  Updates

    Happy 2019!

    January 7, 2019 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake discusses her plans for freelancing, journalism, editing and writing and MEAA in 2019.

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    Gin & Tonic update #2: I was so wrong! AKA #maricantmath

    February 7, 2019

    Why journalists risk their lives

    October 14, 2019
    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
  • Freelancing for Editors – Writers’ Bloc Online Course

    June 21, 2018 / No Comments

    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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  • Events,  Updates

    Upcoming events in June 2018

    June 6, 2018 / No Comments

    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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    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017

    The Writing Calendar: June 2016

    June 9, 2016

    Events you should be attending during the holiday season in 2013

    November 26, 2013
  • Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism,  Writing

    Frequently Asked Questions About Becoming A Freelance Writer:

    January 18, 2018 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake answers a few of the frequently asked questions about being a freelance writer.

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    What is a typical day for a journalist?

    October 16, 2019
    Latest piece of research for the foundation fellowship: the book titled Police in Sri Lanka by Frank de Silva

    Foundation Fellowship update: a bit about Gin and Tonic

    January 12, 2018
    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
  • 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. 

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

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
    Norwich Street Art Warning by MarkHeyBo on Flickr

    Why I am resurrecting my Patreon account

    January 14, 2019

    Diverse and need a writing group?

    October 23, 2016
  • Journalism

    My story on China’s circuit breaker mechanism

    March 30, 2016 / No Comments

    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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    A real bookshop by Elsie esq via Flickr

    So You Want To Be A Book Reviewer Panel at Continuum 2018

    June 15, 2018
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013

    Kerry Greenwood's Unnatural Habits

    January 3, 2013
  • Freelancing,  Journalism

    The Unconvential Guide to Freelance Journalism: Part 2 – setting up the business

    December 8, 2015 / No Comments

    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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    Freelancing Friday: A day in the life

    April 23, 2010
    Mentoring and mentorships for writers

    9 unexpected helpful lessons learnt as a freelance writer in 2016

    January 27, 2017

    My year in writing: 2016 and the freelance writer life

    December 16, 2016
  • Freelancing,  Journalism

    Mentoring: the why and the how of doing it

    December 6, 2013 / No Comments

    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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    How to network at an editors' conference

    January 14, 2013

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

    June 4, 2013

    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017
  • Freelancing

    25+ ways I automate my workflow, or how I am trying to become a cyborg

    May 23, 2013 / 6 Comments

    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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    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018
    A mug full of coffee on an open planner

    How I am planning for the next financial year as a freelancer – despite Covid-19

    June 26, 2020

    How to deal with late payments as a freelancer

    January 26, 2019
  • 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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    April 2, 2015

    Introducing In Conversation With

    April 6, 2015

    The Australian Women Writers’ Challenge 2016

    January 11, 2016
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