Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Freelancing

    16+ mobile apps that allow me to work from my phone

    January 10, 2014 / No Comments

    Robin Bower posted about how she wanted to start using her mobile more for work and Wordpress posting. I asked if she would like a rundown of how I used my mobile for my work and she agreed.

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    February 15, 2022
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    January 22, 2021
  • 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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    February 7, 2013
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    February 1, 2013
  • Freelancing,  IPEd Con 2013,  Projects

    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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    February 17, 2021
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    January 4, 2022
  • Updates

    Society of Editors (WA) News You May Want To Know

    March 22, 2009 / No Comments

    Hi, In case any of you are based in W.A. and are interested in editing/writing in any way shape or form, consider joining the Society of Editors. I am on the committee as a general committee member and I am also the person responsible for New Members. So email me if you want to join. For the writers in W.A., if you are part of writingWA, I will be applying to be on the writingWA AGM as a the board representative from the Society of Editors. If I get it, you can discuss stuff with me in that respect as well. If I get it, I will also be working…

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    February 6, 2013
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    December 4, 2015
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013

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