Marisa Wikramanayake

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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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    My 10 Compelling Reasons For Running Youtube Livestreams Right Now

    January 22, 2021

    Cents & Sensibility: Networking

    October 7, 2011

    Mentoring: the why and the how of doing it

    December 6, 2013
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    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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    Mentoring and mentorships for writers

    9 unexpected helpful lessons learnt as a freelance writer in 2016

    January 27, 2017
    Fallon Michael's photo of eyeglasses on book beside macbook for Marisa Wikramanayake's blog post about their 2021 year in review

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

    January 4, 2022
    Marisa Wikramanayake works on a story as a journalist and in this post showing you how to write a freelance pitch

    How to write a freelance pitch to an editor

    September 17, 2021
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    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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    How to deal with late payments as a freelancer

    January 26, 2019

    Freelance writing plans for 2017

    January 6, 2017
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    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer

    January 25, 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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    white money printed card

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer

    January 25, 2022

    Cents & Sensibility: Networking

    October 7, 2011
    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
  • A mug full of coffee on an open planner
    Freelancing

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

    June 26, 2020 / No Comments

    This may seem strange to you. In a world that increasingly seems to offer little prospects for freelancers, why would I plan for 2020-2021? Or at least plan to continue freelancing? Reasons it’s hard on Australian freelancers: Closures & shutdowns of sections, papers and magazines and budget cutbacks leave freelancers with very few places to pitch to. The knock on effect of restrictions and budget cuts and shutdowns means no work for other businesses that would hire freelancers for other work. More and more in-house journalists becoming redundant means a larger community of freelancers. There is a disparity in who amongst freelancers are eligible for government support thanks to the…

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    How to successfully set goals and plan for 2022

    January 11, 2022
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    Three important stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist

    February 15, 2022
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    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019
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    Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism

    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019 / No Comments

    How do you set goals for your business as a freelance journalist? What sort of goals are best to set? What will move your business and career forward?

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    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
    A phone with messags on its screen sits on a desk in front of a lit up keyboard

    7 Important Lessons I Learned About Running Awesome Livestreams

    January 30, 2021
    Katherine Susannah Pritchard and her typewriter (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 4: Freedom to write, freedom for writers

    June 1, 2018
  • Journalism

    How I use bullet journaling as a freelance journalist

    April 9, 2019 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake posts about how to use bullet journaling as a freelance journalist to organise your work flow and processes.

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    September 16, 2010
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    Why I really need to take a week off for rest right now

    February 17, 2021

    53 free ways for science journalists to brush up on their science… and counting

    November 25, 2013
  • Blog,  Writing

    Why I write at 4 am

    March 14, 2019 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes about why she chooses to work on her creative writing at four am.

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    December 5, 2015
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    Foundation Fellowship update: a bit about Gin and Tonic

    January 12, 2018

    Where you will find me in October 2018

    October 11, 2018
  • Blog,  Editing,  Freelancing,  Journalism

    9 lessons I learned freelancing in 2018

    January 22, 2019 / No Comments

    While you book your spot in the upcoming very cheap Writers Victoria webinar on freelancing that I am running ($20 tickets and 20% off before Feb!) and get excited about Rounded offering a deal for attendees, here is a list of lessons I learned about freelancing in 2018 that will be useful for you to know if you have just started or are looking to start freelancing yourself. A bit of an intro first for those who came in late Moving into a new context for your work and your career means that invariably you learn something new. I moved from Perth to Melbourne last year. Despite my business being…

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    January 14, 2021
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    Sri Lanka, December 2015 – February 2016

    December 5, 2015

    Why journalists risk their lives

    October 14, 2019
  • 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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    How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist

    January 7, 2021

    Why I write at 4 am

    March 14, 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
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