Marisa Wikramanayake

writer, journalist & editor ~ I help you tell stories.

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Services
  • Journalism work
  • Editorial work
  • Events
  • Free resources
    • Perth & WA Literary Calendar
    • Women who review
  • My Patreon
  • MEAA FAQs
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Services
  • Journalism work
  • Editorial work
  • Events
  • Free resources
    • Perth & WA Literary Calendar
    • Women who review
  • My Patreon
  • MEAA FAQs

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,410 other subscribers

By clicking submit, you agree to share your email address with the site owner and Mailchimp to receive marketing, updates, and other emails from the site owner. Use the unsubscribe link in those emails to opt out at any time.

Processing…
Success! You're on the list.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.
  • Blog,  Freelancing,  IPEd 2017,  Writing

    Mentoring writers as an editor and writer

    September 15, 2017 / 1 Comment

    This blog post is intended to be a summary and cheat sheet on my part of the mentoring panel on 15 Sept 2017 at the IPEd 2017 Conference in Brisbane. Proceedings will be published online by the conference organisers so you can always check those out for more information but here are my tips, tricks and my experiences of mentoring writers as opposed to mentoring editors. First, a definition of mentoring and what I mean by it: I don’t mean actively editing a writer’s work but more reading it and discussing how they go about developing the story, how they go through the process and if it’s a business/practice related…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    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
    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
    A photograph of a microphone by Michal Czyz on Unsplash

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

    December 17, 2020
  • Events,  Freelancing,  IPEd 2017

    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017 / 1 Comment

    I’m not necessarily going to write these notes out in order but here is a quick run down of my bootstrapping for a freelancing business. Use tech to bring freelancing work to you: I find that my work comes through being the first person to email someone as soon as an opportunity comes up. I also find it useful to work across time zones. So how do you bootstrap this? And for free? Facebook groups: figure out which group has the most posts for the sort of work you want to do popping up and change its settings so that you are notified by Facebook of new posts popping up.…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Crimescene WA & Real Scientists

    September 23, 2013

    6 May 2013: MediaPass Student Industry Day

    April 16, 2013
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
  • Events,  IPEd 2017

    IPEd 2017: Workshops, whirlwinds and welcome

    September 13, 2017 / No Comments

    Today is sort of the first day of the IPEd 2017 conference. Sort of but not quite. There are lots of things that have evolved into traditions over the years with this conference. One of them is the running of workshops the day before the conference actually starts. So today there were workshops on marketing and freelancing and technical aspects of editing. From all accounts they were wonderful – unfortunately I didn’t get to attend any this time around. But I needed that time. I had landed in Brisbane sans business cards. And so after brunch committments, I had to have a catch up meeting with fellow IPEd 2017 panelists…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    The Writing Calendar: June 2016

    June 9, 2016

    Events you should be attending during the holiday season in 2013

    November 26, 2013

    Round up 05/01/2013 – 19/01/2013

    January 19, 2013
  • Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013
    Events,  IPEd 2017

    IPEd Conference 2017 is next week and guess who is going?

    September 6, 2017 / No Comments

    Yay! I am off to the IPEd conference! And then of course you would ask “Yeah, ok Mari, what does IPEd stand for?” IPED: Institute of Professional Editors. Professional society of editors working either in-house or freelance throughout Australia. Basically, once every two years, somewhere in a state capital, the IPEd conference is set up and run by the local branch of IPEd. In 2013, it was our turn in Perth and yours truly was the IPEd Conference convenor. Yes. There is a video on the about me page. Go watch it. We were cool. In 2015, the IPEd Conference was in Canberra but I could not go. I was…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    How do you tell a story?

    February 9, 2019
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
    Workers in black t-shirts outside a Fairfax building with flags protesting job cuts and the takeover by channel nine as part of the union MEAA's campaign.

    MEAA Update for August 2018

    August 27, 2018

Blog Stats

  • 100,170 hits

Support my work

Become a Patron
Follow along on Twitch
Hire me
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Facebook Page
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Instagram
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Twitter channel
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Patreon channel
  • Link to Marisa Wikramanayake's Twitch channel
All rights reserved. © 2022 Marisa Wikramanayake
 

Loading Comments...