Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • 365/333 The Oliver Standard Visible Writer No 3 by Rachel via Flickr
    Competitions,  Events,  Work Opportunity,  Writing

    July 2016 Writing Calendar

    July 1, 2016 / 5 Comments

    I decided to put this calendar for the month of June together on a whim. And then people loved it. So this is the monster list of everything even remotely writerly and literary that is going on in Perth and WA in the month of July 2016 from today onwards. So a few quick answers to questions: Will this list always be on this site? MEAA WA is keen to cross-post/host/something along those lines. This will also be cross-posted at Emily Paull‘s site. And possibly on DWOA once we tweak a few things. Can you compile a list for Victoria and Melbourne? Not at this point – no time to spare.…

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    Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop

    January 25, 2013

    So who won the Australia Day Book Giveaway?

    January 30, 2013

    Real men do read – they just don't let the sexy, geek goddesses know.

    February 6, 2013
  • Writing

    My Top Seven … Flawed Characters

    June 7, 2016 / No Comments

    This list comes to your wonderful eyeballs courtesy of Madame Annabel Smith, she of Whisky Charlie Foxtrot fame. She likes a sassy rogue, a cheeky devil, a lovable larrikin… you get the idea. The lovable rogue is a literary trope in the form of a character, often from a dysfunctional or working-class upbringing, who tends to recklessly defy norms and social conventions but who still evokes empathy from the audience or other characters.    – Wikipedia So then she decided to list her top ten favourite lovable rogues from the world of fiction. 

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    Character creation: Champika

    February 16, 2015

    Why you should love your writers more (or pay us more)

    January 20, 2016
    temporary book cover for the novel in progress titled HIM by Marisa Wikramanayake

    HIM update for January 15

    January 15, 2016
  • Journalism,  Updates

    Freelance rates and experience survey

    September 7, 2015 / No Comments

    If you came here via the MEAA e-bulletin link, you have come to the right place. If you are a freelance journalist working for Australian publications, we would like to hear from you. We want to know how much you are being paid at each publication as a freelancer, how often and everything else related to it. And we don’t know want any identifying information about yourself – it is totally anonymous. You can submit data as often as you like about as many publications as you wish to so we can track if there is bias present in how freelancers are paid and if indeed they are paid well.…

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

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013

    AWW 2013: Marj McRae's Not A Man

    January 10, 2013

    How do you tell a story?

    February 9, 2019
  • Updates

    2013's very odd resolution list

    January 4, 2013 / 2 Comments

    This being the start of 2013, of course everyone is talking about New Year Resolutions. In fact, come December 1st everyone starts ruminating on this topic. And then of course there is a lot of angst over what one hasn’t done yet and that horrible nagging feeling that somehow you are running out of time to do X, Y and Z and therefore be happy. So in the interests of preserving some sanity here, because let’s be honest, me being me, I have very little sanity or so people tell me, let’s do this differently. What was 2012 like? Well, lets see. It was unexpectedly social at points – in…

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    Real men do read – they just don't let the sexy, geek goddesses know.

    February 6, 2013

    I need your help!

    April 17, 2012
    The MEAA regional journalism campaign logo - a bundle of newspapers with the words our communities our stories superimposed on top.

    How you can help regional papers from closing even if you live in the city.

    June 15, 2020
  • Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Projects

    The Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013: Suggested Reading List

    January 3, 2013 / 6 Comments

    So I mentioned to a writing group that I am part of on Facebook that I am trying to do this challenge. And I asked them to suggest titles. Because otherwise I was going to be stuck. And they have come up trumps. Now I am only going to review certain books in certain genres so I can say now that I probably won’t get to review all these but YOU can. If you are part of the challenge, then off you go, pick one and get reviewing! If you suggest any titles I will keep updating this list. Author | Book | Genre | Comment if any Kathryn White…

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    A real bookshop by Elsie esq via Flickr

    Capering criminally with the challenge: what I read for Australian Women Writers 2013

    January 3, 2014

    AWW 2013: Marion Halligan's Murder On The Apricot Coast

    February 7, 2013

    Marianne de Pierres' Glitter Rose

    February 6, 2014
  • Updates

    Link List Love: 26/10/2009

    October 26, 2009 / 4 Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake lists what she has experienced/consumed/done for the past week or so in terms of reading, writing, music, gaming and more.

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    365/333 The Oliver Standard Visible Writer No 3 by Rachel via Flickr

    Do you want a DWoA writing group?

    June 21, 2016

    Diverse and need a writing group?

    October 23, 2016

    Five years!

    December 16, 2013
  • Projects

    List of Planet Sites To Submit Your RSS Feed To:

    March 19, 2009 / 1 Comment

    In this post, Marisa Wikramanayake lists all the "planets" (RSS feed aggregator sites) that she has found and discusses the benefits of submitting your website's RSS feed to the few that are relevant to your website's topic as a targeted marketing tool. Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor, based in Australia.

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    AWW 2013: Marj McRae's Not A Man

    January 10, 2013

    Thoughts on teaching

    October 1, 2012

    How to tell if you are a writer

    September 11, 2013

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