Marisa Wikramanayake

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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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    6 May 2013: MediaPass Student Industry Day

    April 16, 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

    Interview with Nury Vittachi on the 6th IPEd National Editors' Conference 2013

    March 2, 2013
  • Cover of the book Portable curiosities by Julie Koh
    Book Reviews

    The best Australian books that 7 Australian writers loved in 2016

    January 2, 2017 / 1 Comment

    I wanted to write about some of the best books by other Australian writers that I had read and been blown away by during 2016. And then I thought – why not ask them who they read in 2016 that was amazing AND an Australian author? So that then I could have a list of books to then go read myself in 2017? So I did. I yelled out into the Twittersphere: Australian #writers: what was the best book by an Australian that you read this year? I want to write a blog post & will link back to you. — Marisa Wikramanayake (@mwikramanayake) December 24, 2016 And true enough, over…

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    AWW 2013: Ann-Marie Priest's Great Writers, Great Loves

    January 31, 2013

    Alison Morton's Inceptio

    May 24, 2013

    The Sri Lankan "war generation" and the books that "made" us.

    March 26, 2011
  • Writing

    It’s one day to NaNoWriMo people.

    October 31, 2016 / No Comments

    Thinking of doing NaNoWriMo this year? Did you only just realise that it was one week away? Don't worry, I have something that can help you plan for it.

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    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019

    The Writing Calendar: June 2016

    June 9, 2016
    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
  • 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, 2014

    So who won the Australia Day Book Giveaway?

    January 30, 2013
    Plan B by Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr

    Upcoming awards, residencies and other awesome things for writers

    May 2, 2016
  • Stressed? by aaayyymm eeelectriik via Flickr
    Books,  Writing

    All my worries as a WOC writer

    May 13, 2016 / 1 Comment

    This is a list of worries that Marlee Jane Ward, award winning writer, thought I should post about. In the hope that it would help. So here we go. I worry about a lot of things as a writer. I worry about a lot of things anyway. And after a week of funding and job cuts for both the arts and journalism, I am more worried. Here’s what I worry about along with some ranting – perhaps you can relate. They may be unfounded or not – the point is I worry about all this stuff. TW: possible triggering with mentions of patriarchy, racism and bias. Let me know if…

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    HIM update for Feb 26 and Mar 4 – sorry for the delay!

    March 7, 2016

    Why my brain has no space and why I have no time

    May 11, 2016

    HIM update for March 25

    March 25, 2016
  • Books,  Updates

    Why my brain has no space and why I have no time

    May 11, 2016 / No Comments

    So here is the news. I am going to slow down considerably on writing HIM. I can hear you: “You were supposed to finish by mid-April!” Yes, I know. The funny thing about books is that they don’t generally behave the way you would like them to. Ditto for life. So why am I decelerating on HIM at the moment? Lots of reasons but mostly: I want to enter the Vogel Awards and the Richell Prize. The deadline for Vogels is 31 May. The deadline for Richell is 1 June. I want to enter Sedition into the Vogels but that means editing Sedition before 31 May which at the moment…

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    temporary book cover for the novel in progress titled HIM by Marisa Wikramanayake

    HIM update for January 15

    January 15, 2016

    HIM update for March 25

    March 25, 2016
    temporary book cover for the novel in progress titled HIM by Marisa Wikramanayake

    HIM update for January 8

    January 8, 2016
  • Marisa Wikramanayake will be appearing at two sessions at the Digital Writers Festival this year.
    Sedition,  Updates

    I am now on Patreon

    December 4, 2015 / No Comments

    Over the past year, I have been looking into various means and platforms for crowdfunding. Why? Because I have a lot of ideas for novels and projects and while I make enough to support myself, sometimes these novels and projects incur costs to get them underway. The novels, for example, once the manuscripts are done and at first draft, require editing in order to actually be as cohesive and clear as possible before a potential publisher or agent or competition judge sees them. But isn’t that part of what I do? Yes but while that is the service I can provide for other authors, it is not one I can…

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    HIM and the experiment to write the draft under watching eyes

    February 3, 2016

    Sedition snippet

    January 12, 2013
  • Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Book Reviews,  Journalism,  Literary Journalism

    Australian Women Writers Challenge 2014

    January 6, 2014 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake announces her intention to participate in the Australian Women Writers Challenge for 2014

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    A few right thinking men by Sulari Gentill

    Sulari Gentill’s A Few Right Thinking Men

    June 6, 2016

    AWW 2013: Interview with author Marj McRae

    January 17, 2013

    Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop

    January 25, 2013
  • A real bookshop by Elsie esq via Flickr
    Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Book Reviews,  Literary Journalism,  Projects

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

    January 3, 2014 / No Comments

    In 2013, I joined the Australian Women Writers blog and project as the non-fiction contributing editor. This meant I also ended up taking the challenge of at least reading if not reviewing various books by female Australian authors. I read, I reviewed, I interviewed. Here's the round up of the books, the authors and the fun.

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

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013

    Jane Rawson's A Wrong Turn At The Office Of Unmade Lists

    January 16, 2014

    Robin Bower’s Beyond Home

    March 28, 2015
  • How to write a book,  Projects,  Writing

    How to write a book: Part 1: Introduction

    September 25, 2013 / 4 Comments

    Three years is a long time. Three years ago, I was asked to run an online group on how to write books. The posts ended up here. A lot has changed in three years. It’s time to re-issue the posts with updated information. So for the next few weeks, every Wednesday (or for some of you, Tuesday night) there will be a post to do with writing a book, answering a specific question in your email and posted on this blog. What’s your part in this? Well, you are welcome to sit back and read the posts but you can also participate. You don’t need to be writing a book,…

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    How to write a book: Part 5: Structure (or Chapter and verse)

    April 13, 2011

    How do I get started?

    April 20, 2011

    Inspiration (or is there a muse?)

    April 6, 2011
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