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How I am planning for the next financial year as a freelancer – despite Covid-19
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 I use bullet journaling as a freelance journalist
Marisa Wikramanayake posts about how to use bullet journaling as a freelance journalist to organise your work flow and processes.
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16+ mobile apps that allow me to work from my phone
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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For the confused author/editor: Style sheets vs Style guides
What the hell is a style sheet? Well, in computer lingo, it’s CSS or a cascading style sheet which tells you what everything on every HTML page of your website looks like design wise. It’s supposed to make it more efficient to create and design websites. But that’s not what you mean right? No, it’s not. Say you are an author (fiction, non-fiction, corporate, government, whatever) and you send a document (your precious, your boss’ precious and so on) to an editor. And the editor sends the document back and a few others, one of which is this weird combination of the alphabet and square boxes. That little document is…
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Article In The Australian On Sri Lankan Refugees
Marisa Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan born, Australia based writer. In this entry she discusses Paul Maley's report in the Australian on April 20th 2009 about Sri Lankan refugees and the problems they present for the Australian government.
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Things You Need To Know As A Freelancer/Writer, Part 6:
Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelancer editor and writer. This week's addition to the list of information for writers and freelancers is a set of tips on using other skills to get work, managing your time, saying no to work you cannot take on, meeting deadlines and creating and using your business plan.
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Things You Need To Know As A Freelancer/Writer, Part 5:
Marisa Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan born, Australian based freelance writer and editor. In this entry, she continues her list of important information for freelancers and writers. This part discusses talking to people in the same field, creating and maintaining a schedule, editorial calendars and how to use them, periodically reviewing parts of your business and creating portfolios and resumes.
