Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • 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…

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

    December 17, 2020

    Why I write at 4 am

    March 14, 2019
    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
  • temporary book cover for the novel in progress titled HIM by Marisa Wikramanayake
    Books,  Writing

    HIM update for January 15

    January 15, 2016 / No Comments

    Quick explainer  For those of you who don’t know yet, I am writing my second book HIM and have staggered my word count goals this time. If you support me on Patreon you get to read the first draft.

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    HIM update for January 22 on the 26th and much debate about crowdfunding options

    January 25, 2016

    HIM and the experiment to write the draft under watching eyes

    February 3, 2016

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

    March 7, 2016
  • temporary book cover for the novel in progress titled HIM by Marisa Wikramanayake
    Books

    HIM update for January 8

    January 8, 2016 / 4 Comments

    Quick explainer: For those of you who don't know yet, I am writing my second novel HIM and have staggered my word count goals this time. If you support me on Patreon you get to read the first draft as I write it. If you don't you just get this update on whether I hit my goals or not each week. What did I write about this week? Commutes and wishing and sleep. And possibly also swimming through air.

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

    May 11, 2016
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    All my worries as a WOC writer

    May 13, 2016
    temporary book cover for the novel in progress titled HIM by Marisa Wikramanayake

    HIM update for January 22 on the 26th and much debate about crowdfunding options

    January 25, 2016
  • Science journalism

    Interviewing as the science journalist

    December 7, 2013 / 6 Comments

    This was an area of great interest and concern when I curated the @realscientists Twitter account a couple of months ago. People had their horror stories and others wanted to know how it should be done. We tried to get a live interview up and running so people could actually watch me in action but time zones and technology conspired against us. Maybe one day we will manage it. If you are a scientist who would be up for a mock interview via a G+ hangout to be archived on Youtube let me know. Preparation: Research the person and the story and the science involved. Set up your notebook and…

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    False balance: A science journalism pitfall

    October 2, 2012

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

    November 25, 2013

    Salinity threatens freshwater mussels

    September 9, 2010
  • Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Journalism,  Projects

    AWW 2013: Interview with author Marj McRae

    January 17, 2013 / 5 Comments

    Last week’s review for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013 was Marj McRae’s Not A Man. This week, I got to ask Marj a few questions about her writing process and about the novel itself.

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    January 16, 2014

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

    January 31, 2013

    Robin Bower’s Beyond Home

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

    Inspiration (or is there a muse?)

    April 6, 2011 / 3 Comments

    Yes. And no. What there is, is this wonderful awesome thing in your head called a brain. There was a reason in Greek mythology as to why Mnemosyne (nem-o-seen) was the mother of the muses. She was the goddess of memory and she named everything. Cognitive science now tells us that memory and emotion are important in the process of creativity. So let me use Sedition (the novel I am writing) as an example so you can understand what I am trying to tell you here. 

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    7 myths about writing

    March 30, 2011

    The writing process, step by step

    April 27, 2011

    How to write a book: Part 1: Introduction

    September 25, 2013

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