Marisa Wikramanayake

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    Blog,  MEAA

    January 2019 MEAA Monthly Update

    January 31, 2019 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake updates you on what MEAA has been doing in January 2019 and what campaigns in journalism and media the union will be running in the next few months.

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  • Updates

    Well at least the website is looking a bit snazzier

    May 25, 2018 / No Comments

    First of all, sorry about the radio silence on the website of late. The website was hacked and was down. It didn’t affect anyone who visits it – all it did was place pesky links all over the site. But it did take a while to sort out. I had to figure out exactly what had been tampered with. Right now, I am pretty sure I got everything but if you see anything strange, let me know. And then I decided to change the look of the site a bit more. I hope things are now easier to find on the site and that things are easier to read. So…

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  • Writing

    HIM update for April 15

    April 14, 2016 / No Comments

    Quick explainer: I am writing my second book HIM and have staggered my word count goals this time. If you sign up to the mailing list or become a blog subscriber you get to read the first draft. If you don’t you just get this update on whether I hit my goals or not each week. Subscribers scroll down for your link, mailing list, you will get an email in your inbox. Word count goals this week: 5,000 Actual word count this week: 3334 Total word count so far: 11,338 Total word count goal at this point: 60,000 NOTE: HALFWAY TO NOVELLA AND 1/5TH TO NOVEL! 🙂 How long did it take me? 3 hours What have I…

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  • Books,  Writing

    HIM update for February 19

    February 19, 2016 / No Comments

    What did I write about this past week? Why no one often wants to get out of bed, the long lived nature of chicken dynasties and elderly neighbours who know more pop cultural references than you do. None of which was actually previously planned out by the way, these are just all the random cool things that turn up in my writing as I write.

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    March 25, 2016
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    Books

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

    January 25, 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. If you don’t you just get this update on whether I hit my goals or not each week. Word count goals this week: 2,000 Actual word count this week: 0 Total word count so far: 2,007 Total word count goal at this point: 6,000 How long did it take me? Not long. I didn’t do anything. Here is the timetable of targets to reach:  Jan 8 – 2,000 words      Feb…

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