Marisa Wikramanayake

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    Freelancing,  Journalism,  Productivity

    Three important stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist

    February 15, 2022 / No Comments

    Three stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist and why they were important.

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    My year in writing: 2016 and the freelance writer life

    December 16, 2016
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    My 2021 year in review – amazing goals success or failure?

    January 4, 2022

    14 easy rules to simplify your workflow and life as a freelancer

    June 4, 2013
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    Books,  Gin & Tonic,  Writing

    6 Lessons from a year of writing crime fiction

    February 8, 2022 / No Comments

    I spent a year writing crime fiction and here is what I learnt.

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    HIM and the experiment to write the draft under watching eyes

    February 3, 2016
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    All my worries as a WOC writer

    May 13, 2016

    HIM update for March 25

    March 25, 2016
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    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer

    January 25, 2022 / No Comments

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer in Australia and why it is important to be transparent about it.

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    April 16, 2013

    Best places in Fremantle to write

    September 27, 2013
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    Three important stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist

    February 15, 2022
  • green typewriter on brown wooden table
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    My goals for 2022: making my freelancing work better for me

    January 18, 2022 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks through what her goals for 2022 are and how she is planning to achieve them.

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    Freelance writing plans for 2017

    January 6, 2017

    25+ ways I automate my workflow, or how I am trying to become a cyborg

    May 23, 2013

    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018
  • writings in a planner
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    How to successfully set goals and plan for 2022

    January 11, 2022 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes about how to plan for 2022 and set goals as a freelancer.

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    How to get started in journalism

    November 29, 2013
    Marisa Wikramanayake works on a story as a journalist and in this post showing you how to write a freelance pitch

    How to write a freelance pitch to an editor

    September 17, 2021
    Cat asleep on a wall - Photo by Iván C. Fajardo on Unsplash

    Why I really need to take a week off for rest right now

    February 17, 2021
  • Fallon Michael's photo of eyeglasses on book beside macbook for Marisa Wikramanayake's blog post about their 2021 year in review
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    My 2021 year in review – amazing goals success or failure?

    January 4, 2022 / No Comments

    The 2021 year in review - were all the goals met and hit and what of COVID-19? Marisa Wikramanayake looks back at her work over the year.

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    Marisa Wikramanayake works on a story as a journalist and in this post showing you how to write a freelance pitch

    How to write a freelance pitch to an editor

    September 17, 2021

    How do I figure out what to do?

    June 12, 2013

    My year in writing: 2016 and the freelance writer life

    December 16, 2016
  • Marisa Wikramanayake works on a story as a journalist and in this post showing you how to write a freelance pitch
    Freelancing,  Journalism

    How to write a freelance pitch to an editor

    September 17, 2021 / No Comments

    Learn how to write a freelance pitch in this post.

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    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017

    How to get started in journalism

    November 29, 2013
    green typewriter on brown wooden table

    My goals for 2022: making my freelancing work better for me

    January 18, 2022
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    Blog,  Editing,  Freelancing,  Mentoring,  Writing

    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

    January 14, 2021 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks about the ten most important things you need to know before finding or getting a mentor and how not to mess it up.

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    Why I write at 4 am

    March 14, 2019
    A photograph of a microphone by Michal Czyz on Unsplash

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

    December 17, 2020

    Gin & Tonic update #2: I was so wrong! AKA #maricantmath

    February 7, 2019
  • An image of two hands writing in front of a computer screen with a phone on top of papers on a desk
    Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism

    How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist

    January 7, 2021 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks about how to set up a pitch tracker using Google Sheets to track pitches as a freelancer or freelance journalist.

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    Why I write at 4 am

    March 14, 2019

    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019
    A photograph of a microphone by Michal Czyz on Unsplash

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

    December 17, 2020
  • Blog,  Freelancing

    What you need to know about freelancing in Australia and COVID-19

    December 31, 2020 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake discusses the state of freelancing in Australia in the light of COVID-19.

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    January 2019 MEAA Monthly Update

    January 31, 2019
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    My top 10 posts in 2016

    January 20, 2017

    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019
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