Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • monochrome photo of person using vintage typewriter
    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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    March 7, 2016

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    May 11, 2016

    HIM update for February 12

    February 12, 2016
  • A phone with messags on its screen sits on a desk in front of a lit up keyboard

    Livestream: #writewithme on 27 Jan 2021

    January 27, 2021 / No Comments

    I am writing today for two hours and you can join me via a livestream and work on your project or assignment or anything else alongside me. Read the #crimefiction novel I am writing here: http://www.patreon.com/marisa Watch more livestreams here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ12wceasUG4MqP0yxboK6jcdt7fPG2xo Find out more about what I do here: http://www.marisa.com.au Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/marisa.wikramanayake Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mwikramanayake Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/marisa.com.au Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ & OBS.

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    Blog,  Updates

    Why I am resurrecting my Patreon account

    January 14, 2019 / No Comments

    Some of you may have already known this via social media or the mailing list. I have restarted my Patreon account. For $1 per month you can read the draft of my crime fiction book Gin & Tonic as I write it, start to finish, with two posts per month. The first one went live yesterday and they are scheduled up until mid July with more to come because I have a ton of pages of scribble to type up. For some of you, this is not your thing at all. You want to know what I do via the blog or the newsletter but you are not really otherwise…

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    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018

    MEAA news for February 2019

    February 28, 2019
    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.

    January 2019 MEAA Monthly Update

    January 31, 2019
  • Things You Have Wanted to Know About Sensitivity Reading and Were Too Afraid To Ask – Continuum Panel

    June 10, 2018 / No Comments

    Jess Flint, Creatrix Tiara, Sangeetha Thanapal and I will be discussing why it is important to use a sensitivity reader and why it is important to respect readers of your work and other groups and cultures. It’s going to be a fun ride. Tickets are per day and include rates for full, concession, youth and first time members so check for pricing details on the Continuum website.

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  • The Inequality of Magic – Continuum Panel

    June 10, 2018 / No Comments

    We will be chatting about why there are weird gender based tropes around how magic is used in fantasy fiction stories. Come see me, Darren / Lexie, Dorian Manticore, Gillian Polack, and Jane Routley discuss the importance of representation and the messages we send when we don’t do it well. Ticket prices are per session or per day so check the Continuum website for details.

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  • The Romance of Structure – Continuum Panel

    June 10, 2018 / No Comments

    Come see me chat about structure issues when writing romance fiction with Jane Routley, Freya Marske, Carolyn Denman, and Thalia Kalkipsakis. This is the third Continuum panel that I will be on and I will be also around on the day to chat to people. Tickets can be bought per panel session or per day for the Continuum Convention so please check their website for details on pricing.

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  • Katherine Susannah Pritchard and her typewriter (c) Marisa Wikramanayake
    Blog,  Writing

    Day 4: Freedom to write, freedom for writers

    June 1, 2018 / No Comments

    Day 4 already. Well, nothing was going to happen on Day 1 given how tired and jetlagged I was. Today, most of the day was pretty boring. I had not slept well the night before. So the day was full of waking, sleeping, doing things I needed to do like eat and so on. I thought about the book a lot. And then I did my makeup, changed, called an Uber and went to see my friend Vicki Laurie interview Peter Greste at the WA State Library. So three things happened today on Day 4: Peter Greste pleasantly surprised me. I was very happy about that. Thank you Peter Greste.…

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    January 26, 2019
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    January 22, 2021
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    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

    January 14, 2021
  • My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake
    Blog,  Writing

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018 / No Comments

    Day 3 and I am just grateful. I didn’t get to sleep until five am because I was just so thrilled that I had met my goal. You get a high after you write and type everything in. But I did sleep in bursts till about noon. I would wake up, do some work related things, sleep a bit, write a bit and so on. I woke up at noon and went over to the main house and the office to meet Shannon who is the director here at KSP Writers Centre. I gave her some things from Sri Lanka and she offered to do a pharmacy run for me.…

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    January 12, 2018

    Where you will find me in October 2018

    October 11, 2018

    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018
  • KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre
    Blog,  Writing

    Day 2: A cat is here!

    May 30, 2018 / No Comments

    Day 2 and I woke up joyful today. Joyful because it was such a wonderful thought that I could write and everyone was going to be mindful of that. That no one would disturb me, no one would interrupt me, no one would think to themselves “She is free – let’s get a hold of her.” Also annoyance because my article was overdue and I needed to get it done so I knuckled down to do that while battling my ear going strange again. I made a mental note to see my doctor as soon as I get back to Melbourne. I figured out the A/C and I had a…

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    January 31, 2019
    Katherine Susannah Pritchard and her typewriter (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 4: Freedom to write, freedom for writers

    June 1, 2018
    An image of two hands writing in front of a computer screen with a phone on top of papers on a desk

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

    January 7, 2021
  • Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism,  Writing

    Frequently Asked Questions About Becoming A Freelance Writer:

    January 18, 2018 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake answers a few of the frequently asked questions about being a freelance writer.

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    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

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    May 30, 2018
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    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

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