Marisa Wikramanayake

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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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    January 12, 2013

    Gin & Tonic Update #3

    February 21, 2019

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    March 25, 2016
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    Livestream: #writewithme on 28 Jan 2021

    January 28, 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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    Livestream: #writewithme on 26 Jan 2021

    January 26, 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,  Freelancing,  Writing

    My 10 Compelling Reasons For Running Youtube Livestreams Right Now

    January 22, 2021 / No Comments

    Mrisa Wikramanayake discusses livestreams and why she wanted to start writing and #writewithme related livestreams on Youtube and Twitch.

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

    December 17, 2020
    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
    A phone with messags on its screen sits on a desk in front of a lit up keyboard

    7 Important Lessons I Learned About Running Awesome Livestreams

    January 30, 2021
  • Blog,  Updates,  Writing

    December 2020: What’s new & what I have been upto

    December 3, 2020 / No Comments

    Well first of all I had had plans for November 2020. I had planned to sit and relax and write more of the book – about 30,000 words extra to be exact. That worked for about a week. I am also involved in various projects in a voluntary capacity where I try to provide some assistance somehow. One of these ended up having a lot of drama and that caused a lot of stress. So I didn’t get to actually have much stress free time to write or do much else. So what else happened in November? I was in a Melbourne Fringe show. Yes you read that right. I…

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    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018

    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019
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    How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist

    January 7, 2021

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