Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • 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,  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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    It’s one day to NaNoWriMo people.

    October 31, 2016 / No Comments

    Thinking of doing NaNoWriMo this year? Did you only just realise that it was one week away? Don't worry, I have something that can help you plan for it.

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    Reader question: what sort of music do you listen to when writing?

    May 18, 2016 / No Comments

    The simple answer is that it varies. At one point while writing Sedition, I listened to UB40 and a lot of reggae. I like reggae. I like drums and saxophone. At another point there was a lot of old ’20s jazz standards I listened to that you can download from here. For free. Right now editing Sedition, I am listening to my friend’s surrealist nerd punk pop rock stuff – her band is called My First Telescope. But to work on HIM, I often write while going through the backlog of vlogbrothers videos on Youtube on my phone. Or while catching up on the Wimbly Womblies’ progress in FIFA. As in…

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

    November 25, 2013 / No Comments

    This is a list of FREELY AVAILABLE basic science primers, courses and videos that science journalists can take to brush up on their beats/niches/topics of interest. NOTE 1: MOOCS = Massive open online courses = free, short, online, provided by universities to give you a primer in the basics of a scientific topic of study. Both MOOCs and the Coursera courses will use Youtube videos so don’t eliminate them on that basis. NOTE 2: Coursera courses vary in length and whether you get a certificate at the end and are offered at different times so some of the ones listed below may drop off and on again depending on when…

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    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013 / No Comments

    Recovering mostly. The conference is over. But the organisation part of it isn’t. There are accounts to be finalised and even now, still a lot of emails to answer. So let me digress to answer the most often asked question via email now: Conference proceedings will be posted on the website and you will all be emailed to be told when they get uploaded.  But what else have I been up to? Well, I have had a particularly weird and busy time of it and a lot of it has involved writing. So without further ado, here is the list: I have reviewed:  Amanda Curtin’s Elemental which will end up in…

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