Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • IPEd 2017

    Building alliances – a panel on organisations working together

    September 17, 2017 / No Comments

    So I was asked to be on this panel about building alliances which mostly came about because I had previously contacted IPEd with ideas about how IPEd and MEAA could collaborate. The panel consisted of myself, representing all things MEAA, Juliet Rogers of the ASA, Sherrey Quinn from ANZSI, Queensland Writers Centre’s CEO Katie Woods and the Rosanna Arciuli from the Copyright Agency. In a nutshell we definitely agreed on several points: It was vital for us to band together on several big theme issues because there was power in numbers no matter which organisation spearheaded the issue and campaign. Such big theme issues that we cared about were copyright…

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    September 13, 2017

    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    IPEd Conference 2017 is next week and guess who is going?

    September 6, 2017
  • Projects

    List of Planet Sites To Submit Your RSS Feed To:

    March 19, 2009 / 1 Comment

    In this post, Marisa Wikramanayake lists all the "planets" (RSS feed aggregator sites) that she has found and discusses the benefits of submitting your website's RSS feed to the few that are relevant to your website's topic as a targeted marketing tool. Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor, based in Australia.

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    January 25, 2013
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    March 9, 2011

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    September 16, 2010
  • Projects

    Things You Need To Know About Being A Writer, Part 3:

    March 18, 2009 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan born, Australian based freelance writer and editor. She discusses rates, societies, unions, job boards, job sites, trade journals and having your website in the third part of her list of necessary information for writers. This and other information, published work, and her rates and services are available on her website.

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    September 25, 2013

    AWW 2013: Marion Halligan's Murder On The Apricot Coast

    February 7, 2013

    Salinity threatens freshwater mussels

    September 9, 2010
  • Projects

    Things You Should Know About Being A Writer: Part 1:

    March 13, 2009 / 5 Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake starts a list of things every writer needs to know but isn't always told and starts posting them in sets of five points or tips each. This is the first post with the first five tips on writing, reading, experiencing, expression and practice.

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