Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Blog,  Journalism

    What is a typical day for a journalist?

    October 16, 2019 / No Comments

    The typical day for a journalist always varies depending on what your working circumstances are. But here are some ideas.

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    Why journalists risk their lives

    October 14, 2019
    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    I hit 10,000 words!

    June 4, 2018
    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
  • A mug full of coffee on an open planner
    Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism

    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019 / No Comments

    How do you set goals for your business as a freelance journalist? What sort of goals are best to set? What will move your business and career forward?

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    Sri Lanka, December 2015 – February 2016

    December 5, 2015
    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

    Why journalists risk their lives

    October 14, 2019
  • Blog,  Writing

    Why I write at 4 am

    March 14, 2019 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes about why she chooses to work on her creative writing at four am.

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    Day 2: A cat is here!

    May 30, 2018
    Latest piece of research for the foundation fellowship: the book titled Police in Sri Lanka by Frank de Silva

    Foundation Fellowship update: a bit about Gin and Tonic

    January 12, 2018
    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    I hit 10,000 words!

    June 4, 2018
  • Blog,  Books,  Writing

    Gin & Tonic Update #3

    February 21, 2019 / No Comments

    The third update on the writing of crime fiction novel Gin & Tonic

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    The Writers' Cabins at KSP (c) Writers Bloc

    Day 1: Home on my back, home where there is a bed

    May 30, 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
    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
  • Events,  Updates

    What’s happening in February 2019

    January 29, 2019 / No Comments

    One month is nearly over. Here is what is happening with me in the next month. Freelancing course via Writers Victoria If you have not booked yet, book now for 20% off a spot (tickets are $20 to 45 AUD) at the online webinar on freelancing that I am running through Writers’ Victoria on Feb 4. It’s online, you don’t need to get out of bed and its affordable and you may learn some cool new tips and tricks and ideas. Telling Tales at Women In Media Victoria Straight after that on Feb 11, I will be at the Metropolitan Hotel with several other awesome journalists, telling stories about our…

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    Events you should be attending during the holiday season in 2013

    November 26, 2013

    The Writing Calendar: June 2016

    June 9, 2016
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    July 2016 Writing Calendar

    July 1, 2016
  • Blog,  Books,  Writing

    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019 / No Comments

    For those of you who are new and who may not be aware, I am writing a crime novel. This should not really surprise anyone. I love reading crime fiction. But I started writing this story last year. And I was lucky enough to smash out some huge chunks of words during my KSP and Varuna writing fellowship stays. I am hoping the book ends up being this madcap dash through Colombo tropical city humidity and heat with two teenage girls puzzling their way through crimes and the cops chasing behind them, missing jewellery, murder, mayhem and secret bars and annoying aunties and all. A few months ago I started…

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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
    City of Lights by Sammu on Flickr.

    Sri Lanka, December 2015 – February 2016

    December 5, 2015
    Latest piece of research for the foundation fellowship: the book titled Police in Sri Lanka by Frank de Silva

    Foundation Fellowship update: a bit about Gin and Tonic

    January 12, 2018
  • Norwich Street Art Warning by MarkHeyBo on Flickr
    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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    How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist

    January 7, 2021
    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    I hit 10,000 words!

    June 4, 2018
    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    Day 2: A cat is here!

    May 30, 2018
  • Digital Writers Festival: HyperSpace Hustle

    October 31, 2018 / No Comments

    I am part of the Digital Writers Festival this year. Which is immensely exciting for me. The Digital Writers Festival happens all online. I am in a podcast episode on writing and working rights and conditions for writers. Ben Eltham is chairing the podcast and interviewing me and Osman Faruqi and it is all very exciting. The podcast episode drops on October 31st: http://2018.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/hyperspace-hustle-digital-writers-rights/ Date: October 31, 2018 Time: All day Venue: Wherever thou art. Link: http://2018.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/hyperspace-hustle-digital-writers-rights/ Cost: Free.

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  • Blog,  Events,  Updates

    Where you will find me in October 2018

    October 11, 2018 / No Comments

    You will hear my voice everywhere in October.

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    Sri Lanka, December 2015 – February 2016

    December 5, 2015

    Why journalists risk their lives

    October 14, 2019

    How to deal with late payments as a freelancer

    January 26, 2019
  • Blog,  Editing,  Freelancing,  Updates,  Writing

    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018 / No Comments

    NYWF is National Young Writers Festival and this is the "NYWFty" ("nifty") list because it is truly nifty and is full of the resources the young writers were asking me and other people about at all the #NYWF2018 sessions over the past weekend.

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

    January 7, 2021
    A mug full of coffee on an open planner

    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019
    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    I hit 10,000 words!

    June 4, 2018
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