All I want for Christmas is…
Peace on earth and goodwill to men (Luke 2:14). Specifically, I want Peace in the ‘holy land’, where she appears to have hoisted up her...
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- 4 days ago
- 2 min
CLOUDLESS LOVE - LATEST NOVEL
Author Robert Carrick has shown us what he's made of with his new novel, Cloudless Love ... in the time of Artificial Intelligence. At...
sydneysoa
- Nov 22
- 1 min
CLOUDLESS LOVE ... in the time of Artificial Intelligence
What would you do if your life became dependent on Artificial Intelligence, and then it vanished overnight? Well, SSOA has just published...
sydneysoa
- Nov 8
- 1 min
Sydney's Florabunda
There had been a light splashing of rain so that cars ‘shisssshed’ by on the asphalt. The sky descended in the dark, purplish- grey...
sydneysoa
- Oct 6
- 2 min
If we love Australia's distinctive plant and animal species we should try to protect them
Like many other Australians keen to protect our natural environment, I was delighted to read a recent news article about a farmer from...
sydneysoa
- Sep 17
- 2 min
Who can say? We can say: 'YES - It's Time!'
We've been pummelled by a lot of false statements made by No campaigners during the lead up to the referendum to be held on October 14,...
sydneysoa
- Sep 1
- 3 min
The world is on fire ... so what comes next?
Photos of fires on the front pages of newspapers all over the world ... and for me the most graphic image was of a man holding his...
sydneysoa
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Last night
His presence so luminous in the depths of the dark he lures me into his light. Dazzling, brilliant, 'Look at me,’ he declares. The pain...
sydneysoa
- Aug 20
- 4 min
Australia is a sporting nation. But what does that mean?
Everyone has heard of Sam Kerr. But Ellie Carpenter, Hayley Raso, Mackenzie Arnold … who knew them a month ago? The names of these women...
sydneysoa
- Aug 15
- 3 min
It's okay for most golfers to remain amateur and still enjoy the game. The same may apply to writers
The Indian Summer From the open sliding door of Jo Jackson’s study, I could see out across the water from Abbotsford to Exile Bay....
sydneysoa
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Congratulations to the Matildas and the Diamonds!
Our national netball team, the Diamonds, have this week won the Netball World Cup held in Cape Town with a 61-45 victory over England....
sydneysoa
- Jul 31
- 5 min
There’s no place like ...
There’s no place like the airport There’s no place like the airport, I think, realising that I only have a vague idea what country I’m...
sydneysoa
- Jun 28
- 3 min
What future is there in individual authorship?
Individual authorship has come a long way in the Western world, having been the preserve of the elites in ancient and medieval times. The...
sydneysoa
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Why it's always important to polish your writing
1. It takes much brain power to make words run along. 2. Easier to put thoughts down in jumbled mess than make perfect story and ... 3....
sydneysoa
- Jun 15
- 6 min
Write what you like - or write what sells? Your preference ...
The romantic side of me wants to say write what I like! Don’t sell out, do good work and keep your integrity. Yet the more business side...
sydneysoa
- May 31
- 2 min
Last day of autumn - time for a spell
SSOA's writing group facilitator announced there'd be no writing prompt this week. What did she mean? That we were to slack off, give up...
sydneysoa
- May 24
- 2 min
Sydney protest to free Australian citizen Julian Assange
Supporters in the campaign to save Julian Assange gathered peacefully at Hyde Park's Archibald Fountain in Sydney today. They called on...
sydneysoa
- May 19
- 2 min
How safe is it to write for publication? Which genre is safest - life story or fiction?
Responses by SSOA emerging writers to the weekly writing prompt above: Which genre is safest, life story or fiction? In both genres,...
sydneysoa
- May 10
- 3 min
... the big things take care of themselves.
Robert Carrick a member of SSOA's Write Club on Tuesday evenings, undertook a fictional interpretation of the last part of Emily...
sydneysoa
- May 4
- 3 min
If you take care of the small things
Yes, that's the first part of American poet Emily Dickinson's famous quote ... We'll deal with the later part - in relation to writing -...
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