sydneysoaJun 202 min‘Never doubt ...‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.’...
sydneysoaMay 243 minWho cares about grammar?Who needs grammar? Grammar is boring to learn but adds vitality and clarity to writing.
sydneysoaMay 133 minThe decorative arts - what determines high quality?Quality decorative art is that which makes its viewers believe there is meaning beyond its decorative nature. It must tell a story that...
sydneysoaMay 25 minHe stepped up on stageThis week's writing prompt for Sydney School of Arts' members provoked stories from real life and also fictional pieces. Let's begin with...
sydneysoaApr 84 minSSOA Writing of the Week - an action storyNo, not cops and robbers, a crime thriller, nor a gangster revenge story. This tale by Rosana Wayand is a sensitive New Age action story...
sydneysoaApr 12 minInspiration from fluidityWater water everywhere – so much rain already and so much more to come. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast that our current...
sydneysoaMar 223 minMANY TYPES OF CASUALTIES OF WARAround 600 Ukrainian refugees have made their way to NSW so far, most of them women and children. They've been welcomed with an...
sydneysoaMar 152 min'In war, truth is the first casualty.' Aeschylus Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC)It's claimed that in war, truth is the first casualty. In a plot twist of disappointing proportions, this is a massive propagandist lie....
sydneysoaMar 83 minSummer RainWritings of the week, or is it the month ...? A pretty picture ... Australia's east coast summer rain, at first a relief, then bearable....
sydneysoaMar 43 min‘Like a tree in full bearing struck at the root'This week's blog returns to serious literary matters with a fictional piece by Robert Carrick based on part of a letter which Charlotte...
sydneysoaFeb 253 minWriting of the Week - what a tangled web we weaveWith life slowly 'getting back to normal' - despite entrenched rainy weather, the fiasco of a government organising a total rail...
sydneysoaFeb 221 minA crossroadsI find myself at a crossroads. Doesn’t every road bend every which way, with a decision to be made? And what if I can’t decide, at the...
sydneysoaFeb 192 minHow many words can you write? How many words do I write in 8 minutes? A very short story by Robert Carrick Just write for 8 mins and spend 2 mins reviewing & making...
sydneysoaFeb 153 minHyper Ten – a non-internecine espresso rendezvous I sat at a small wooden table in the window of the cafe in Redfern and looked outside at the drizzling rain. Pedestrians with shoulders...
sydneysoaFeb 71 minYear of the Tiger - passing the 'Australian of the Year' batonA note of admiration for Grace Tame from SSOA's weekly emerging writer's group: Grace, you could have simpered sweetly to the Prime...
sydneysoaFeb 42 minThe Year of the Water Tiger Writing of the Week A piece of flash fiction by Robert Carrick Jia lives with her grandfather in a village at the foothills of Songshan Mountain in China....
sydneysoaJan 251 minWriting of the WeekIn light of the effects of the recent undersea volcano eruption in Tonga, with changes to winds, tides and weather generally - ranging...
sydneysoaJan 122 minGrand bonding in the name of 'God'Children don't baulk at the big questions in life ... What is death? Why are we here? What is nature? Who's in charge of the world?...
sydneysoaDec 30, 20213 minThe PoemLet's start the year with a little tragi-comedy from David Benn ... The Poem A cold overcast morning had become a sodden grey Sunday...
sydneysoaDec 28, 20215 minVale Sao Khemawadee Mangrai - so sorely missedIt is with great sadness that we must convey the news that a dear friend and one of the major contributors to SSOA's memoir group, Sao...