Imagination, fabrication. Why write fiction?
In late 2023 I had the opportunity to catch up with an old workmate, a man named Justin. Apart from it being seven years since we last...
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sydneysoa
Feb 162 min read
Writing to perfection
I finally sit down to write my ideas for yet another story. It’s my happy place, the pen running smoothly across the page of my lined...
sydneysoa
Feb 63 min read
Writing reviews post-holidays
During the long break over Christmas and New year, away from the support & interaction of the SSOA writing group, I’ve spent many hours...
sydneysoa
Dec 9, 20231 min read
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...
sydneysoa
Dec 6, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20236 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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...
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