An Omelette
It is 2 am. Emerging-writer-Robert lies awake, staring at the ceiling. He knows it’s pointless to lie there tossing and turning. He’s...
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sydneysoa
Jul 6, 20222 min read
Do you write for yourself or others?
A meditation swirls around my mind, or my mind circles a meditation - I'm not entirely sure which. What I do know is that if I find a...
sydneysoa
Jun 21, 20222 min read
‘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.’...
sydneysoa
May 24, 20223 min read
Who cares about grammar?
Who needs grammar? Grammar is boring to learn but adds vitality and clarity to writing.
sydneysoa
May 14, 20223 min read
The 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...
sydneysoa
May 2, 20225 min read
He stepped up on stage
This week's writing prompt for Sydney School of Arts' members provoked stories from real life and also fictional pieces. Let's begin with...
sydneysoa
Apr 8, 20224 min read
SSOA Writing of the Week - an action story
No, not cops and robbers, a crime thriller, nor a gangster revenge story. This tale by Rosana Wayand is a sensitive New Age action story...
sydneysoa
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Inspiration from fluidity
Water water everywhere – so much rain already and so much more to come. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast that our current...
sydneysoa
Mar 22, 20223 min read
MANY TYPES OF CASUALTIES OF WAR
Around 600 Ukrainian refugees have made their way to NSW so far, most of them women and children. They've been welcomed with an...
sydneysoa
Mar 15, 20222 min read
'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....
sydneysoa
Mar 8, 20223 min read
Summer Rain
Writings of the week, or is it the month ...? A pretty picture ... Australia's east coast summer rain, at first a relief, then bearable....
sydneysoa
Mar 4, 20223 min read
‘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...
sydneysoa
Feb 25, 20223 min read
Writing of the Week - what a tangled web we weave
With life slowly 'getting back to normal' - despite entrenched rainy weather, the fiasco of a government organising a total rail...
sydneysoa
Feb 22, 20221 min read
A crossroads
I 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...
sydneysoa
Feb 20, 20222 min read
How 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...
sydneysoa
Feb 15, 20223 min read
Hyper 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...
sydneysoa
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Year of the Tiger - passing the 'Australian of the Year' baton
A note of admiration for Grace Tame from SSOA's weekly emerging writer's group: Grace, you could have simpered sweetly to the Prime...
sydneysoa
Feb 4, 20222 min read
The 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....
sydneysoa
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Writing of the Week
In light of the effects of the recent undersea volcano eruption in Tonga, with changes to winds, tides and weather generally - ranging...
sydneysoa
Jan 12, 20222 min read
Grand 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?...
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