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Mar 52 min read

Life is perfect ...

Finally I’ve sat down to write my ideas for yet another story. It’s my happy place, the pen running smoothly across the page of my lined...

Imagination, fabrication. Why write fiction?

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Feb 283 min read

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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

If we love Australia's distinctive plant and animal species we should try to protect them

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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...

Who can say? We can say: 'YES - It's Time!'

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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,...

The world is on fire ... so what comes next?

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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...

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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...

Australia is a sporting nation. But what does that mean?

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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...

It's okay for most golfers to remain amateur and still enjoy the game. The same may apply to writers

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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....

Congratulations to the Matildas and the Diamonds!

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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....

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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...

What future is there in individual authorship?

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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...

Why it's always important to polish your writing

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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....

Write what you like - or write what sells? Your preference ...

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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...

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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...