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Aug 19, 20212 min read
The New Yorker will find you a man if you need one ...
I Am a Tinder Guy Holding a Fish and I Will Provide for You by Amy Collier Photo No. 1 Behold my mackerel. I have caught it for you and...
sydneysoa
Aug 17, 20215 min read
Materialism Isn’t Everything, but ...
Materialism isn’t everything but … Margo Hofmann Jurgens I remember when Tony was dating yet another model. His colleague - I suppose you...
sydneysoa
Aug 15, 20213 min read
Sandwiches for lunch
by David Benn I glance up at the clock. Nine o’clock Sunday night and the boys are in their pyjamas, sitting at the kitchen table playing...
sydneysoa
Aug 6, 20212 min read
Difficult aspects of writing – starting and ending
Two difficult aspects associated with writing have preoccupied my thoughts lately: first, finding the time and inspiration to begin, and...
sydneysoa
Jul 31, 20211 min read
What inspires you to write?
Maybe it will help you to start writing if you give the question some attention ... so you'll know what space - mental, emotional,...
sydneysoa
Jul 27, 20213 min read
Language Fashions & Fads
'Woke' or alt-right? Insta, Twitter or your own blog template? Sometimes I wonder how I'll ever keep up with the pace of change in my...
sydneysoa
Jul 8, 20211 min read
So you think you've got it bad, having to wear a mask?
It is the year 1631 in Paris, and in the pale splendour of an early spring morning, the city of death awakes to the sound of a chorus of...
sydneysoa
Jul 5, 20211 min read
Sand in the Shoe
The man in the suit negotiated the last few steps along the dry wooden path – old slats protruding like broken ribs in the dirt path –...
sydneysoa
Jul 2, 20211 min read
Beauty is in ...
the eye of the photographer ... Or in Rossella Venturi's own words on her morning walk, 'Oops - where's the Sydney Harbour Bridge?'...
sydneysoa
Jul 1, 20214 min read
Obituary: Extraordinary writer/journalist and critic of journalists, Janet Malcolm
An excerpt from The New York Times 19 June 2021 on Malcolm (1934 - 2021): Janet Malcolm, a Writer Who Emphasized the Messiness of Life...
sydneysoa
Jun 28, 20212 min read
SSOA writing exercise - a piece of flash fiction with just 2 characters
Shoplifting Deano and Rusty slowly pushed the pedals of their BMX bikes along the footpath on the Clontarf foreshore to the old wooden...
sydneysoa
Jun 28, 20211 min read
A Wish To Be Pure
When first we practise to deceive where do we preserve the real? Our lonely third eye sees true while the other two point different ways....
sydneysoa
Jun 24, 20211 min read
Watery Grave
Impressionists strive to capture her essence, photorealists aim to reproduce her, orchestras hope to speak the language of her soul....
sydneysoa
Jun 18, 20212 min read
Her Perfume - Writing of the Week
Her perfume was the first thing he noticed about her as he really hadn’t taken much heed of her up until then. She was just another...
sydneysoa
Jun 10, 20213 min read
Shooting Butterflies
I placed the steaming plates of rissoles, mashed potatoes and peas on the table in front of the two boys who looked down at their food...
sydneysoa
Jun 3, 20212 min read
What is good writing?
The best writing draws on both the individual and the universal Lawrence Goodstone At first glance this statement appears erudite, but...
sydneysoa
May 28, 20213 min read
Red Moon Rising
OH WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS! If the moon is made of cheese, then last night it must have been Red Leicester! Or perhaps it was just a...
sydneysoa
May 26, 20212 min read
A night on the mall - a 10 minute writing exercise
‘You should be ashamed of yourself!’ the woman declared. ‘I should?’ Ben replied, opening his eyes and feeling the piercing orange light...
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