Pat Ritter: 24 books

Pat Ritter (co-author) of Closing The Gap was a police officer. His concern was when teenagers ran away from home. At first he didn't have any answers however after attending college to learn about a subject 'behaviour', his lecturer Bob O'Sullivan and Pat decided to write a book to help parents overcome...

Each week in 2015 I attended the Pomona Writers Group. The facilitator asked us to write a story about a topic he chose. These stories less than 500 words are OMR (One Minute Read). I hope you enjoy reading each one.I want to express my gratitude to Melissa Smith. Thank you for doing a great job of...

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Each week in 2016 I attended the Pomona Writers Group. The facilitator asked us to write a story about a topic he chose. These stories less than 500 words are OMR (One Minute Read). I hope you enjoy reading each one.If you have enjoyed reading this book, or if you haven’t enjoyed it, still let me...

Each week in 2018 I attended the Pomona Writers Group. The facilitator asked us to write a story about a topic he chose. These stories less than 500 words are OMR (One Minute Read). I hope you enjoy reading each one. I want to express my gratitude to Melissa Smith. Thank you for doing...

Droving in outback Queensland was a roaring trade in the late 1940's and 50's. Australia lived off the sheep's back with wool being one pound sterling for one pound of wool. Everyone had money. Sheep and cattle needed to be taken from place to place. It was common to see at least six droving...

In 1891 Australian history changed forever because of 'The Great Shearers Strike of 1891' when shearers from across the country went on strike for better working conditions and wages. Joe Ryan was one of those shearers. This is his story.

This is a selection of OMR - One Minute Reads. Each week when I attended Pomona Writers Group 2012 the facilitator gave us homework to write no more than five hundred words on the title he chose. Hope you indeed enjoy reading these OMR - One Minute Reads as I have had in writing and publishing them.

Bundy Quicksilver is an alcoholic. He tasted his initial taste of alcohol at 12 years old. Before he knew what alcohol could do to him it was out of control.At 28 years his wife gave him an ultimatum 'if he didn't do something about his drinking she was leaving and taking the children'.He promised to never drink again.This is a story of how he overcome his alcoholism.

Have you wondered why different events happen to you in your life as if the event was meant to happen?This book is about my life and how different events forced me to travel in a certain direction.It's facinating when analysing each event, after it happened, how did it happen.In...

John McMullen knew what he wanted to do at 17 years of age. His deep desire to be a harness racing driver. His desires bubbled to a point when he achieved his dream to drive against the best drivers in the world. How did he do it? This is a story of personal strength; tenacity; heartache; and inspiration with the will to succeed.

When I was an alcohol and drug counsellor many young people aged between 13 years to 19 years approached me for help. At first I didn't know how to help them. After listening to their issues of 'not being able to find work'; 'get off drugs'; and many other issues I designed a workbook to guide...

At the first induction to the group the facilitator handed out: ‘Helpful Hints For Creative Writers’. ‘To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong’. Among other things were - keep writing – don’t edit on the run – when the inspiration stops and...

Each week at the Pomona Writer's Group, the facilitator selects a title for each member to write in under 500 words. These stories are read to the other members of the group. These are the stories I've written and read to the other members. Hope you like them.