A Moment In Time
Dateline: Sydney. Thursday April 01, 2010
For many people, it is the day before a 4 day long weekend because of Easter. However, for a group of Sydney women doing extraordinary jobs, it is a regular day. A Moment In Time follows these women as they go about their work in traditional male roles.
The women are all aiming to do the best that they can to get through each day regardless of what Sydney throws at them. Their aim is to be able to go home at the end of their shift, alive. Most people take for granted that they will go home alive at the end of the day. But for these women, lots of training, teamwork, dedication and a little bit of luck is needed.
Written by Eric Brook (aka Erk from Channel Erk Podcasts), this is his first novel. You might know him better from the online world and podcasting. This book is partly based on his experiences working on the Sydney railway system, as a volunteer in an Emergency Service organisation and as a life long Sydney resident.
The book is entirely set on Thursday 01 April 2010. Following each character through the city of Sydney, incidents and their lives interconnect through the story.
A Moment In Time was almost entirely written on an iPhone using an application called My Writing Nook.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 17
- Years Active
- 2011
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Steve has had an epic struggle. Everyone who has seen him is very surprised that he is still alive. They have not written him off as a lost cause but he has defied the odds and is not dead. However, …
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Paramedic Natalie is having a bad day. In her eyes, she is doing her job to the best of her ability. She is getting to the calls quickly and treating the patient, often in difficult circumstances. He…
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It has been a long day for Sydney train driver Judy. She is only halfway through her shift and already she has prepared her train for service and driven up until the last possible moment of her meal …
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Police Officers Nicole, Leila & Caroline haven't had enough fun for the afternoon - they want more! Cruising around Sydney's Chinatown district, Leila is hungry for Chinese as well as some action. Th…
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After a slow start, Station Officer Renee and Rescue Operator Katrina are winding down at the fire station after a difficult rescue. Now off the clock, the two women can take their time and have a lo…
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In this chapter, Paramedic Natalie needs another pair of hands in a confined space. Looking at the emergency workers on the scene, Natalie could only see one solution. This would mean teamwork with a…
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Rescue Operator Katrina to put her recent training into action. While the rescue training was extensive, it could not cover every scenario. This scenario was very real. It was going to be a difficult…
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Police Officer Caroline has been awaiting this moment for months. She is working her first shift as a fully trained Police Officer and along with her partners Leila & Nicole, she is speeding towards …
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Judy has been driving her Sydney train for a few hours now and is coming up to the train where she is required to have her meal break. She is eagerly awaiting her arrival at Central station then she …
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It's a sunny afternoon in Sydney but for Emergency Department doctor Lisa, she has no idea what the outside world is like. This afternoon, her world is filled up with fixing people who have been inju…
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Natalie is a motorcycle rider who does not care about the stopped traffic, speed limits or red traffic lights. If you are in severe pain after an injury or an accident, you could do a lot worse than …
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Katrina is waiting at the fire station and hears the noise that she has been waiting hours for - an alarm for her. She finally has a job. This is no ordinary job that she will not remember next week.…
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Katrina is starting to suffer with cabin fever. New to the Platoon, she wants to get out there & get her hands dirty. She sees the other trucks getting to leave on jobs but she has to stay behind and…
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Judy's routine was relatively simple on this particular schedule. See a platform, stop. Go. See another platform, stop. That might be making it sound very simple. Judy made it look easy. However, con…
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It's a nice day for Judy to be able to drive around and around and around. But first, she has to find her vehicle and then make sure that it is ready to go, that everything is how it should be. You j…
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It is an impressive April day in Sydney as Caroline drives her car across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. She meets her management team as well as her partners. After a tour of the station, some paperwork…
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Dateline: Thursday 01 April 2010. Caroline is very excited about her first day at her new job. She has been looking forward to this day since she has been a small child. It would be very bad for her …