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  1. Mark Ponyboy Peters
    The sound of my phone ringing jolted me awake, and as I opened my eyes in a dim room, with somebody beside me, it once again took me a few moments to realise exactly where I was. 'Are you going to get that?' I heard Charlie ask me, which quickly snapped me back to the present. 'Yeah. I guess I had better.' I heard him chuckle, but when I glanced his way he just grinned at me. Sitting up on the side of the bed I reached for my pants, in the pocket of which my phone was still ringin
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    @weinerdog she-ite! Now I'll have to think up something different!!!!!
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    He is educating us all @Tris
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    @Summerabbacat if always admired that kid ... and much more than his old man. Always reckoned they should have made a new Skippy series with him playing Sonny Hammond! lol
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    @Summerabbacat yeah ... don't tread on her while barefoot! lol
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    @weinerdog oh, far too cliche, darling! 😉
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    When the evening was all but over, the guys thanked me for the meal, insisting that it had been the best meal served from the kitchen since the renovations had been completed. I somehow doubted that was the case, but all the same I was glad they had enjoyed the meal. After we had finished eating we sat there talking and drinking coffee, but when I made a move to pack up the empty plates they were quickly taken from my hands, with Luke and Guy insisting that they would handle the cleanup and
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    @Ivor Slipper one way or another! lol
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    For the next hour I typed away feverishly, working on a synopsis for the story and getting down as much additional detail as I could. I had, of course, already written a number of paragraphs, scenes and sections, which could easily be incorporated into the story at the appropriate point, and these would also be used as something of a selling point when I pitched the idea to Harry tomorrow. The other thing I needed to write, however, was a decent opening chapter, so once I had the outline co
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    Something for their next dinner party perhaps @Ivor Slipper ?
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    It's all good. We all have our moments! 😉
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    I was thinking more about how I resolved it moving forward! 🙂
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    @Summerabbacat I might have to refresh my own memory first, to see just how I handled it! 😉
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    @weinerdog @Al Norris @Paqman just so you know, I have just started the re-editing process for Mardi Gras Murders, so it can be posted here also. I have a couple of other stories that will be posted here before MGM, but it is in the works. I would also like to publish it in book form, but we'll just have to how that goes! 😉
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    After I left the book store it didn’t take me long to locate everything that I needed for the dinner I was planning. The supermarket had most of what I was after, and I would have bought the fish from there as well, except that I found a great fresh seafood shop right outside the entrance and they had by far the freshest looking fish and prawns. I guess that was one of the many benefits to living in a coastal city. The menu I was thinking of was an entree of Cajun King Prawn Skewers, s
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    Oh, no @Summerabbacat there are plenty of idiots in the country as well! haha
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    I know exactly where you are coming from @Summerabbacat!!!
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    @Summerabbacat hopefully they don't get too much more. We've only had about an inch up here in the hills for the past week, and that's just from constant miserable drizzle. Enough already! Give us some goddam sunshine! MP
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    No rain on the parade there, friend. In a country town two guys hugging "may" still raise eyebrows here ... just depends on who sees it. 😉 I remember my cousin's great surprise at his sons 18th birthday when all the guests (his sons school friends in particular) were arriving and many of the boys hugged, and some even kissed young Matt on the cheek! He took it really well though! And yes, we know Elvira and Magic! Geez, we're not THAT far behind the US. LOL I'm sure that there would be those who would clamour for the cardboard cut-outs ... but eventually they would lose their appeal I think ... unless perhaps they were signed. Movie posters are another thing that folks sometimes go crazy for as well..... MP
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    Having been indoors all morning, while in the relative comfort of an air-conditioned room, I was a little unprepared for the day that greeted us outside once we had finished and I finally left the library. It was one of those hot summer days, but worse than that, it was also quite a humid day, with the distinct feeling in the air that a storm was brewing. As I took the short walk from the library to where I had parked the truck I continued to speak to Aaron on the phone, and by the time I r
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    Thank you @Paladin I don't believe it has to always be about action or sex ... for the sake of the storyline you just have to balance things out with a touch of real life, which is something that you also do so well. 🙂
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    Thank you @Summerabbacat. But you better slip out to the supermarket and buy a couple more packs of tissues then. We're only half way through, so far!
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    Chapter 8

    Mark Ponyboy Peters commented on Paladin's story chapter in Chapter 8

    Thank you @Paladin ... great progress made, but I can't help but suspect that there will still be some bumpy roads ahead!
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    @Harshaw thank you so much for your very kind words. I truly appreciate the support I am receiving from the GA community. This story was finished a few years ago, but I am still writing, so there will be more stories to come 🙂
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    Initially I spoke for around forty-five minutes, discussing how I got started with writing and then moving into the process of writing my first novel, the cornerstone of which was that second draft I had handed to Tom. That day seemed so long ago now. Given time, and with guidance from both him and Bill, I had finally managed to put something together which they had thought worthy of taking to first an agent, and then a publisher. I could see that my dreams were really beginning to take sha
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