Mark Ponyboy Peters

Yeah, the more rural you are the more you'll end up talking like me! (lol) I totally agree with the "piss take" comment . . . I'm sure that a lot of this sort of language has its origins from that!

@Summerabbacat I know that there are plenty of folks out there who are just like you. I get a few emails every now and then bemoaning the fact that I use those terms, but to be perfectly honest I think the majority of Aussies do. I don't think any less of anyone who doesn't like to use these terms ... that's their prerogative ... but I do get a bit antsy when I start getting lectured about it! NOT that I think you are doing that! lol I'm just a boy from the bush and the kind of language I use in my stories is pretty much exactly what I use and hear each day. If some folks don't like that ... tough! MP

@Summerabbacat plenty there I've used. Plenty there I've never heard of! lol

@Summerabbacat here ya go! Appendix:Australian English rhyming slang - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Haha ... it's all good ... that's the kind of thing I do all the time, so you're not on your Pat Malone there, son! 😉

When morning came around, grey and cold, I found myself waking in a strange room and in a strange bed, but the warm body with which I found myself entwined certainly wasn’t strange to me. I knew in an instant whose sun-streaked hair it was that I found myself breathing into, whose firm, work-fit body it was that my arms were wrapped around. I was precisely where I wanted to be. Surprisingly, we were both still fully clothed and I could feel my morning wood straining against the confines of

Some excellent points you have raised there. Great minds think alike it seems 😉

Before I packed away my laptop for the day I decided I needed to go online and check my emails. Once I had connected I found that for the most part there was just the usual crap, which was quickly deleted, but there were also a few that I needed to deal with, mostly from Shi-Anne. She and Harry were starting to put together the schedule for the launch of the new novel, so book signings and morning television shows and all sorts of other stunts would no doubt be on the agenda. Did I wan

...and again...and again! 😁

I found her there, in the office that old Bill Joyce had once occupied, although it wasn’t quite as dark and dingy now as it had been back then. Nor did it smell of stale cigars and mouldy books. I had loved Bill dearly, for not only what I learned from him, which I have carried right through into my current career, but also for his friendship and support. Sure, I still may have some bad habits in my writing, of which my current editors almost certainly must despair, but I am sure that it w

Whiteboard? More like a whole fecking white-wall !!!

Oh yes, I have plans for Danny and Jake

Thank you @Summerabbacat and yes, you are pretty close with the ages. 'The gang' moved to T'ville "around" 2000 when they were 18 or 19. Shortly afterwards Tony showed up on their doorstep, and at that point I think he was about 15 or 16, so around 3 or 4 years behind the others (just off the top of my head without going back to double-check!). The Party that is being planned for now is 10 years on (2010), so at this point the gang are in their late 20's, with Tony and Aaron about 25 at that point. Traditions is set at Christmas 2019, because The Rise of Skywalker has just been released, so the gang are all around 38 here, And Tony and Aaron about 35-ish here. And if Kieran and Charlie are about 22-ish here that puts them as having been born around 1997 or so. That'll be kind of important for another story! LOL I'm trying to work all this out as much for me as for anyone else, because I want to make sure I don't stuff up with the other T'ville Universe stories -- either planned, or already underway! And as for Kieran and Charlie in this story . . . yes, they have a lot of stuff to work through in the next few days, as others have pointed out, so I'm hopeful that all will work out in the end!

Thank you so much. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. There is more yet to come in the series! MP

Just keep in mind that there are a few years difference between when these stories are set. While Kieran and Charlie are living in more recent times, Matt and Luke and the gang first moved to T'ville ... Ie I started writing AWD and had it set ... around 2000, with Tony being the successful author about 10 years later, so the time span for the whole Thompsonville series covers quite a wide period. My whole plan has always been for the stories and characters to crossover at various points, so from time to time there are bound to be some interactions between different characters and storylines ... provided I can keep it all straight in my head! lol

After seeing off my family, Charlie and I retreated to the relative safety of my old bedroom, while my parents and Toby busied themselves elsewhere in the house; my parents cleaning up in the kitchen, and Toby tackling the delicate process of piecing together one of the model ships he had been given for Christmas. ‘So, what comes next?’ Charlie quietly asked me, as we both sat down on my bed. ‘What comes next? Or who comes next?’ I replied, giving him a smirk as I do so. ‘It’s Chr

Well, Tony did say that something about the name Randy Thompson didn't quite sit right! lol To be honest I can't even remember how far down the road that Tony gets with this new book, or even if that name comes up again. I guess I'll find out as we get further into the re-editing process! 😉

@Philippe I won't even touch the the boots and bonnets thing ... I have no idea where or how that started. I do love the idea of cars having names though. My grandmother had several VW beetles and they were always called 'Bommy'. I've mostly owned various models of Fords and they have all been called 'Henry' (get it?). I currently drive an Isuzu called 'Izzy'... 😂

After I had disconnected from Shi-Anne I finished my coffee and my now cold toasted sandwich, then decided to look a few things up on the web using my phone. It had only been five minutes since I had spoken with Shi-Anne, but when I got up to leave a few minutes later and stepped back onto the sidewalk my telephone rang, with her number displaying on the screen. ‘Yeah?’ I said. ‘How about Randy Thompson for your nom-de-plume?’ she asked. ‘Oh, dear!’ I laughed. ‘How the hell did yo

😁❤️😋😂😋🤣😍🤩 And there I was thinking that news was going to break on Channel 69...

Excitement seemed to have been coursing through my veins when I had finally crawled into bed last night, and for a long time I couldn’t get to sleep as I tossed and turned and went over and over in my mind the events of the last few days. I was convinced that all the elements of the life I wanted were finally coming together, and that it wouldn’t be long before I would be embarking on a new journey. Yet despite my earlier feelings of contentment, after a while there also seemed to be anothe

From time to time throughout the night Charlie would come and sit with us, as we all recounted stories from our younger years. At times we would be laughing. At times a more sombre mood would prevail. All the while, however, we were recalling times that had meant much to us all, and we all knew that no matter what happened from this point forward, they were still memories to be cherished, and which we would carry to our graves. All night the food just seemed to keep on coming, and yes, I wa

@Ivor Slipper @Al Norris Really? Am I that predictable? LOL

Wow! Some effort went into that one @Summerabbacat. Thank you. ❤️

@weinerdog what's the pay like?