Great to hear. This story was my first attempt at featuring humour.
At my school there was no pool and swimming was for the few odd-bods prepared to ride their push-bikes a couple of kilometers to the beach.
I'm almost finished a re-read of the Modesty Blaise series by Peter O'Donnell. - wonderfully addictive action thrillers by an author I class as a master storyteller.
Hi MrWill,
I wanted to PM you but discovered I can't. The 'rural Ohio' is Columbus Guy's post, not mine. I've lived in Aus all my life (not as extensive as yours but getting there ).
Australian writing conventions are closer to British than American but there are still differences.
I'm enjoying your language and meaning insights. Keep'm going, please
Thank you @Will Hawkins,
That's great to hear. I decided at the start of my writing to use my own 'voice' and not regretted it since. Lol - I like to think of them as 'Australian-isms'.