Janet C. Smith

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'Gritta and the Witches of Olavland' is the second edition of my first novel for children, originally titled 'Krog the Prince Frog'. I do hope you enjoy reading it, as an ebook or in print, as much as I've enjoyed writing it. Please see
https://fiction4all.com/ebooks/b17264...

I'm currently 10,000 words into a new novel for children 'George the Good'.

I also write for amateur stage, and my stage plays, murder mysteries, sketches, monologues, and plays for young people, are all online; fully readable and very reasonable to download, licence etc, at https://scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/play...

Apart from that I've spent many years interviewing interesting people, and researching features for newspapers and magazines about everything from topiary (th
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'Manifesto for Murder'. Murder Mystery. Merstham Amateur Dramatic Society (MADS)

Break a Leg to Merstham Amateur Dramatic Society (MADS), for their production of the murder mystery ‘Manifesto for Murder’ at Merstham Village Hall, Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th October. For tickets £10, see online info.

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'Murder in the Library'. Murder Mystery. St John the Baptist Harvest Supper Players, Ockley.

Good Luck to St John the Baptist Harvest Supper Players, Ockley, who are performing ‘Murder in the Library’ Friday 23rd at Ockley Village Hall, and Sa Read more of this blog post »
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“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.’ (Jack London.)”
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“Old writers never die, they just decom-prose!”
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