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Jan Hurst-Nicholson

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Jan Hurst-Nicholson has been writing for about 25 years. Her articles, humorous articles and short stories have appeared in South African and overseas magazines and these were compiled into a book: ‘Something to Read on the Plane’ a bit of light literature, short stories & other fun stuff.

Her first children’s book was ‘Leon Chameleon PI and the case of the missing canary eggs’ published by Gecko Books, and was one of Bookchat’s 1993 South African Books of the Year. This was followed by ‘Leon Chameleon PI and the case of the kidnapped mouse’ (both now available as e-books on Amazon) ‘Leon Chameleon PI and the case of the bottled bat’ is awaiting publication. These are humorous, animal, detective stories set in a nature reserve.
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Jan Hurst-Nicholson The kind of books I read don't seem to have 'couples' as such. But I'm very fond of Frank and Mavis Turner in my own book "But Can You Drink The Water…moreThe kind of books I read don't seem to have 'couples' as such. But I'm very fond of Frank and Mavis Turner in my own book "But Can You Drink The Water?" They became very real during the course of writing the story and I'm even considering writing a sequel.(less)
Jan Hurst-Nicholson Develop a thick skin in order to deal with the inevitable poor reviews. Not everyone will love 'your baby' (unfortunately).
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Develop a thick skin in order to deal with the inevitable poor reviews. Not everyone will love 'your baby' (unfortunately).
Be prepared to listen to the advice of established writers, but don't follow it slavishly.
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But Can You Drink the Water?

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I Made These Up

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Jan Hurst-Nicholson Dr wrote: "Thanks for the friendship. I too love writing and don't care for that other stuff---Math. Believe it or not, I received a PhD without ever taking, but one math course which was in my first year of..."

Hi,
Good to hear from you. I am originally from the UK but have been in SA since 1972. In the UK and here we call it maths - another word that seems to divide the US and UK. It's a public holiday here, so about to take the dogs for a walk. It's Spring and the weather is sunny, but a bit windy today.
cheers for now.
Jan


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Dr Thanks for the friendship. I too love writing and don't care for that other stuff---Math. Believe it or not, I received a PhD without ever taking, but one math course which was in my first year of college. I did well on it, but saw no sense in figuring out why one of these and one more made two. I already could see that. However, having confessed to my lack of understanding of math, I will tell you that lots of related math courses were taken to satisfy all of the requirements. I loved statistic, finance and adding money up in huge piles. I guess it worked for me, I passed all my courses.
Dr Robert E McGinnis Your newest friend on the block


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