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The Things We Do For A Crust

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Copies of "The Things We Do For A Crust"  available @ £7.50. {including post & packing.} This little book started life as a "self-help leaflet" for would-be carers looking to work through care Agencies. After two lines of writing, the author Melanie White { alter-ego Ruth Whitney} realised there was - and still is - no-where to go! The "where to go?" relates to possible proper employment and support for Carers working on 24hr 7x days a week placements via Care Agencies. At the same time Melanie set-up a one-woman campaign for the monitoring and accreditation of Carers and their Agencies. The result being "brick-walls!" This little 'tongue-in-cheek" look at caring is also a platform for a play of the book. Thanks to Steve Waller Mel's lyrics are now recorded. Here's a sample to get yer juices going! Tracks include "Qualified" available to listen to on the link below. If it hadn't
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Steve Waller/Melanie White

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 Steve Waller....often called "White-man Waller" came to Stroud where he did some of his best work. Never to be forgotten. For "friends Musicians and countrymen" or anyone interested in my story e-mail Mel on whitneymelanie@outlook.com  For The Inside Story read-on........ These lyrics were written on 24.08.2003 for a song, and if there is anyone out there musically inclined?!  - and brave enough to work with me - don't hesitate to get in touch with me by e-mail whitneymelanie@outlook.com for a potential collaboration for a recording of "Rollercoaster World" I was sitting in a pool of elation - I was drowning in the waters of love While hanging on the wires of expectation I thought you were there  Could still feel all your fears running wild with the lions in the park And although you're not here anymore I remember you standing in the door Though not here for me to touch I still love and want you so
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The Beer Slug-Trap

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Introduction! A new children's story intended for a semi-animated film - now available on C.D. 22 x minutes of fun to put your children to sleep to! Available to buy via my e-mail whitneymelanie@outlook.com £10.00. plus post and packing. Click here for a taster in sound.
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Juke Box Jury

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Once more! Needed! An enthusiastic small theatre/film company - preferably FILM! to produce the film of my story. Details enclosed on the C.D. cover shown here. Cheap to produce; set in 1960s Potteries; not just a film but educational, as the story is about social history soon to be lost?! An ideal 'meaty' part for Media Studies Students eager to go forward into Competitions for Cinema. The fun bit will be doing it! Of course the hard bit is getting funding!! If anyone feels keen to listen to this story, please e-mail me on whitneymelanie@outlook.com  ........or you can find me wandering the streets of Stroud looking lost but hopeful!.......Not least many thanks to Steve Palmer for designing the C.D. cover and his encouragement about my writing. Click here to listen. Available also to buy the C.D. from the author e-mail whitneymelanie@outlook.com
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Literary Agent seeking

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NEEDED! An Imaginative LITERARY AGENT for an already Published and Marketable little book - also a short story, recorded on C.D. "The Beer Slug-Trap" is ideally written for six-year olds; a fairy-story with a moral! Originally written with/for a semi-animated film and full of potential. {The B.B.C. Radio Gloucester interviewed Melanie shortly after recording her story.} Melanie White {Mel} lives, {by pure accident!} in Stroud Gloucestershire. You may often witness her on a Saturday, rummaging the Farmers market for potatoes and carrots! {While avoiding a plethora of rain-coated dog-owners and 4x4 drivers.} Approachable and friendly, coming from the Midlands Mel, is easy to speak with. She is self-taught as a writer, also has many 'unfinished-symphonies' waiting in the wings. Recording to date include "The Arty-Farty Window Party" and four songs for a play of her book. See appraisals below......timeless and very encouraging! Click Here to listen to
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The Cardboard Cut-Out

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WANTED! An enthusiastic Theatre Company to produce a play by Ruth Whitney. The Cardboard Cut-Out was first produced as a THEATRE-PUB production in The Holy Inadequate Rock Café. Later Graeme Bill the Artistic Director of the Stroud Playhouse put the play forward for a Studio Production. Unfortunately for the writer - but fortunate for Mr Bill he went to greater heights in Bristol old Vic. Ruth Whitney - real name Melanie White first wrote and published "The Things We Do For A Crust" a 'tongue-in-cheek' look at caring; an ideal read for the first-time carer! This too could be produced with music for a theatre production. The book is for sale - a snip at £5 + P&P For anyone seriously interested in producing this "cheap'n'easy' to produce play. e-mail Melanie White at whitneymelanie@outlook.com
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