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    Etaoin Shrdlu
    Etaoin Shrdlu
    Etaoin Shrdlu
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    Etaoin Shrdlu

    By J. P. Kurzitza

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    A short story about my first (and major) encounter with writer's block.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ. P. Kurzitza
    Release dateOct 15, 2014
    ISBN9781311876027
    Etaoin Shrdlu
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    J. P. Kurzitza

    If I can write a novel, then you surely can! I've been writing since 2007. I’ve also been a stay-home dad since 2007. Hmm—coincidence? My primary genre of preference for writing (though, what exactly is a genre anymore) is YA/ MG fiction, but ultimately I go wherever the story takes me, whether short story, flash fiction, or adult fiction. And when I say YA, I mean more like J.K. Rowling, not Sarah Dessen. My alias is J. Paul Wallace. I am a prime example of someone who can write, minus all the education and acronyms at the end of my name.

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      Etaoin Shrdlu - J. P. Kurzitza

      ETAOIN SHRDLU

      a short story

      by

      J.P. Kurzitza

      Copyright © 2014 by J.P. Kurzitza

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof

      may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever

      without the express written permission of the publisher

      except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      www.jpkurzitza.com

      STUPID WRITER

      "Writing is easy. There’s no such thing as writer’s block…"

      When I began writing seriously in 2007, that is to say when I started to write my first novel, things couldn’t have started more smoothly. Along with formulating and developing my six-book series, I was simultaneously overrun by an

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