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    Elf
    Elf
    Elf
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    Elf

    By Phil Wheeler

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    What happens when a failed writer meets an other-world entity who has helped some the greatest writers in history? Shakespeare, Hemingway, Melville all had writers block until they meet ELF – that’s capital E capital L capital F – a literary genius named Lu-enodre-rapsonta from the planet Glogenbot; an Electromagnetic Life Force who lives in a tree.

    Lu-e and Rick join forces to write the great American Novel, but not until Rick gets some very convincing evidence that Lu-e is alive and living in his computer. It’s a partnership made in – well, you decide.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhil Wheeler
    Release dateDec 19, 2013
    ISBN9781310713378
    Elf
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    Phil Wheeler

    Phil is an old man living in a trailer. He likes to write about things, but his memory is going, so who knows how much longer before his kids put him in a home.

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      Elf - Phil Wheeler

      ELF

      Published by

      Phil Wheeler at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 Phil Wheeler

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      you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ELF

      It was a dark and stormy naaaaa, that sucks!

      It was the best of times, and sometimes it was really bad.

      Disgusted, Rick looked away, squeezed his eyes tightly shut, and took a deep breath. Slowly letting his breath out, he opened his eyes and looked at the screen in the hope that, somehow, the words he'd typed there had magically transformed into beautiful prose. He was disappointed.

      I need to take a break., he said to no one, and turning in his chair he picked up his mail and reviewed the various bills, advertisements, and junk. He stopped

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