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Hey guys,

I've made a bunch of friends on here over the past year and wanted you to be among the first to hear that I signed a deal for my new book.

"We Are Oblivion" will be released in May 2011.

I'll be joining the Cult's very own Richard Thomas and Brandon Tietz on Otherworld Publications.

I'm super psyched about this. If you're interested, check out the first chapter at the link below.

Thanks for all the support.
Cheers
Michael

http://lobstercult.com/page33/page33.html

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Nice work, dude.

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And Michael - don't forget we're doing a discussion for it. Wink

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Glad it's finally official.

Cheers to you, brother.

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And Michael - don't forget we're doing a discussion for it. ;)

I heard. Very psyched for that.

Thanks

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brandon.tietz wrote:
Glad it's finally official.

Cheers to you, brother.

Rock...on

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Awesome!

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wow. congratulation, Michael. great news, man.

looks like every man and his dog is getting signed to Otherworld. not that all you boys haven't written shit-hot books, and worked your arses off. it's just they're new and seemingly on a cult-writer signing spree. i hope it all works out and goes awesome for Richard, Tietz and Michael.

I've super excited about We Are Oblivion. the first chapter (the link in Michael's post) is pretty badass, so if you haven't already, read the shit out of it.

all my best wishes for you, mate.

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wow. congratulation, Michael. great news, man.

looks like every man and his dog is getting signed to Otherworld. not that all you boys haven't written shit-hot books, and worked your arses off. it's just they're new and seemingly on a cult-writer signing spree. i hope it all works out and goes awesome for Richard, Tietz and Michael.

I've super excited about We Are Oblivion. the first chapter (the link in Michael's post) is pretty badass, so if you haven't already, read the shit out of it.

all my best wishes for you, mate.

Rock on Homey! Cheers

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send me an ARC now. i demand it. the few chapters i have read have me wet for the rest of the book, you whore-bag.

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
looks like every man and his dog is getting signed to Otherworld. not that all you boys haven't written shit-hot books, and worked your arses off. it's just they're new and seemingly on a cult-writer signing spree. i hope it all works out and goes awesome for Richard, Tietz and Michael.

And there's still at least one more Cultie that hasn't been announced yet. I'll leave that for them to do, though.

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Yep, congrats. I liked Never Enders a lot and can't wait for the next one.

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brandon.tietz wrote:
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looks like every man and his dog is getting signed to Otherworld. not that all you boys haven't written shit-hot books, and worked your arses off. it's just they're new and seemingly on a cult-writer signing spree. i hope it all works out and goes awesome for Richard, Tietz and Michael.

And there's still at least one more Cultie that hasn't been announced yet. I'll leave that for them to do, though.

i think Lynn is just using the cult as a talent scout. haha. why not? i'm suprised someone hasn't done the same thing sooner. there's mountains of writing talent hovering around here.

maybe you should ask her to consider changing the press name to Cultish Publications.

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
send me an ARC now. i demand it. the few chapters i have read have me wet for the rest of the book, you whore-bag.

Soon my brother. Soon

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furleyguy wrote:
Yep, congrats. I liked Never Enders a lot and can't wait for the next one.

Thanks Gordon. Rock on.

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Congrats man!!!

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just saw this - congrats Michael and welcome aboard, OWP may still be figuring things out, but one thing they've done is put me in some excellent company - Nik, Brandon, and Michael...and hopefully more

can't wait for this, Michael

these are some excellent books, guys, Stay God, Out of Touch, and We Are Oblivion

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too right. it's a fucking badass line-up.

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wickerkat wrote:
just saw this - congrats Michael and welcome aboard, OWP may still be figuring things out, but one thing they've done is put me in some excellent company - Nik, Brandon, and Michael...and hopefully more

can't wait for this, Michael

these are some excellent books, guys, Stay God, Out of Touch, and We Are Oblivion

Hell yes. Psyched to be on the team

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Neverenders is high on my to-read list. Just to prove it:

You are above Paul Auster and a book about beer. Consider my expectations high.

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I would love an Arc.

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Not only is it high on the list, the very list itself is high, too. Ceiling-high.

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Neverenders was a great book, Caleb. you'll dig it. it's dirty realism, with a transgressive (i hate that word) edge. and it has this very dark tone to it. makes me so keen for We Are Oblivion. and from what i have read of WAO it's going to be fucking badass too. feels a bit more noir-ish, too.

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thirstygerbil wrote:
Neverenders is high on my to-read list. Just to prove it:

You are above Paul Auster and a book about beer. Consider my expectations high.

Right on. Let me know your thoughts when you're done. I read "Pint of Plain" as well. I dug it.

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Barca Boy wrote:
I would love an Arc.

You're definitely getting one...

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
Neverenders was a great book, Caleb. you'll dig it. it's dirty realism, with a transgressive (i hate that word) edge. and it has this very dark tone to it. makes me so keen for We Are Oblivion. and from what i have read of WAO it's going to be fucking badass too. feels a bit more noir-ish, too.

Rock on brother

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MichaelSonbert wrote:
matthew.odonnell wrote:
Neverenders was a great book, Caleb. you'll dig it. it's dirty realism, with a transgressive (i hate that word) edge. and it has this very dark tone to it. makes me so keen for We Are Oblivion. and from what i have read of WAO it's going to be fucking badass too. feels a bit more noir-ish, too.

Rock on brother

haha. no problem, brother. they still won't let me post my review on amazon--even when i eliminate all the swears.

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
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Neverenders was a great book, Caleb. you'll dig it. it's dirty realism, with a transgressive (i hate that word) edge. and it has this very dark tone to it. makes me so keen for We Are Oblivion. and from what i have read of WAO it's going to be fucking badass too. feels a bit more noir-ish, too.

Rock on brother

haha. no problem, brother. they still won't let me post my review on amazon--even when i eliminate all the swears.

So weird.

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i know, man. i just don't get it. i haven't had problems posting reviews in the past. i've honestly tried a good 20 times. it's a bloody badass review too 'cause i loved that damn book.

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NE is sitting on my dining room table - haven't forgotten you, bro...just slammed, been sick, have like four ARCs in line...and i get along just fine with amazon, unlike brother matthew who is a foul-mouthed pervert

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
i know, man. i just don't get it. i haven't had problems posting reviews in the past. i've honestly tried a good 20 times. it's a bloody badass review too 'cause i loved that damn book.

If you want, I'll get the review up at OutsiderWriters.org. Just PM me and I'll see that it gets over there.
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i know, man. i just don't get it. i haven't had problems posting reviews in the past. i've honestly tried a good 20 times. it's a bloody badass review too 'cause i loved that damn book.

If you want, I'll get the review up at OutsiderWriters.org. Just PM me and I'll see that it gets over there.

Oh, nice. Cheers, Caleb.

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NE is sitting on my dining room table - haven't forgotten you, bro...just slammed, been sick, have like four ARCs in line...and i get along just fine with amazon, unlike brother matthew who is a foul-mouthed pervert

Rock on RT

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
thirstygerbil wrote:
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i know, man. i just don't get it. i haven't had problems posting reviews in the past. i've honestly tried a good 20 times. it's a bloody badass review too 'cause i loved that damn book.

If you want, I'll get the review up at OutsiderWriters.org. Just PM me and I'll see that it gets over there.

Oh, nice. Cheers, Caleb.

Thanks dudes. Awesome

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Very cool.

Here's the review!

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
Very cool.

Here's the review!

Rockin' review Matt. Thanks. Amazon is a dickhole for not letting you post it.

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Cheers, Michael. It's clear to me that amazon could not handle the goodness that was my language within the review so their system faulters every time I place those exact words in that exact order into their review section. Appauling, I know. But cool for both of us. I got a review up at outside writers and you got a bit of promo up there. Win/win, really.

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
Cheers, Michael. It's clear to me that amazon could not handle the goodness that was my language within the review so their system faulters every time I place those exact words in that exact order into their review section. Appauling, I know. But cool for both of us. I got a review up at outside writers and you got a bit of promo up there. Win/win, really.

lol - rock on man. Thanks

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wickerkat wrote:
unlike brother matthew who is a foul-mouthed pervert

If I sigged quotes, I would so do this one. lmao
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This is what I thought Pete said.

I'm going to assume you're talking dirty to me because I'm the Book Club god.

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I wish you would quote it. I seem to be pretty quotable of late. There's a string of O'Donnell quotes on sigs at the moment.

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