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	<itunes:summary>Author Caleb J. Ross chews, swallows, and every-so-often successfully digests various aspects of the writer&#039;s life, from rejection to success, sober to drunk. The World&#039;s First Author Podcast is for writers looking for a bit of navigation through the increasingly fractured path to publishing success...maybe.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Free print copy of As a Machine and Parts. You wants?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Goodreads Book Giveaway As a Machine and Parts by Caleb J. Ross Giveaway ends February 15, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win]]></description>
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		<title>I Didn&#8217;t Mean to be Kevin is here!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How the hell did I not post about this already? Things have been busy around here, in all good ways, I assure you. But that&#8217;s no excuse. You should have known much earlier than now that I Didn&#8217;t Mean to be Kevin is officially here! For now, it&#8217;s available in the Kindle store and will be going live in other stores, both electronic and print, in the coming days. Get it now.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;As a Machine and Parts: LOVING IT! So sharp, so sharp&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a Machine and Parts is getting some love: &#8220;As a Machine and Parts: LOVING IT! So sharp, so sharp&#8230;&#8221; -Mr. Sean P. Ferguson &#8220;Fucking insane&#8221; -Mr. Chester Pane &#8220;This book is fantastic. I think you guys are going to love it. Very inventive but it doesn&#8217;t crumble under its own weight and devolve into merely clever.&#8221; -Mr. Nik Korpon So, if you are easily swayed by the words of people you might not know, then rush out to get &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/as-a-machine-and-parts-loving-it-so-sharp-so-sharp/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>99 cents, now through January 17th, Charactered Pieces and Murmurs.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All eBook versions of either Charactered Pieces or Murmurs: Gathered Stories Vol. One are only $0.99 from now through January 17th. Why January 17th? Because that is the official release date for my newest novel, I Didn&#8217;t Mean to be Kevin. Just click a link below to go either directly to the Amazon Kindle store or to the Smashwords pages where other formats can be purchased (including NOOK, Sony, Kobo, iBooks, etc.) Please, spread the word if you are willing &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/99-cents-now-through-january-17th-charactered-pieces-and-murmurs/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>As a Machine and Parts is the official January 2012 Book Club pick at LitReactor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you not in the know, LitReactor is a writer-focus site spawned by the minds behind ChuckPalahniuk.net, the official Chuck Palahniuk site. The site has received some high-praise not only from the writers who&#8217;ve come together to make up the blood of the community, but even Huffington Post has come out to offer a few kind words. Having my new novella, As a Machine and Parts, as the January Book Club pick for LitReactor feels a bit like &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/as-a-machine-and-parts-is-the-official-january-2012-book-club-pick-at-litreactor/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official. I Didn&#8217;t Mean to be Kevin releases January 17, 2012. Preorders start December 19th.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preorder details for my new novel, I Didn&#8217;t Mean to be Kevin are forthcoming. Until then, get all excited with this synopsis. Tis the season for Caleb, more Caleb, and a little bit of Jesus (if there&#8217;s time).]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: I Didn&#8217;t Mean to be Kevin pushed back to January 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/update-i-didnt-mean-to-be-kevin-pushed-back-to-january-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just some last-minute tidying up that neither I nor the publisher wanted to rush.]]></description>
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		<title>Preorders are now being accepted for As a Machine and Parts. Preorders will be SIGNED.</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/preorders-are-now-being-accepted-for-as-a-machine-and-parts-preorders-will-be-signed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so incredibly thrilled to announce that my newest book, As a Machine and Parts, is now available for preorder. Simply click over to the Aqueous Books website to order. ALL PREORDERS WILL BE SIGNED. Unfortunately, they will be signed by me. I tried to reanimate Christopher Reeves or get Stephen Hawking here to do the signing&#8211;as that would not only be incredible, but would play nicely into the man/machine hybrid themes of the book&#8211;but for some reason I &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/preorders-are-now-being-accepted-for-as-a-machine-and-parts-preorders-will-be-signed/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kind words from Ken Wohlrob, author of The Love Book: &#8220;Ross writes the macabre better than most&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/kind-words-from-ken-wohlrob-author-of-the-love-book-ross-writes-the-macabre-better-than-most/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Wohlrob, author of The Love Book and Songs of Vagabonds, Misfits, and Sinners made this early morning a bit more bearable by offering a very humbling, very nice review of Stranger Will over at his official site. Here&#8217;s a few snippets: “It’s been a while since I have read a solid, eerie tale of actual human depravity — let’s face it, most writers are too zombie and vampire obsessed these days — but Stranger Will hits the mark perfectly. The plot, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/kind-words-from-ken-wohlrob-author-of-the-love-book-ross-writes-the-macabre-better-than-most/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>If you&#8217;ve read Stranger Will, you will definitely want to see this!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/if-youve-read-stranger-will-you-will-definitely-want-to-see-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/if-youve-read-stranger-will-you-will-definitely-want-to-see-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the preorder phase of Stranger Will (around January(ish) of 2011) I decided to do something special, as I try to do with all of my book preorders. With Stranger Will, the temptation to integrate the preorder extras into the thematic content of the book itself was obvious and too persistent to ignore. A large part of the book deals with the trade of messenger pigeon messages between a woman named Mrs. Rose and to-be parents who are, shall we say, less &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/if-youve-read-stranger-will-you-will-definitely-want-to-see-this/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Caleb J. Ross Answers Reader Questions about his novel Stranger Will</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I get bored. When I get bored I tend to pretend there is a camera in front of me. This time, I pretended&#8230;FOR REAL! I rather like making promotional videos for my books. Perhaps I will continue. But then again, the new season of Nick Swardson&#8217;s Pretend Time finally started so boredom may be a thing of the past.]]></description>
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		<title>Warmed and Bound reaches #3 in Barnes &amp; Noble paperback bestsellers</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/warmed-and-bound-reaches-3-in-barnes-noble-paperback-bestsellers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/warmed-and-bound-reaches-3-in-barnes-noble-paperback-bestsellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most of you know that I have a story in this amazing noir short fiction anthology called Warmed and Bound. What some of you may not yet know is just how successful the book has been already. Go here for purchase information. Don&#8217;t be left out.]]></description>
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		<title>Get Warmed, Get Bound Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day of attrition is upon us. Also, coincidentally, the day that Warmed and Bound is released is also upon us. For those of you not yet in the know, prepare to be baptized. Warmed and Bound is an anthology of short stories stitched together by the people at The Velvet and edited by the beautiful and talented Pela Via. I&#8217;ve stated already the huge amount of talent crammed inside this amazing noir collection, so I won&#8217;t do that again. For those with an tendency &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/get-warmed-get-bound-today/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>More love from Orange Alert, Stranger Will gets Watched&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How could you not love Jason at Orange Alert? For the second day in a row I get a bit of love from that lovely soul. This time, in the from of a mention on his weekly The Watch List segment for my Stranger Will book trailer.]]></description>
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		<title>An extremely stupid book trailer for Stranger Will. Share the stupidness.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: I actually really love each of the three aristocratic representative books in the above trailer. In fact, Freedom was definitely one of my favorites from last year. It&#8217;s just fun to chip away at pillars.]]></description>
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		<title>$0.99 for Stranger Will and others, through July 7th only!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t want to hang out with family this July 4th weekend anyway, right? For a limited time, through July 7th to be exact, Otherworld Publications is offering all five titles from their &#8220;Brat Pack&#8221; authors at $0.99 each. That&#8217;s one penny for every moment of regret you&#8217;ll have reading this rubbish. Stranger Will by Caleb J. Ross $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords Stay God by Nik Korpon $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Out of Touch by Brandon Tietz $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Transubstantiate &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/0-99-for-stranger-will-and-others-through-july-7th-only/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will gets the Pablo D&#8217;Stair treatment: Six investigations of the act of reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pablo D&#8217;Stair is easily the hardest working man in independent literature. The guy has operated his own publishing press (Brown Paper Publishing) for a few years now, he continuously produces his own amazing fiction (he&#8217;s authored about 43,000 books, I think), he&#8217;s innovative with his means of extracting meaningful dialog between author and reader (see: The Predicate Dialogues, and Norman Court for his latest projects in this space) and he works tirelessly to apply critical analysis to fiction in a &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/stranger-will-gets-the-pablo-dstair-treatment-six-investigations-of-the-act-of-reading/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Warmed &amp; Bound, a collection of Velvet Noir. You will be different after this.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You will be hearing about this a lot in the coming weeks. I sense a paradigm shift. Enter: Velvet Noir. Website: warmedandbound.com Twitter: @WarmedAndBound Facebook: Warmed and Bound Facebook (The Velvet): The Velvet]]></description>
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		<title>@BenTanzer says &#8220;With As a Machine &amp; Parts Caleb J. Ross continues to stake his claim as his generation&#8217;s Watcher&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently there are a couple of Advance Reader Copies of my forthcoming book, As a Machine and Parts floating around out there, giving bad names to bookshelves across the country. One landed in Ben Tanzer&#8217;s filthy mitts (creepy refection in the image above is actually Nik Korpon, however). Having the man behind You Can Make Him Like You and My Father&#8217;s House say such nice things about my book makes me all crazy inside. His words, as he might say, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/bentanzer-says-with-as-a-machine-parts-caleb-j-ross-continues-to-stake-his-claim-as-his-generations-watcher/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The lovely Kristin Fouquet reviews Stranger Will</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 22:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kristin Fouquet, author of Twenty Stories, which I loved, has written a very nice review of Stranger Will. But the center of her review shouldn&#8217;t be the review itself. She offers a snippet of her own life, one which shares thematic similarities to Stranger Will. From the review: With ease, Ross seems to dare you to turn the page. Chapter Eighteen is gut-wrenching. It reminded me of footage of Shias parading while flogging themselves. The children used soft, harmless cat-o-nine &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/the-lovely-kristin-fouquet-reviews-stranger-will/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will gets the Booked Podcast treatment; praise ensues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 22:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I was turned on to Booked Podcast via their review of Christopher Dwyer’s novel When October Falls. I am always looking for more literature podcasts, and I’ve been a fan and friend of Dwyer’s for a long time, so when the two came together I did not hesitate to jump in. Livius Nedin and Robb Olson have not been doing Booked Podcast to very long yet, but they approach the format liked seasoned connoisseurs. It is &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/stranger-will-gets-the-booked-podcast-treatment-praise-ensues/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Charactered Pieces gets Ben Tanzered</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have long known that Ben Tanzer is a fan of my story &#8220;An Optimist is the Human Personification of Spring&#8221; from my Charactered Pieces chapbook. Ben has been kind enough to tell me that very fact, saying to me that it is one of the most affecting stories he has read recently (even telling the world on his podcast). Simply stated, he likes the story, and his enthusiasm and praise is exactly the reason I write. So, when he posted some &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-gets-ben-tanzered/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>810 people have entered to get one of 4 copies of Stranger Will, via Goodreads.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m touched and honored. 810 seems like a big number. It makes me wish I had 806 more copies to give away. Thank you to everyone who has entered. There&#8217;s still a couple more hours to try for a copy. Of course, there is always buying a copy, too.]]></description>
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		<title>Wow. Wowy wow wow. Stranger Will love from Bob Pastorella</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Pastorella, keeper of the enviably-titled Obscuradrome blog, just posted a pants-tinglingly beautiful review of Stranger Will. Some excerpts: Saying Stranger Will is compelling is the understatement of the year. Quality fiction is both compelling and unpredictable. It’s also dangerous, which is why we read it. Ross writes with all of these factors in mind. From the first pages, he takes you by the hand, leading you down dark corridors where you really don’t want to go, but you’re unable to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/wow-wowy-wow-wow-stranger-will-love-from-bob-pastorella/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s already strange in here&#8230;it&#8217;s about to get Stranger&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buy Direct from Publisher: Click here for Paperback Click here for Hardcover From Amazon: Click here to buy from Amazon But you don&#8217;t have to take my word for it (click) . Advance Praise “As someone who teaches, edits and reads for a living, I’m always looking for the scene, the character, the story I haven’t read a thousand times over and over. Something with the spark of originality and the courage to be different. When I see that something &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/its-already-strange-in-here-its-about-to-get-stranger/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-orders for Stranger Will are now open. Be cool before being cool gets cool.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stranger Will is officially available for pre-order. What does that mean to you? Lots. You know that tingly, nether-region feeling you get when you’ve got amazing leftovers in your refrigerator ready for the next day’s lunch? You can have that feeling now with just a few mouse clicks. Feel like the hipster component of the upcoming Stranger Will Tour for Strange, like when you know the opening band’s catalog and will take every opportunity to tell fellow concert-goers how much &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/pre-orders-for-stranger-will-are-now-open-be-cool-before-being-cool-gets-cool/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming in the future: As a Machine and Parts, a novella that will blow your robot brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next few years I&#8217;m going to be pushing more paper on you than the schoolyard drug dealer&#8217;s less popular friend, the Zig Zag dealer. My novella, As a Machine and Parts, will be published by Aqueous Books sometime in the future. Yes, I could qualify any of my unpublished books with such a loose time frame. But I mean it. The contract has been signed. The Zig Zags have been distributed. The party probably won&#8217;t happen until 2012 &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/coming-in-the-future-as-a-machine-and-parts-a-novella-that-will-blow-your-robot-brain/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Simpsons creates a market for messenger pigeons; Oddities a market for oddities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(part of my ongoing Unexpected Literary References series) Last night&#8217;s The Simpsons struck me as especially coincidental. Not only have I posted about the show twice in the past week (11/26/10 and 11/24/10), but the episode shares subject matter with my upcoming novel, Stranger Will. Of all things, messenger pigeons. Random. What makes it even stranger (no pun intended&#8230;unless you laughed; then, pun intended) is that literally ten minutes before the episode aired, I was doing some messenger pigeon related research &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/the-simpsons-creates-a-market-for-messenger-pigeons-oddities-a-market-for-oddities/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rémi Carreiro makes the important part of books</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you have liars for parents. Most of you were probably given the stork spiel when asked age-inappropriate questions about the origins of things. Some of you may have been told the truth, in graphic detail, from honest, though morally disinterested, parents. I’m here to tell you the truth. Birds and bees have nothing to do with it. Rémi Carreiro is responsible. Rémi Carreiro gives birth to book covers. Also, he may have some kids; I don’t know. When &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/remi-carreiro-makes-the-important-part-of-books/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Put a cover on that book! Nobody wants to see that.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone who voted for the cover of Stranger Will. The winner is&#8230; I won&#8217;t lie; this isn&#8217;t the cover I was pulling for. But that doesn&#8217;t mean that I don&#8217;t really, really like it. Hell, I really, really liked them all.]]></description>
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		<title>Stranger Will popping up in strange places</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News aggregator sites collect information in strange ways. Ever since Otherworld Publications went public with their 2011 book lineup, many unrelated aggregator sites have picked up the story. Usually, even with the seemingly unrelated, there is something within the text of a press release that would cause aggregators to jump on board. Let&#8217;s see if we can find those reasons. First, here&#8217;s the release in full: Otherworld Publications is Excited To Announce the 2011 Publication Line-up 04/10/2010 Otherworld Publications Louisville, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/stranger-will-popping-up-in-strange-places/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>You decide what I wear; voting for the STRANGER WILL cover</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VOTING HAS ENDED. You get to choose the cover of my forthcoming novel! Go to the Otherworld Publications voting page and vote for your favorite Stranger Will cover. Seriously, the winner is the winner. No Florida re-counts here (dated reference, I know). I do like one more than the others. But which one, I won&#8217;t say. The novel is set to be released on March 18th, 2010. Voting ends on November 30th. That means if I don&#8217;t get the cover &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/marketing/you-decide-what-i-wear-voting-for-the-stranger-will-cover/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming early 2011: Stranger Will (the book, not the creepy old man)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought you had over a year before getting offended by a book from me (I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin, November 2011), I go and do something crazy like sign with another publisher to release a novel in March 2011. Stranger Will, a noir story of apathy and abortion, is coming early next year from Otherworld Publications. Otherworld Publications is a young publisher, but one with an impressive drive to promote its authors. This fact is not &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/coming-early-2011-stranger-will-the-book-not-the-creepy-old-man/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming late 2011: I Didn’t Mean to Be Kevin (the book, not the apology)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. Negotiations have been negotiated. Signatures have been signed. Bells have been sleighed. I Didn&#8217;t Mean to Be Kevin will be published in late 2011 by Black Coffee Press. I&#8217;ll keep this announcement short and tidy; there is plenty of time for me to drone on about how proud I am of this book. For now, just make sure your nutting pants are clean. Perhaps not coincidentally, I do drink my coffee black. Black Coffee Press has a quite &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/coming-late-2011-i-didnt-mean-to-be-kevin-the-book-not-the-apology/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Have you heard about the new fake James Patterson book?*</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*neither James Patterson nor Stephenie Meyer wrote this book** **Thank fucking God*** ***though I wouldn&#8217;t mind their sales. Get to it, asterisks readers.]]></description>
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		<title>Google Stories &#8211; &#8220;Charactered Pieces&#8221; and &#8220;Stranger Will&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/media/google-story-stranger-will-a-novel-by-caleb-j-ross/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More about Charactered Pieces, here. More about Stranger Will, here.]]></description>
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		<title>Dialogue with Pablo D&#8217;Stair for Predicate #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone needs to murder Pablo D&#8217;Stair. He&#8217;s making all of us, who for so long have relied on passion as a vehicle for discussing literature, look like asses. I&#8217;ve never met a person more in love with books (possibly more in love with the idea of- and the ideas within- books than the books themselves). This guy makes me imagine a beautiful world of quiet dive bars and smokey conversation. He recently asked me to be a part of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/dialogue-with-pablo-dstair-for-predicate-1/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m still doing stuff, see&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read somewhere (or maybe I didn’t; reading is for suckers) that the author/promoter divide is a 70/30 ratio. I’d go further, and flip those numbers, giving the promoter hat a 70% weight. If I’ve learned anything with pushing Charactered Pieces these last few months it’s this: writing is a dirty, dirty game. The dream of churning out books, leaving the advertising and promotion to the publisher, is more a point of Norman Rockwell Nostalgia than a truth. Or at &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/im-still-doing-stuff-see/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour: a hangover post with Monkeywright</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though the official Blog Orgy Tour has sadly passed, I&#8217;m still shaking off the effects. Today, I introduce the hangover post, a guest post that could have been part of the Blog Orgy Tour if only I weren&#8217;t so busy with groupies and drugs (truth: books and dominoes). Today, at Michael Paul Gonzalez&#8217;s blog, I talk a bit about the true purpose of a blog. My post acts as a ribbon-cutting ceremony of sorts, as this is the first post &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-a-hangover-post-with-monkeywright/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Add my book at GoodReads, and get it for $5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple. Just add my book, Charactered Pieces, to your &#8220;to read&#8221; list over at GoodReads.com and I&#8217;ll send you a super secret crazy spy-esque link to get a signed copy straight from me for only $5 (unsigned, ego-free copies available, too; just tell me which you want). The regular price of this collection is $7. That&#8217;s a&#8230;don&#8217;t tell me&#8230;$2 savings. The link will come via a Friend Request. You don&#8217;t even have to accept the request. How&#8217;s that for noncommittal? &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/add-my-book-at-goodreads-and-get-it-for-5/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>3AM Magazine is my bitch (I love you, 3AM).</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDIT: Instead of new posts each day, I figure I&#8217;ll just keep a running list here of the Buzzwords posts: Brought to you by Caleb J Ross. The first name in durability. The last name in class (posted 1/11/2010): this is my welcome post Part one in a one part series of cartoons based on blog posts I recently read (posted 1/12/2010): Someone at HTML Giant commented about the impossibility of music influencing literature. This is my rebuttal. Dear 3:AM &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/3am-magazine-is-my-bitch-i-love-you-3am/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five questions for Black Coffee Press, Scott C. Rogers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, as one of the final stops on my Blog Orgy Tour, my 3AM Magazine Buzzwords blog takeover continues, this time with a short, five question series for Black Coffee Press founder, Scott C. Rogers. I ask him, among other things, why he started this press and why people should care. This is hard-hitting journalism.]]></description>
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		<title>A love letter to 3AM Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, as part of my week-long stint at the 3AM Magazine blog I offer a love letter to my beautiful host. You should join in; she&#8217;s open to multiple partners. And as always, I urge you to check out my past Blog Orgy Tour stops here.]]></description>
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		<title>Caleb’s SNIPPETS OF TOMORROW (01/10/10)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[@ Goodreads.com, Ben Tanzer, author of Most Likely You&#8217;ll Go Your Way and I&#8217;ll Go Mine (Orange Alert Press) said this amazing bit about Charactered Pieces: While there is weirdness in these stories, not to mention biblical allegories and tales of suicide and the holocaust, what lingers is an underlying thread about the impact parents, fathers in particular, have on our lives whether through their presence or more often their absence. Ultimately, the stories are like a collective punch to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/calebs-snippets-of-tomorrow-011010/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #20: Friday Five The 5 Best Things Caleb J Ross Has Read Recently</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned about Deckfight when Josh, the guru over there, approached me about doing one of their &#8220;5 Best Things&#8221; segments. I&#8217;m ashamed that I didn&#8217;t know of the site before this. I&#8217;ve since perused their archives, and I can honestly say, they do some great things over there. So, after you pretend to care what I think by reading my &#8220;5 Best Things&#8221; post, be sure to scour the rest of the site. And don&#8217;t forget, A FULL WEEK &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-20-friday-five-the-5-best-things-caleb-j-ross-has-read-recently/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #19: Used Books, the Origin of the Book Networking Circle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, as part of my Blog Orgy Tour in support of my fiction chapbook, Charactered Pieces (OW Press) I head over to Lit Drift to offer a few words on what I think could be the origin of the book networking circle that we know today. See the rest of my stops, both past and future, here.]]></description>
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		<title>My 2010 Lit Midget list of forthcoming small press books</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Millions recently posted a list of 2010 books forthcoming from literary giants. I&#8217;m looking forward to quite a few on that list. But, I think we are due a list from literary midgets, too, right? So here they are (the ones I can think of right now, anyway. I reserve the right to add more): Sawako Nakayasu&#8217;s Texture Notes and Travis Nichols&#8217;s Iowa from Letter Machine Editions. I only recently heard about Letter Machine Editions, and, other than a &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/my-2010-lit-midget-list-of-forthcoming-small-press-books/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #18: Planing in the Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few more stops on this crazy marathon tour. This thing has been amazing. Today, I get a bit learn-y as I hit Gordon Highland&#8217;s (author of Major Inversions) Medialysis blog. In his words, regarding the purpose of Medialysis: The idea is to share knowledge, identify and critique trends, stir the muse, and further our professional development. I advise from personal experience, offer tips, tricks, and quickie tutorials, link to items of interest, and just generally pimp stuff I &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-18-planing-in-the-workshop/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #17: The Story Junk Binder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Jason Kane is kind enough to have me at his blog. I&#8217;ve known Jason for a few years, and have been consistently impressed with his writing. There&#8217;s not much of it out there to read, but here&#8217;s hoping, fingers crossed and all that, that he starts putting some more out there soon. I post over there a bit about my story creation process. There&#8217;s even scans from my &#8220;junk binder.&#8221; Not that said binder contains any secrets, but come &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-17-the-story-junk-binder/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #16: this review will fuel me for years</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig Wallwork, author of the aptly titled Craig Wallwork blog, takes over with this stop, letting me rest for a day. But lucky for you, you beautiful groupie, Craig&#8217;s post may just be better than all of mine combined. At least my ego thinks so. Click over to Craig&#8217;s blog to read a stunning review of Charactered Pieces. This thing make me blush every time I read it (and I read it more this is probably healthy). Here&#8217;s a taste &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-16-this-review-will-fuel-me-for-years/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #15: a new story, my second about retarded kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a special day in the Blog Orgy Tour. Not only is this the first stop of the new decade, but it&#8217;s a unique stop in that I have a brand new story to offer. The story, &#8220;Legs Unwilling,&#8221; is one of the most disturbing stories I&#8217;ve ever written. And between this story and an older story, &#8220;Petty Injuries,&#8221; I might have the makings of a collection of stories built around mentally disabled children. How&#8217;s that for a feel-good &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-15-a-new-story-my-second-about-retarded-kids/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stops #13 &amp; #14: read &#8220;Refill,&#8221; and get drunk with Bukowski</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is another double-header, sending me from the literary and artistic haven for poets, writers and artists known as Troubadour21 to the subterranean bloke&#8217;s room populated by Bukowski, Kerouac, Carver, and Waits known as Bukowski&#8217;s Basement (I think Bukowski contributes more than is 1/4 of the rent to get his name on the sign). At Troubadour21, a full story from Charactered Pieces is posted. This one called &#8220;Refill,&#8221; which originally appeared in the now defunct Green Muse Review. This story &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stops-12-13-read-refill-and-get-drunk-with-bukowski/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #12: Ren &amp; Stimpy &amp; Charactered Pieces</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I stop at Nicholas Karpuk&#8217;s blog, which consists of a series of posts tagged &#8220;Cartoon Hell,&#8221; that comment on a cartoon DVD from a $5 collection called “150 Cartoon Classics.&#8221; You have no idea how much this idea excited me when I first heard about it. So, to be able to add a bit of cartoon talk to his blog is an honor. There, I talk about how Ren &#38; Stimpy inspired the cover design for Charactered Pieces. And &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-12-ren-stimpy-charactered-pieces/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #11: Writing with a kid… writing when around a kid… when a kid is around… I’M TIRED!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Blog Orgy Tour stop drops me at Colin McKay Miller&#8217;s blog. I&#8217;m damn happy to be a part of his noble legacy. Click to read all about my fears of parenthood infringing on my god-given rights to waste time at a computer screen. See all the other Blog Orgy Tour dates, here. But don&#8217;t just see them&#8230;SEE THEM.]]></description>
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		<title>You know you want it&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The response to my free lit journal back issue offer has been beautiful. Thank you to all who have ordered a copy of Charactered Pieces, and thank you more for giving homes to those back issues sitting on my shelf. Originally, I intended to offer free back issues through the end of the year. But, because I have so many back issues and because I am in the middle of the Blog Orgy Tour, I figured, I might as well &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/you-know-you-want-it/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #10: The Fives of ohohoh9</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lists are all the rage for some reason. Some say the end of the year and/or decade has something to do with it. I blame scare tactics perpetrated by a pencil, paper, and bullet point-funded media. Today, I provide a few lists, my top five books, blogs, and cigars of oh9, over at Chris Deal&#8217;s blog. Note, these are items that I discovered in 2009; they are were not necessarily published, started, rolled in 2009. See all the other Blog &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-10-the-fives-of-ohohoh9/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #9: Immersing in Setting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writers enjoy solitude, sure. But even a cat has to sniff around in a different bag every once-in-a-while. Terrible metaphor aside, stop #9 on the Blog Orgy Tour is at Richard Thomas&#8217;s What Does Not Kill Me blog, where I discuss what a writer&#8217;s physical setting can do for his work. See all the other Blog Orgy Tour dates, here. And as always, if you&#8217;d like to have me drop by, just let me know. Operators are standing by.]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #8: Why it&#8217;s okay to trust a black magician</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the wind takes me to xTx&#8217;s blog, Nothing to Say, where I say precisely that. Except I use words to do so. The post is a play on the title of xTx&#8217;s chapbook, Nobody Trusts a Black Magician, which I suggest you read. After you read my guest post, of course. And, of course (x2), after you read my chapbook, Charactered Pieces: stories. See the rest of my stops and dates at the Blog Orgy Tour page. And definitely &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-8-why-its-okay-to-trust-a-black-magician/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free print Lit Journals through January 16th</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, through the end of the year January 16th, every order of the print version of Charactered Pieces will include a free back issue of a literary journal (orders direct from the publisher only; no Amazon.com orders for this deal). I&#8217;ll even let you pick which one you&#8217;d like (just put the title in the COMMENTS/SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS section of the PayPal checkout). The list is below (it&#8217;s a long one; study it carefully). Contact me if you want to know &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/free-print-lit-journals-through-the-end-of-the-year/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #7: Breach your comfort zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I stop at the lovely Simon West-Bulford&#8217;s blog to talk about the importance of reading outside your comfort zone. Click here to take in the genius (&#8220;genius&#8221; is German for &#8220;post,&#8221; right?). Also, you may have to manually search the site for this post (there is no permalink available). See all the other stops and dates at the Blog Orgy Tour page. And please, spread the love via Twitter, Facebook, or by any other means. Spread the love like &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-7-breach-your-comfort-zone/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #6: The Watch List</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jason at What to Wear During an Orange Alert was kind enough to have me splash my opinions all over his Friday Watch List column. Groupies beware: the rockstar you&#8217;ve come to love might have some tastes that will force you to reevaluate your infatuation with me. And if this list doesn&#8217;t do it, my b.o probably will. See all of the rest of the stops here.]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #5: Holiday Shopping Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I do a double-header. Not only do I offer my Charactered Pieces playlist at Justin Holt&#8217;s blog, but the Emerging Writers Network blog has been kind enough to post my holiday gift list.  EWN was recently named one of OnlineDegree&#8217;s top 50 lit blogs. And let&#8217;s be honest, if you are waiting until today to do your holiday shopping, you likely need this list. Thank me later. Over a beer. See all the rest of the Blog Orgy Tour &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-5-holiday-shopping-guide/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #4: Charactered Pieces playlist</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-4-charactered-pieces-playlist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music enhances most experiences, even writing. Today, I deliver my Charactered Pieces playlist at Justin Holt&#8217;s blog. See, there&#8217;s music; don&#8217;t you feel more like a real groupie now? See all of the rest of the stops here.]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #3: Making myself a Charactered Piece</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-3-making-myself-a-charactered-piece/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I might get a tattoo. Read about it at Nik Korpon&#8217;s blog, you filthy, filthy groupie. Then read about other skin deformities (sesame sauce-blistered skin, for example) in my chapbook, Charactered Pieces. Only $7 for a print copy, or $2 for a PDF eBook version. See all of the rest of the stops here.]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #2: Give an author a damn chance</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-2-give-an-author-a-damn-chance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today at Mel Bosworth&#8217;s blog I post about the power of a single story to open up an author&#8217;s entire catalog. Prove you&#8217;re a good groupie and head over now. See all of the rest of the stops here.]]></description>
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		<title>New review at Oxyfication.net, + DISCOUNTS</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/new-review-at-oxyfication-net-discounts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/new-review-at-oxyfication-net-discounts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks at Oxyfication.net just keep getting kinder. Jason Kane has written an absolutely stunning review of Charactered Pieces. My hope, of course, is that reading this review will make you want to read Charactered Pieces. But in the least, I hope it motivates you to check out more reviews from their site. Also, don&#8217;t forget to check out their forum, where for the month of December, Charactered Pieces is their book club pick. I&#8217;ll be poking in all month &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/new-review-at-oxyfication-net-discounts/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour stop #1: A conversatinterview with Pela Via</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-1-a-conversatinterview-with-pela-via/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-1-a-conversatinterview-with-pela-via/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of my Blog Orgy Tour in support of Charactered Pieces, which is currently available from OW Press (or Amazon.com). This post appears simultaneously at Pela Via’s blog. I’ve known Pela Via only a short time, but when a person becomes part of the pack as quickly as she did, you’re forced to either embrace the new face, or find a different crowd. Luckily, I didn’t have to be forced at all to take to her. Her &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-stop-1-a-conversatinterview-with-pela-via/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Charactered Pieces is an Oxyfication.net Book Club pick</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-is-an-oxyfication-net-book-club-pick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wonderful Oxyfication.net has chosen my chapbook, Charactered Pieces, as the book club discussion pick. Past books include Kristopher Young&#8217;s Click, Don DeLillo&#8217;s Underworld, Gordon Highland’s Major Inversions, and Cormac McCarthy&#8217;s No Country For Old Men. Please, if you have any thoughts or questions on the book, head over to the forum and offer a few words. I’ll be poking in all month to answer questions. Don&#8217;t be shy. Books will die unless we talk about them.]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Orgy Tour oh9-ohohoh10!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-oh9-ohohoh10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tune up your virtual groupie van. I&#8217;m hitting the wwwD.O.T for a blog tour to promote Charactered Pieces: stories. Blog Orgy Tour oh9-ohohoh10 promises to be a beautiful bastardization of legitimate blog posts and self-serving salesy talk, the likes of which will leave you itchy and raw. What is a blog tour? It&#8217;s a way for authors with no actual-tour budget to use the term &#8220;tour&#8221; when describing their marketing plans. Why a blog tour? The concept seems fun. I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/blog-orgy-tour-oh9-ohohoh10/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>a new interview: Blank und Questions asks&#8230;ME!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/a-new-interview-blank-und-questions-asks-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blank und Questions series is now two-interviews strong; though, incestuous they may be [1.) I interview Gordon Highland, 2.) He interviews me]. I’m looking to spread the influence. I’ve got a few more lined up, and I hope to add many conversations to the series at next year’s AWP Conference in Denver, CO. Will you be there? Gordon, author of Major Inversions, was kind enough to sit down with me and wax the ol’ ego at my favorite Kansas &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/a-new-interview-blank-und-questions-asks-me/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Selling stinky books, set to music</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/selling-stinky-books-set-to-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Charactered Pieces: stories preorder, I promised to fill every copy with the delicious smell of ACID cigars, as part of the completely made up Lungs for Readers program. The experiment semi-failed, as most of the books instead acquired the nasty smell of burnt paper and stale smoke. Lesson learned. Though still, the books are special, containing, in addition to the &#8216;dive-bar&#8217; flavor, VERY personal inscriptions, limited numbering, and random bits of trash I&#8217;ve been meaning to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/selling-stinky-books-set-to-music/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Colbert Report and Charactered Pieces</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/the-colbert-report-and-charactered-pieces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If any of you caught The Colbert Report last night, you definitely did not see an interview with me about my chapbook, Charactered Pieces: stories. I had been sweating the non-interview for weeks, well-aware of how Stephen Colbert treats his guests (victims?). Claiming fairness and balance, his questions instead aim to further weave his delusional and increasingly erratic conservative narrative. For this reason, I felt an appearance, though in my head entirely, would serve his ego well. I brought it, &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/the-colbert-report-and-charactered-pieces/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Charactered Pieces officially on sale, embarassing pictures to be had</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-is-officially-for-sale-embarassing-pictures-of-me-to-be-had/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Charactered Pieces officially goes on sale after an absolutely amazing pre-sale period. I can&#8217;t thank enough the many people who have traded their hard-earned cash for these bound words of mine. Due to such generosity, I have decided not to use the money to purchase a new Lay-Z-Boy for the PETA compound. They will get a used chair instead. The remaining money goes toward R&#38;D for more painful ways to stub toes. It&#8217;s a cause that is close to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-is-officially-for-sale-embarassing-pictures-of-me-to-be-had/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The book is fer&#8217;reals now&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<title>Five (5) days left for free shipping, disturbing inscriptions, and stinky pages</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/five-5-days-left-for-free-shipping-disturbing-inscriptions-and-stinky-pages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only five days left to preorder Charactered Pieces: stories and receive all of the following cash and prizes: Free shipping A (very) personal inscription. Note the specific name you would like the inscription made out to in the PayPal comments area. Also, note my use of the word “very;” I warn you: you may be disturbed by what I write. If you would rather a flat-signed, or “clean” copy, note that in the PayPal comments area as well. A picture &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/five-5-days-left-for-free-shipping-disturbing-inscriptions-and-stinky-pages/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ocean calls my name (not an emo post, I swear)</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/the-ocean-calls-my-name-not-an-emo-post-i-swear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, on vacation, sitting at the beach with a cigar in one hand and a notepad in the other, getting a head-start on inscriptions for Charactered Pieces preorders, I was struck with a sense of a realized dream, a dream I didn’t really know I had until that moment. I write fiction for fun. One day, I’d like to make some money doing so. But until then, taking time at the beach to scribble a few words to people &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/the-ocean-calls-my-name-not-an-emo-post-i-swear/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>More news on the Charactered Pieces preorder</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/more-news-on-the-charactered-pieces-preorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, and you&#8217;ll get tired of me saying this, thank you to all who have preordered Charactered Pieces. As mentioned in the previous post, some of you may have been refunded by PayPal. Big whoops on that. I received a list of all the people whose orders were NOT affected by the pre-order fiasco. I sent an email or PM to all of those beautiful people letting them know that they were not affected at all by the mix up &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/more-news-on-the-charactered-pieces-preorder/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>CHARACTERED PIECES preorder open!</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-preorder-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few of you know how unbelievably happy I am to say this. The rest of you will likely get tired of me saying this: my story chapbook is now officially available for preorder! Books will ship around November 16th. All preorders will receive a copy of the book, along with the following: A (very) personal inscription. Note the specific name you would like the inscription made out to in the PayPal comments area. Also, note my use of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-preorder-open/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>CHARACTERED PIECES, given the Bosworth treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-given-the-bosworth-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-given-the-bosworth-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mel Bosworth, skullcap connoisseur and Pushcart nominee, has a burgeoning series of youtube videos in which he reads stories by other writers. The short videos (usually less than a minute or so) work well to break down a dull day. And if you are too busy to watch, you can at least listen – Mel’s got a great reading voice. His latest, him reading the opening section of CHARACTERED PIECES. I’m thrilled and honored. One of my first intros to &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-given-the-bosworth-treatment/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>CHARACTERED PIECES has a face</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m proud. Click an image to enlarge.]]></description>
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		<title>CHARACTERED PIECES is coming!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon(ish): CHARACTERED PIECES by Caleb J Ross. Neat! I’ve done a lot of work for Outsider Writers Collective over the past year, so I can vouch for all of the energy that goes into their chapbooks. Well, into their first chapbook, anyway (CHARACTERED PIECES is only the second OW Press book). I did some editing and the cover design for the first book, ANTISOCIAL by David Blaine. Now, it&#8217;s my name on the cover. A chapbook, for all who &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/charactered-pieces-is-coming/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Almost Every Aspect of Civilization Horrifies Me&quot;: An Interview with Author Jeremy C. Shipp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Be warned; this collection will polarize audiences, splitting readers according to their willingness to trust in an untethered voice. Sheep and Wolves does not believe in beach reading or in hammocks and hot chocolate. It does not believe in love at first sight or in happy marriages. To be happy, Sheep and Wolves says, is to embrace the absurd. “Lies are cheaper than therapy” [pg. 69]. Welcome to the bizarro fiction movement, hail Jeremy C. Shipp.&#8221; [from the Oxyfication.net review &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/almost-every-aspect-of-civilization-horrifies-me-an-interview-with-author-jeremy-c-shipp/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Hoist That Rag&quot; still &quot;Hoist That Rag&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on a novel for the past couple years inspired by the Tom Waits song, &#8220;Hoist That Rag.&#8221; This song is as close to religion as I get. Strangely, or perhaps fittingly, I don&#8217;t know the literal meaning of the song. There&#8217;s a guy named Piggy, something about rat addresses, and of course, as with most religions, there are crying babies involved. What this means for my novel-in-progress is that everything is simply an interpretation. Again, very fitting &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/book-news/hoist-that-rag-still-hoist-that-rag/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>ABNA: Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Semi-Finalist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caleb J Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE AGAIN: The semi-finalist pages have been taken down. The final 10 will be announced on March 3rd. UPDATE: I received notice that my excerpt of Torch has survived another round of cuts, this time down to 100. The next round, down to 10, happens in early March. A few months ago I submitted a 5,000 word excerpt from my novel Torch, on a whim, to the Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel contest. I&#8217;ve been exposed to contests like these before, both &#8230; <a href="http://www.calebjross.com/media/abna-amazon-breakthrough-novel-award-semi-finalist/" >&#8594;</a>]]></description>
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