Sign here please…
As of 6.23pm yesterday evening, I am a Mercier-ary. No, I’ve not gone and joined the army - I’ve gone and signed a contract with Mercier Press for Irish and UK rights on my first book.
Details are being worked out and I’m sure there will be a few hundred posts about writing, publishing, procrastinating and more between now and publication (June ‘09). But for now I’m still reeling from signing a contract. (Contrary to rumours no blood was used in the process.)
Celebrations are on going. 
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WOOOO!! WOOOOOOO!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Wait, what? Who?
Oh. Oh I see.
YAYYYY!!!! Well done sir, no better man
Many congrats,
The real adventure starts here. Best of luck with it.
B
Brilliant that man.
Wooooooooooooo! At last!! That’s brilliant, enjoy the celebrations
Yay!
Congrats fella…roll on the cocktails at the next awards. And your buying by the way.
OMG this is fantastic news well done
YAY! This news makes me so happy! Champagne is definitely in order!
Jealous?
Me?
Maybe a little bit…
Congratulations sir!
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@Darragh - Wooooo! Yaaaay!
@Bob - Expect a few emails of panic at some stage
@Allan -
Brilllllliiiiiaaaant!
@Niamh - Will see ye for a glass of something to continue the dancing lunacy
@Steve - Cocktails? Nyom nyom… Welcome back!
@Lette - Woot!
@Lottie - Ooooh, I can already feel the bubbles going to my head.
@Rick - Jealous?! Sure ye’ll be gettin’ a sneak peak soon
Thanks everyone - thrilled, terrified and can’t wait for it all!
Way to go mate, I’m delighted for you!
Huge congrats, David. Fantastic news. Very best with the journey.
Sarah X
Hurrah! Well done David!
Oh, HUZZAH!!! Congratulations! That is wonderful news!
Congratulations David! It must be a great feeling, and I am very much looking forward to reading the first of many books
That’s all kinds of awesome!
Congrats.
Wow, that’s excellent news, congratulations!
Bravo David - bravo David
so good i said it twice
Woot! Nicely done! Now, when’s the celebratory round of drinks followed by a trip to the Grafton Street McDonalds where we can demand Shamrock Shakes even though they’re not in season
Super awesome news Mr. Maybury. Well done.
Looking forward to them arriving on my desk!
The signed contracts that is!
Eoin
Congrats!
Excellent. Just excellent.
Wheeeeeeee! Congratulations!!
Good boy! So now I can say I’ve been to the cinema with a famous author. Thanks! ;o)
Well done, I’m delighted and all, and also very impressed: do you really mean june 2009 as in in 2 months?
Congrats, thats brilliant!
Hurrah!!!
If there’a anything I can do, you know where to find me. I’m now having a glass (or two) of wine on your behalf.
B
Comhairdeagas! Enjoy the celebrations and well done on all the hard work!
G’wan
That’s brilliant,I’m so happy for you
*Grabs Mr M and spins him round the room* MAYBURY! I’m bloody thrilled for you! Weeeee! Congratulations, can’t wait to read it!
Congratulations!
Does it have a title yet?
Wow - thanks everyone for the kind words! Hopefully I’ll get to see all of you (in hats!) to say thanks in the flesh on the 25th. http://url.ie/1gmu
@Rebecca - I figure you’re not going to cross the Atlantic so I’ll just have to thank you from here
@ChrisD - Oh no - I’m not falling for those Shamrock Shake things again. They’re lethal!
@Juliette - Not sure how famous I am but eh… we could always just go see another movie or two! As for the release, not till June 2010.
@Celine - Suddenly I’m very dizzy… *wobbles*
@Claire - I haven’t got a title yet - so far I’m stuck on ‘Unnamed Word’, catchy huh?? I’m hoping that by the end of rewrites/edits something will jump out at me… (if not expect an email!)
Go Raibh Míle folks!
WOOT! Congratulations, Mr. Maybury! That’s brilliant news
Yay!! Congratulations!!! I can’t wait to read it.
Congrats!! Looking forward to reading it.
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I am a small and bitter man in so many ways, David, and have spent a long period since I heard this news wallowing in my own filth and cursing your most satisfying surname.
Yet the shred of decency that still lingers within me has wished to congratulate you wholeheartedly and, on this sunniest of days, it has temporarily won out.
aaaaaaaagh!!!!! Well done david! I’m absolutley delighted for you! That is the coolest thing
:D 
(I realise I’m a few days late on the congrats but eh.. I have exams :P)
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Well done dude. I will buy ten copies. What is it about?
Thanks to everyone again!
@Jen - Hey stranger
@Colleen and Laura - Not too long till it’s out - June next year - with maybe a sneak peak on the blog before then.
@Andrew - I didn’t know you had a shred of decency
Thank ye muchly and hope to see ye Saturday.
@Annie - Thanks! It’s two stories - first is a girl on her summer holidays who fights off a magic pet. And the other is about the boy who lost the magic pet in the first place.
i may go along