Davis Aurini - Sober Q&A, the Novel: As I Walk These Broken Roads
Aired: 2012-11-02
Duration: 04:14


=== First Novel Launch (04:11) ===

[00:00:03]  You know, it's funny the sort of facts you learn as you get older.
[00:00:07]  For instance, did you know there's a Le Canada in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles?
[00:00:14]  Because this little girl spent about a week and a half bouncing back and forth between Las Vegas and Los Angeles because nobody realized that Canada was a country outside of the United States.
[00:00:29]  As I walk these broken roads, my first novel, and I finally have it about a week after some of the early buyers have it.
[00:00:40]  It's very exciting.
[00:00:41]  It's very good feeling that's finally in print and in my home.
[00:00:49]  It's a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel about a soldier and a mechanic in a broken world where people have forgotten how technology works, where people have forgotten the purpose of civilization.
[00:01:06]  It's about brotherhood, it's about masculinity, it's about war, it's about philosophy.
[00:01:11]  But I'm not doing this video to talk about the book.
[00:01:16]  If you'd like to know a little bit more, down below, the first review of the novel has come out by a guy who blogs at Coanix Soul.
[00:01:26]  I think a lot of you will find his blog very interesting.
[00:01:31]  But if nothing else, you have a review of the book down there.
[00:01:36]  The reason I'm doing this video is to ask you guys a favor.
[00:01:42]  See, I want to do an author video for this book, talking about the book, answering the sort of questions people have.
[00:01:50]  But as egotistical as I am, I'm actually not that arrogant.
[00:01:55]  I'm not that narcissistic or sociopathic.
[00:01:59]  And narcissists and sociopaths make the best salesman.
[00:02:03]  I can be a very good salesman for other people.
[00:02:05]  I can be very good at marketing for other people.
[00:02:07]  But when it comes to myself, I prefer to put up or shut up.
[00:02:14]  I don't like talking smack.
[00:02:17]  That's not in my nature.
[00:02:18]  But when you're trying to sell something, that's exactly what you need to do.
[00:02:22]  Which is why I could be a good salesman for other people, is because I can promote what they're doing, I can love them for what they're doing, and show their best face.
[00:02:34]  So, my request for you guys is to give me a QA.
[00:02:43]  You know a bit about the book already.
[00:02:46]  Post-apocalyptic sci-fi, it's a story first and ideology second.
[00:02:54]  It is not Atlas Shrugged.
[00:02:56]  It's not even The Last Centurion by John Ringo, which if you haven't read it, it's free online.
[00:03:03]  Google it.
[00:03:04]  Great book.
[00:03:05]  It's essentially a right-wing hate speech wrapped up in a very thin narrative plot.
[00:03:10]  A lot of fun.
[00:03:11]  I like that book.
[00:03:13]  This is a book primarily.
[00:03:16]  It's about characters, it's about people, it's about humanity.
[00:03:23]  So, give me a QA.
[00:03:26]  Give me questions you have about the book, about anything about it, so I can read through these questions, distill them down to a few basic points, and I can make an author video to toss up on Amazon about that.
[00:03:45]  A video that people will find interesting answering the questions that they have about the book.
[00:03:53]  And if you're asking anything really specific or political, I'll probably just answer it in the comments.
[00:04:01]  But hopefully, some of you have some broad questions that could give me a really good impetus to make a solid author video about this.
[00:04:11]  So that's a favor I'm asking for you guys.