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The 4th Action Drama Book In The Series From Actor Eriq La Salle Laws Of Solomon · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: It really is like going to Hulu or Netflix and
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  Speaker 1: you're trying to pick out which podcast you want to
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  Speaker 1: listen to. Well, what's the subject? Is it all-level sports?
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  Speaker 1: Is it play-by-play action? Is it something our parents would say?
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  Speaker 1: The Daily Mess? Beyond the Calling? Foodie Paradise? There's so
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  Speaker 1: A-R-R-O-E dot net. Eric, I'm so proud of you for
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  Speaker 1: doing this because... You know, to be the actor that
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  Speaker 1: you are and then to put it in writing form,
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  Speaker 1: this gives us an opportunity to get even up close
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  Speaker 1: and more personal to your creativity and the energy that
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  Speaker 1: you have always brought forward. This is an amazing work
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  Speaker 1: of words. I love it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I'm really proud of this.
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  Speaker 2: I've been writing for the last 14 years. This is
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  Speaker 2: the fourth book in the series. And it's a slight departure.
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  Speaker 2: It's a standalone. So even as book four, you can
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  Speaker 2: just jump in and read this. You don't have to
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  Speaker 2: know anything about the series and the franchise. But what's
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  Speaker 2: happening is that everyone that's reading this, they're saying they
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  Speaker 2: want to go back. If they haven't read the series,
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  Speaker 2: they're going back to read that. Fans of the series
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  Speaker 2: have read all three books and were waiting till yesterday
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  Speaker 2: for the book to be released. So it's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: But yes, this is a special one for me. I
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  Speaker 2: love this book.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you can feel it in the writing. There's so
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  Speaker 1: many things that Solomon does inside this story that are
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  Speaker 1: so everyday that it's almost like that. I mean, anybody
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  Speaker 1: who doesn't journal or keep some sort of diary, it's
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  Speaker 1: almost like I wish that they would do that so
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  Speaker 1: they could have the book of themselves, because we all
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  Speaker 1: have our own personal laws and we all have our
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  Speaker 1: personal walks in life. And that's what I love about
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  Speaker 1: this is that we could slip in our own selfie
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  Speaker 1: inside this picture. Let me go get some AI technology
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  Speaker 1: and put my picture in Solomon's place.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, he's such a unique character. Yes. He
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  Speaker 2: survived a past that none of us can, you know,
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  Speaker 2: none of us can truly fathom. I mean, such a
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  Speaker 2: horrific childhood and past and the tragedy that he's endured.
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  Speaker 2: And yet he's still standing. He's done what he's had
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  Speaker 2: to do to survive it. So, you know, just to
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  Speaker 2: live from that lens. And of course, it's led him
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  Speaker 2: to be this ruthless henchman assassin. And then all of
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  Speaker 2: that is challenged again. uh, when he encounters, um, a
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  Speaker 2: little boy in danger. And, um, and we see this
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  Speaker 2: hardened guy, uh, and it's similar tonally, the book is
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  Speaker 2: similar to man on fire, um, the Washington film. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: but it ultimately becomes a journey of redemption. It becomes a,
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  Speaker 2: it's a love story. It's a, it's a coming of
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  Speaker 2: age story. It's a spiritual quest. It's a lot of things.
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  Speaker 2: And the thing that I'm, one of the things I'm really,
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  Speaker 2: really proud of with this book is, you know, people
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  Speaker 2: are really, really responding to how emotional the book is.
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  Speaker 2: And they're saying like, I can't believe I cried so much.
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  Speaker 2: This book had me in a choke. Cause you don't
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  Speaker 2: normally associate that with thrillers. And so you don't normally
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  Speaker 2: think of, you know, you want to, you know, read
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  Speaker 2: this thing and end up boohooing. But I think it's
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  Speaker 2: helped to elevate the genre of thrillers because there is
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  Speaker 2: such an emotional connection. I'm really, really proud of that aspect.
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  Speaker 1: Don't you think, though, that one of the main reasons
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  Speaker 1: why we are feeling the emotion on this side is
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  Speaker 1: because I am a poet, I understand language, and Mark
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  Speaker 1: Twain is my hero in life when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: the language of the words we put on a page.
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  Speaker 1: There's something poetic going on here and I feel it
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  Speaker 1: and it keeps me drawn in. It's almost like you're
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  Speaker 1: writing my next movie soundtrack.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I love language and I think language
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  Speaker 2: is very powerful and I think the tone of it.
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  Speaker 2: And so I wanted to write a book that's very
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  Speaker 2: lyrical with, you know, heavy prose that soft violence and
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  Speaker 2: the brutality, because the truth of this story and Solomon's
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  Speaker 2: truth is brutal and it's violent. And so to counter that,
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to make it difficult for people to turn
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  Speaker 2: away because they're so caught up into the lyricism of
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  Speaker 2: the words and the storytelling and is painting these vivid images.
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  Speaker 2: But at the same time, you're describing sometimes very, it
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  Speaker 2: emotionally difficult moments in the book and violence and brutality and,
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  Speaker 2: and how ugly and hard and cruel man can be.
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  Speaker 2: But then you're it's, but it's also like reading a
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  Speaker 2: poem in a way, you know, it's one of, uh, uh,
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  Speaker 2: a New York times bestseller authors told said, uh, Rachel
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  Speaker 2: Housel Hall said, this story is, it's a poem hiding
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  Speaker 2: out as a novel. It is. Ah, And and I
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  Speaker 2: and that was that was intentional. And I love I
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  Speaker 2: love language. And this sort of speaks to people that
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  Speaker 2: love language. It's also people describe the book as a
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  Speaker 2: literary thriller, you know, that it goes. It's not just
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  Speaker 2: a cat and mouse chase. It's not just your regular
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  Speaker 2: bad guy versus good guys, you know, good guys versus
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  Speaker 2: bad guys. It's it's there's more to it and it's
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  Speaker 2: more soulful. And that was definitely always the desire.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Eric LaSalle coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. The name of his brand new book, Laws
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  Speaker 1: of Solomon. We are back with actor and author Eric LaSalle. Well,
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  Speaker 1: kudos and compliments to you that they're comparing this to
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  Speaker 1: a Karen Slaughter book. And I'll tell you what, I
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  Speaker 1: have been with Karen many, many, many, many, many times.
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  Speaker 1: So I know exactly what they're talking about.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, well, thank you. Yeah. I have, you know, Karen is, is,
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  Speaker 2: is the queen of the genre and I, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and so, you know, I'm obviously carving out my own, uh,
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  Speaker 2: my own section and my own style, but when you're,
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  Speaker 2: but when you're compared to the greats, um, yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's,
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  Speaker 2: it's definitely, you know, what you want and it's, it's
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  Speaker 2: a con it's definitely a.
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  Speaker 1: Compliment and Well, a compliment to you, and I know
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  Speaker 1: that we've got limited time here, is the way that
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  Speaker 1: Solomon carries the darkness, because we are in that position
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  Speaker 1: where a lot of us are carrying darkness. And you
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  Speaker 1: have someone like Solomon, and we say that, oh, if
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  Speaker 1: he can do it, I can do it. So it's
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  Speaker 1: almost like you as that writer have given us an
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  Speaker 1: identity that we can attach our lives to, and we
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  Speaker 1: can grow from it. So, I mean, come on, Solomon's
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  Speaker 1: a big name in those biblical days. I think Solomon's
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  Speaker 1: a big name inside this book as well, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely. And that's and that's the point. And I
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  Speaker 2: definitely want, you know, I want your fans to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: get into it. And I'm coming to Charlotte on Friday.
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  Speaker 2: I'm actually. Yeah. So I'm going to be at the
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  Speaker 2: Johnson C. Smith College University. And it's open to the public.
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  Speaker 2: I believe it starts around one thirty one one o'clock
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  Speaker 2: one thirty. So, you know, and I love meeting fans.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, if you guys are, if they're around, come
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  Speaker 2: on out. We're going to be talking about the book
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  Speaker 2: and it's a great way for me to meet, you know,
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  Speaker 2: fans and readers.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God. Especially right there on Johnson C. Smith University.
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  Speaker 1: I hope to God they bring the band out and
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  Speaker 1: let you see what kind of funk we've got in
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  Speaker 1: our trunk, man, because we love our Johnson C. Smith band.
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  Speaker 1: I'm telling you, we bring it to town in this city.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm excited. I'm in New York now, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: getting ready to go. fly to Houston tomorrow and then
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  Speaker 2: tonight and then I'm there first thing in the morning
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  Speaker 2: on Friday and so yeah so I'm definitely looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to it so like I said hopefully people will come
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  Speaker 2: out and support it and be a part of.
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  Speaker 1: It wow well please come back to this show anytime
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  Speaker 1: in the future Eric the door is always going to
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  Speaker 1: be open for you you are doing something that is
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  Speaker 1: so unique and so catchy right now that I swear
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  Speaker 1: that every genre is going to love you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh thanks a lot I appreciate it it was such a.
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  Speaker 1: Pleasure You be brilliant today, okay?
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  Speaker 2: Alrighty. That I will do. So, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.