You good? Okay.
So—
Dang it.
Okay. Whew.
I don’t know what to say.
I didn’t, like, plan anything to say.
But I wanted to capture this moment, because my second book has just arrived.
Inside this box is—
—my first copies of my new book, "Talking Across the Divide."
I'm gonna cut myself with the scissors.
This is exciting.
And I'm—I'm nervous.
I don't know why I'm nervous, but—it's an exciting moment.
I can't—I can't—the scissors don't want to cut.
I've been working on this book for a long time.
It was several years ago that I had the idea for a book about how to bridge the divides
that we have—
And at first I was thinking about it in the context of faith and sexuality, since that's
what I've talked about for a long time
But then I started thinking, you know, I could write about this in a broader way, like, I
could apply the principles that I've learned in faith and sexuality to other issues.
So I started working on this—it took me about a year to write, and then months more
of editing, and the whole publishing process
you know, takes forever, and now it's here, and seeing it—
Like, it's, when you work for so long on something, seeing it finally in person, actually in print
is just such a huge deal, it's like...
I don't know what it's like.
What would be great would be if I cut myself with these scissors and then had to, you know,
go to the hospital or something and had an exciting YouTube video about that.
But that's not going to happen.
But these scissors are not cutting at all.
It's like it's tape, it's just tape!
Like, what is—
I think the scissors are nervous.
This is my first look.
This is the first time I've ever seen this book in print.
Hopefully I don't hate it.
That would make a terrible video.
Whew.
All right.
Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.
Aaaaah!
Here it is!
There it is!
Oh my gosh, I love the spine!
Look at that!
Isn't that a cool spine?
I think that's really cool.
Here's the cover.
Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree With and Maybe Even
Change the World.
I always—I forget exactly—I forget the subtitle.
We worked so long on different titles for this book.
There's the little Penguin logo.
You can see the Penguin logo on the back of my book.
This is my first book with Penguin Random House.
It's an imprint called TarcherPerigee.
I'm scared to flip through it because I'm scared that now I'll find a typo that somehow
got missed, and then—and then I'll be upset.
Oh, gosh, here it is.
Sorry.
I didn't expect to be emotional about it.
I knew I'd be excited.
Here's, um—
I dedicated this one to my mom, who passed away a few years ago.
And I know she would be happy to see this book.
You can get it—
Sorry.
Okay.
So here it is, and you can get it August 14, 2018.
So if you're watching this video after August 14, 2018, it is out now.
You can buy it.
Go buy it.
If you're watching this video before August 14, 2018, you can preorder it.
Authors love when you preorder their books.
It actually helps authors out a lot.
So please preorder it.
And you can find all the information on my website at geekyjustin.com/TATD (for Talking
Across The Divide).
Thank you in advance for buying my book.
And I'm very excited.
And thank you to everybody at Penguin Random House and TarcherPerigee for making this happen.
And everybody who helped me with this book.
Yay.