Interview with John Reyer Afamasaga, author of “John Lazoo.” Part 1

Dec. 11, 2007 - PRLog -- Today, Tyler R. Tichelaar of Superior Book Promotions is pleased to be joined by John Reyer Afamasaga, who is here to talk about his original new novel “John Lazoo.”

John is the author of several ebooks, including “John Lazoo,” all of which are available at his website www.etfiction.com. He defines his work as emotional-techno fiction, which derives from the influence of technology, the assembly of techno music by dj’s, and emotion. More information about emotional-techno fiction can be found on his website, where John discusses the matter in an interview with Heather Froeschl. John’s work deserves wider attention than it has received to date, and the publishing world is becoming interested in transferring his work from ebooks into the print medium. John is here today to discuss why his books will be successful as published works of fiction as they reach a larger, if not mainstream, audience. John currently lives in Australia, but his novels are typically set in the United States.

Tyler:  Welcome, John. I’m glad you could join me today. Emotional-techno fiction certainly sounds like a contemporary and timely genre for the twenty-first century. I mentioned above, and you have talked previously about the influence of modern culture, especially techno music, on your work. Do you view your audience as the younger generation raised on techno music, or do you have a broader audience in mind for your fiction?

John:  Any audience would be great, but I believe that the people who will find emotional-techno fiction to be their “thing,” are those looking for more meaning to their fictional intake. Those looking for a realism, that makes you emotional even thinking that you are about to think about my characters Lazoo, Metofeaz, Polina Rada, or Rozelle and their stories.

Tyler:  What about your novel “John Lazoo” is unique and compelling to your audience?

John:  I think it’s the nerve of Lazoo the character, the author’s audacity to make such a claim and then, find a way to carry it off. And of course Genisis and John’s love.

Tyler:  Would you expand on what you mean by the nerve of the character?

John:  Lazoo is up for murder, at the mercy of the judicial system, Gene Reyer and Jack Shack. Yet, he challenges them in the Narrative, he questions the Law, not like everyone else does. But asks, if the laws are a derivative of the commandments from the Bible; hey, weren’t the two tablets smashed before they even reached the people?

Tyler: What is the claim you as the author are so audacious to make?

Lazoo is charged with murder, in “John Lazoo” we don’t even deal with the facts of the crime, instead we look at Love and egos.

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etfiction eBooks
A narrative from a Pacific Islander who speaks through an illiterate in America. Downloadable eBooks: John Lazoo, WIPE, Illicit Blade of Grass, the POEMBOOK and Prōtokollon.

Website: etfiction.com