On The Road With Al and Ivy Book 1 is now live on Kindle Unlimited

On The Road With Al & Ivy - July 6

Topic: Book 1: Becoming A Face is now live on Kindle Unlimited and free promotion 

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K

Free Promotion Monday 7/7 to Tuesday 7/8

On The Road With Al & Ivy: Book One: Becoming A Face is now live on KU and will be free this coming Monday and Tuesday. The price will be .99 for three weeks until the regular price is set.

Kindle Unlimited readers can download the eBook or read it online for free.

Book Overview

On The Road With Al & Ivy is a planned trilogy of novels that are loosely based on the author's life in the San Francisco Bay homeless scene in 2016. His travels took him and Ivy to Northern California, Marin County, San Francisco, East Bay, Silicon Valley, Gilroy, Monterrey Peninsula, and Fresno.

The On The Road With Al & Ivy novels are about a group of people in 2016, with all of their virtues and flaws, dealing with a catastrophic situation with resilience and making both good and bad choices to survive. The novel depicts various subcultures and situations that are rarely covered in the media and gives the reader a realistic picture of the homeless population. That means everything, from the violence and drug use that's often sensationalized in the media, back stories that humanize the stereotypes, the sense of community as strong as any in the mainstream, and even the rough sense of humor that many have about their situation.

The author's main intent is to put a human face on the homeless population. It's always been there and Book 1 begins that process.

#BookTwitter #kindleunlimited

#homeless #shitzu #books #silicon valley #fiction #blog

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New book trailer for the upcoming On The Road With Al and Ivy novel

 Now live on Kindle Unlimited 

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K

On The Road With Al and Ivy New book trailer: "On The Road With Al and Ivy—Book 1: Becoming A Face" will be released in about two weeks. As I said earlier in my blog on X, I was working on this book and "The Quitturz," and this one was the first to be completed.

On The Road With Al and Ivy Episode 7 now live!

 On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast - Episode 7 is now live!

Topic: The biography of Joan of Arc by Anatole France

YouTube:
https://youtu.be/AMz-BiabX0I?si=-XUuoPCXQ5wIKpbp

Also on Spotify, Apple, iHeart, Pocket Casts

Joan of Arc is a polarizing figure even in modern times. One of France's greatest satirists wrote a two-volume biography about her. His conclusions will surprise those expecting a debunking of the legend surrounding this remarkable woman.

Music:

Intro: Mescalene Manny by Handa-McGraw International

Episode: Sunday's Moon by Handa-McGraw International

Outro and featured: In The Summertime by Mark McGraw

#podcast #classicliterature #books #joanofarc #anatolefrance

Now live on Kindle Unlimited 

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K

Update June 20th for On The Road With Al and Ivy

Podcast update June 20: I've upgraded the graphics for the Podcast with a new main cover image, plus a graphic for each episode. I wasn't entirely happy with using the image that's going to be used for the ebook cover. The new main graphic is surrealistic and the image depicts the opening prologue of the upcoming ebook, which wasn't included in the Kindle Vella version. The ebook has 50% more content that I held back. The new images are live on Spotify and the other sites should update within 24 hours. 

- Al Handa

 Episode 5 of On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast: 

 YouTube https://youtu.be/UzbidX1ji-Q?si=sWMjIsorIT8N1YxN 

 Also on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, i Heart Radio, and Pocket Casts - Review of Jack London's "The Star Rover." Was it early Science Fiction or a Metaphysical work about reincarnation, mental illness and sanity. 

Podcast update June 20: I've upgraded the graphics for the Podcast with a new main

Podcast update June 20: I've upgraded the graphics for the Podcast with a new main cover image, plus a graphic for each episode. I wasn't entirely happy with using the image that's going to be used for the ebook cover.

The new main graphic is surrealistic and the image depicts the opening prologue of the upcoming ebook, which wasn't included in the Kindle Vella version. The ebook has 50% more content that I held back.

The new images are live on Spotify and the other sites should update within 24 hours.


Also on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, i Heart Radio, and Pocket Casts

- Review of Jack London's "The Star Rover." Was it early Science Fiction or a Metaphysical work about reincarnation, mental illness and sanity.

Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer cover image, plus a graphic for each episode. I wasn't entirely happy with

Podcast update June 20: I've upgraded the graphics for the Podcast with a new main cover image, plus a graphic for each episode. I wasn't entirely happy with using the image that's going to be used for the ebook cover.

The new main graphic is surrealistic and the image depicts the opening prologue of the upcoming ebook, which wasn't included in the Kindle Vella version. The ebook has 50% more content that I held back.

The new images are live on Spotify and the other sites should update within 24 hours.

Episode 5 of On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast:

YouTube 

The new main graphic is surrealistic and the image depicts the opening prologue of the upcoming ebook, which wasn't included in the Kindle Vella version. The ebook has 50% more content that I held back.

The new images are live on Spotify and the other sites should update within 24 hours.

Episode 5 of On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast:

Episode 4 of the On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast is now live!

Episode 4 of the On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast is now live!

YouTube Music:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=muDkgVRj0og&si=3vU-XGkN0Pn4rqqy

Spotify:

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alhanda/episodes/On-The-Road-With-Al--Ivy-Episode-4-e2kksd2

Also on Apple, Amazon Music, i Heart Radio, and Pocket Casts

Topics: The book "Gone To Texas (aka Josie Wales) by Forest Carter, a Homeless Woman's hard choice, outlaw protocols, value of friendship and knowing what's important.

Music:

Handa-McGraw International: Joyous Noise At The Burnside Church/Sunday's Moon/Maximum Delta Dirge/Interstellar Blowout

Mark McGraw: Water Into Wine Time

#podcast #josiewales #homeless #books #reviews #music #westerns

Now live on Kindle Unlimited 

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWKK19K

On The Road With Al and Ivy-Podcast 3 now live

Podcast Episode 3 now live on Spotify and Apple. 

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alhanda/episodes/On-The-Road-With-Al--Ivy-Episode-3-e2k5k0q

Topics:

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Three Musketeers by Dumas, and the Robin Hood myth.

Some thoughts on Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck, On The Road by Kerouac Scroll Version, and The Road by Jack London.

Music:

My Dog Dreams And Becomes A Mermaid Techno Mix, Sunday's Moon and Nigel Raga by Handa-McGraw International.

Taylor's Blues by Mark McGraw

Episode 2 of On The Road With Al and Ivy Podcast now live

On The Road With Al & Ivy Podcast: Episode 2 Live on Spotify. 

Will be live on Apple and YouTube Music with a day or two.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deltasnake/episodes/On-The-Road-With-Al--Ivy-Episode-2-e2jsa5l 

Topics: 

 - The homeless literature of Jack London and George Orwell with commentary. 

 - The Kind Elderly Lady (aka Somebody's Grandmother) Excerpt from On The Road With Al & Ivy: The Anthology Vol. 2 - 2016-2018

Music: 

 Sunday's Moon by Handa-McGraw International 

 Mississippi John On The Mainline and Taj'n 'Round by Mark McGraw

Intro and outro music: My Dog Dreams and Becomes A Mermaid (techno version) by Handa-McGraw International 

 #podcast #literature #homeless #blog #jacklondon #georgeorwell