The Quitturz is now live on Kindle Unlimited

The Quitturz: Book 1 - Nym's Cool Night by Al Handa is now live on Amazon Kindle Unlimited. KU members can read it for free.

https://a.co/d/j4LSuCW

Book 1 is about the Quitturz's early days in 1977, and their later career in 1987.

The Quitturz will be priced at .99 till the end of October, and there will be a free promotion from October 6th through the 8th. The ebook will be free to all during those three days.

Info:

The Quitturz series strips away the 50 or so years of golden memories and mythology about the music and its "movement." It describes a San Francisco culture and ambiance that no longer exists. 

The language is late 70s punk; tough, with a sense of humor that may strike some as smart-ass and cynical.

In 1977, many of the older musicians didn't understand punk rock. A few encouraged the movement, but many openly disliked or ridiculed the music.

Most of the early punks were from a younger generation who didn't want to play old fart music and were happy to return the dislike and disrespect from their elders.

The 1977 punk rockers were often quite intelligent, talented, concerned about social issues, and most importantly, they had a keen sense of humor and cynicism about the music business.

This EBook series is about those punk musicians who had talent and a sense of humor, and also about those who didn't possess any of those qualities.

#punk #newwave #alternative #musichistory #KindleUnlimited#humor #satire #sanfrancisco #seattle #Mabuhay #fabmab

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