Alex R. Johnson
@haciendafilms.bsky.social
Writer/Director of TWO STEP / LatinX + Medio-gringo / WGA
Took Fugazi to see NEW JACK CITY.
Debut novel BROOKLYN MOTTO out NOW.
https://haciendafilmsinc.com
Took Fugazi to see NEW JACK CITY.
Debut novel BROOKLYN MOTTO out NOW.
https://haciendafilmsinc.com
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The Bubble
I was a government brat. And while that can mean a lot of things, it mostly meant that my family moved a lot – a new city, a new house – every two or three years.
When we moved, it was my father’s j...
hacienda-films-inc.ghost.io
My first piece is up, mostly it's about how the bubble of NYC moves with you. I promise these won't be too frequent. I hope you dig it. hacienda-films-inc.ghost.io/the-bubble/
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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I saunad and I soaked. I get it now.
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I saunad and I soaked. I get it now.
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Mixtapes, Television and SCTV… an excerpt from the audiobook of BROOKLYN MOTTO, by me and narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez - available everywhere - linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
#books #audiobook #nyc #noir #bookclub
#books #audiobook #nyc #noir #bookclub
BROOKLYN MOTTO- CHAPTER 14
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Mixtapes, Television and SCTV… an excerpt from the audiobook of BROOKLYN MOTTO, by me and narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez - available everywhere - linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
#books #audiobook #nyc #noir #bookclub
#books #audiobook #nyc #noir #bookclub
Got to introduce the great American Analog Set last night at @pioneerwork.bsky.social - they’re playing Philly tonight and DC tomorrow. Go!
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Got to introduce the great American Analog Set last night at @pioneerwork.bsky.social - they’re playing Philly tonight and DC tomorrow. Go!
Our society is now over-capacity on ex-SNL cast member talking to ex-SNL cast member about how great/liberating/intense/rewarding/stressful/life-changing being on SNL was. There is just too much.
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Our society is now over-capacity on ex-SNL cast member talking to ex-SNL cast member about how great/liberating/intense/rewarding/stressful/life-changing being on SNL was. There is just too much.
Meet Det. Zach Hong. Lover of menthols and merengue. An excerpt from Chapter 9 of BROOKLYN MOTTO, by me and narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez - avail everywhere. linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
#books #audiobook #bookcub #nyc #noir
#books #audiobook #bookcub #nyc #noir
BROOKLLYN MOTTO - Chapter 9
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Meet Det. Zach Hong. Lover of menthols and merengue. An excerpt from Chapter 9 of BROOKLYN MOTTO, by me and narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez - avail everywhere. linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
#books #audiobook #bookcub #nyc #noir
#books #audiobook #bookcub #nyc #noir
Reposted by Alex R. Johnson
The allure of a new story calls to me like a whisper in the night. I can't wait to dive into Brooklyn Motto! May it be a journey through shadows and secrets. Let's embrace the pages together! #booksky #books
BUT HOW DOES IT BEGIN? Glad you asked. Here's a chunk of Chapter 1 from BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Pick it up at the usual places (except Spotify, 'cause it sucks). linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto will send you wherever you need to go. #books #noir #NYC #audiobook #booksky
BROOKLYN MOTTO - Chapter 1
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The allure of a new story calls to me like a whisper in the night. I can't wait to dive into Brooklyn Motto! May it be a journey through shadows and secrets. Let's embrace the pages together! #booksky #books
Here's a sample from Chapter 7 of BROOKLYN MOTTO, written by me, narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Available everywhere in print, ebook and audiobook. Go to linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
#books #audiobook #nyc #noir #bookclub
#books #audiobook #nyc #noir #bookclub
BROOKLYN MOTTO - Chapter 7
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Here's a sample from Chapter 7 of BROOKLYN MOTTO, written by me, narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Available everywhere in print, ebook and audiobook. Go to linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
#books #audiobook #nyc #noir #bookclub
#books #audiobook #nyc #noir #bookclub
Reposted by Alex R. Johnson
BUT HOW DOES IT BEGIN? Glad you asked. Here's a chunk of Chapter 1 from BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Pick it up at the usual places (except Spotify, 'cause it sucks). linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto will send you wherever you need to go. #books #noir #NYC #audiobook #booksky
BROOKLYN MOTTO - Chapter 1
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
BUT HOW DOES IT BEGIN? Glad you asked. Here's a chunk of Chapter 1 from BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Pick it up at the usual places (except Spotify, 'cause it sucks). linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto will send you wherever you need to go. #books #noir #NYC #audiobook #booksky
BUT HOW DOES IT BEGIN? Glad you asked. Here's a chunk of Chapter 1 from BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Pick it up at the usual places (except Spotify, 'cause it sucks). linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto will send you wherever you need to go. #books #noir #NYC #audiobook #booksky
BROOKLYN MOTTO - Chapter 1
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
BUT HOW DOES IT BEGIN? Glad you asked. Here's a chunk of Chapter 1 from BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Pick it up at the usual places (except Spotify, 'cause it sucks). linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto will send you wherever you need to go. #books #noir #NYC #audiobook #booksky
Reposted by Alex R. Johnson
Did you know that there were two Brownies in the East Village in the 90s and their purposes were, well... different? An excerpt from CH3 of the audiobook for BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Get yer own at linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto #booksky #audiobook #book #nyc #noir
BROOKLYN MOTTO - Chapter 3
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that there were two Brownies in the East Village in the 90s and their purposes were, well... different? An excerpt from CH3 of the audiobook for BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Get yer own at linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto #booksky #audiobook #book #nyc #noir
Did you know that there were two Brownies in the East Village in the 90s and their purposes were, well... different? An excerpt from CH3 of the audiobook for BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Get yer own at linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto #booksky #audiobook #book #nyc #noir
BROOKLYN MOTTO - Chapter 3
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that there were two Brownies in the East Village in the 90s and their purposes were, well... different? An excerpt from CH3 of the audiobook for BROOKLYN MOTTO, read by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez. Get yer own at linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto #booksky #audiobook #book #nyc #noir
Reposted by Alex R. Johnson
Brooklyn Motto Alex Johnson, 2025
Sometimes you need a book to take you back, not to relive who you were, but to remember how it felt to be becoming someone. Art gives us that gift: revisiting youth without getting stuck there.
Full #BookReview: larrys100.writeas.com/alex-johnson...
#BookSky
Sometimes you need a book to take you back, not to relive who you were, but to remember how it felt to be becoming someone. Art gives us that gift: revisiting youth without getting stuck there.
Full #BookReview: larrys100.writeas.com/alex-johnson...
#BookSky
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Brooklyn Motto Alex Johnson, 2025
Sometimes you need a book to take you back, not to relive who you were, but to remember how it felt to be becoming someone. Art gives us that gift: revisiting youth without getting stuck there.
Full #BookReview: larrys100.writeas.com/alex-johnson...
#BookSky
Sometimes you need a book to take you back, not to relive who you were, but to remember how it felt to be becoming someone. Art gives us that gift: revisiting youth without getting stuck there.
Full #BookReview: larrys100.writeas.com/alex-johnson...
#BookSky
The Saints! W/Mark Arm! I finally got to hear “Messin’ With The Kid” live, and it choked me up like the emotional old man I’ve become. Love a show where you bump into friend after friend.
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Saints! W/Mark Arm! I finally got to hear “Messin’ With The Kid” live, and it choked me up like the emotional old man I’ve become. Love a show where you bump into friend after friend.
Reposted by Alex R. Johnson
The audiobook is finally done. I’m not gonna lie, it took a long ass time to do, but it’s good and I think you’ll like it. Narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez, edited + directed by me. Thank you to Martha Wollner for connecting Bobby + I. Here's a sampling from CH 9. Hope you dig it. #book #audiobook
BROOKLYN MOTTO - Chapter 9
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The audiobook is finally done. I’m not gonna lie, it took a long ass time to do, but it’s good and I think you’ll like it. Narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez, edited + directed by me. Thank you to Martha Wollner for connecting Bobby + I. Here's a sampling from CH 9. Hope you dig it. #book #audiobook
The audiobook is finally done. I’m not gonna lie, it took a long ass time to do, but it’s good and I think you’ll like it. Narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez, edited + directed by me. Thank you to Martha Wollner for connecting Bobby + I. Here's a sampling from CH 9. Hope you dig it. #book #audiobook
BROOKLYN MOTTO - Chapter 9
YouTube video by Alex R. Johnson
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The audiobook is finally done. I’m not gonna lie, it took a long ass time to do, but it’s good and I think you’ll like it. Narrated by Bobby Daniel Rodriguez, edited + directed by me. Thank you to Martha Wollner for connecting Bobby + I. Here's a sampling from CH 9. Hope you dig it. #book #audiobook
Sun setting before 5PM, but it’s being pretty cool about it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sun setting before 5PM, but it’s being pretty cool about it.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
This guy knows gum AND shoes and you should listen to him. Thanks, @chrislarry33.bsky.social! Buy the book: linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
New Larry's #100WordReviews of novel Brooklyn Motto by @haciendafilms.bsky.social
"A damn fine gumshoe yarn that tweaks expectations, updates archetypes, and features an evolved masculinity that detoxifies the genre."
Full review: chrislarry.writeas.com/alex-johnson...
#Books #CrimeFiction
"A damn fine gumshoe yarn that tweaks expectations, updates archetypes, and features an evolved masculinity that detoxifies the genre."
Full review: chrislarry.writeas.com/alex-johnson...
#Books #CrimeFiction
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This guy knows gum AND shoes and you should listen to him. Thanks, @chrislarry33.bsky.social! Buy the book: linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
This amazing kid is 17 today. I don’t know how, but I do know how. We love him so much. Happy Birthday, Char!
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This amazing kid is 17 today. I don’t know how, but I do know how. We love him so much. Happy Birthday, Char!
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Just launched Larry's 100 - culture blog, serving #100WordReviews of
#Books #albums, #movies #TV. The drabble format: no bloat, just the take.
Reviews up include Neko Case's memoir, Slow Horses S5, Brooklyn Motto, The Lemonheads, About Schmidt, The Eternaut, and more.
chrislarry.writeas.com
#Books #albums, #movies #TV. The drabble format: no bloat, just the take.
Reviews up include Neko Case's memoir, Slow Horses S5, Brooklyn Motto, The Lemonheads, About Schmidt, The Eternaut, and more.
chrislarry.writeas.com
Larry's 100
Devouring culture 100 words at a time. Find me on Mastodon
chrislarry.writeas.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just launched Larry's 100 - culture blog, serving #100WordReviews of
#Books #albums, #movies #TV. The drabble format: no bloat, just the take.
Reviews up include Neko Case's memoir, Slow Horses S5, Brooklyn Motto, The Lemonheads, About Schmidt, The Eternaut, and more.
chrislarry.writeas.com
#Books #albums, #movies #TV. The drabble format: no bloat, just the take.
Reviews up include Neko Case's memoir, Slow Horses S5, Brooklyn Motto, The Lemonheads, About Schmidt, The Eternaut, and more.
chrislarry.writeas.com
Chatting with Dave Cambell on his podcast “Living the Next Chapter” - here discussing 1998 NYC as a location for BROOKLYN MOTTO + the use of film references in the novel. Full episode is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAJ... + on all pod platforms. Go to linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto to get the book.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Chatting with Dave Cambell on his podcast “Living the Next Chapter” - here discussing 1998 NYC as a location for BROOKLYN MOTTO + the use of film references in the novel. Full episode is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAJ... + on all pod platforms. Go to linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto to get the book.
Reposted by Alex R. Johnson
Chatting with Dave Cambell on his podcast - here discussing how writers need to manage the balance between good news and bad news, between hope and despair. The whole episode is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAJ... and on your fav podcasting platform. Get the book: linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Chatting with Dave Cambell on his podcast - here discussing how writers need to manage the balance between good news and bad news, between hope and despair. The whole episode is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAJ... and on your fav podcasting platform. Get the book: linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto