What's happening behind the scenes to bring new GHAWG content? The GHAWG Diaries is my recap of what I've been doing.
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Introduction
There's more to #GHAWG than just daily zapfic entries and the spreadsheet I use to track them. There's research. There's review. There's also thought and inspiration. Then there are the tools involved in doing any of those tasks.
Just to keep things from getting scrambled in my head, and also to document for myself what I've been considering, I began keeping a diary of my activities as they concern #GHAWG. With posts in the GHAWG, Uninterrupted
series on hold at Act 5 while Act 6 remains in progress, I decided to share these diary entries with everyone on Hive blockchain.
On Mondays which don't feature a GHAWG, Uninterrupted
post-- GHAWG-U-- I'll post diary entries from the previous 7 days or between GHAWG-U posts if the time between them is short. For Part 11, there are 14 days' worth of diary entries. The first entry starts on 2023-December-11.
Before anyone scratches their heads at a few terms, here are 3 I began using since the previous post:
Term | Meaning |
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Rat Bike | Code name for #GHAWG (the first and current zapfic serial) |
Blue Lion | Code name for the middle zapfic serial in the GHAWG Universe |
The Bronze | Code name for the final zapfic serial in the GHAWG Universe |
Monday, 2023-December-11 |
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📓 Today I added more information to the character dossier for David Guardia. It took me longer than I had expected because it involves details and situations I hadn't considered fot zapfic but which become important for long form content. As I work on more of these character dossiers, I'll come up with more details which need to be included. |
Tuesday, 2023-December-12 |
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📓 It took longer than I had expected, but Act 6 for #GHAWG is in the books. Act 6 contains 92 zapfic entries. Many zapfic entries take place within the same day in story time. More characters are involved, so they need opportunities to be seen and heard. Some bonus zapfic entries were added either to fill gaps which existed before Act 6, or they are part of Act 6 as part of a parallel storyline (such as the aftermath of David Guardia's prophesying at the Seattle block party). When I publish the GHAWG-U post for Act 6 on Monday, the hardest part for me will be making the cover image; the post won't be difficult to make, just long. The bonus entries which were added out of sequence to fill in gaps from earlier in #GHAWG will appear at the end of the post. The bonus which were added in-sequence will remain where they are. |
Wednesday, 2023-December-13 |
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📓 Today I began Interlude 3 for #GHAWG/Rat Bike for 7 days, zapfic entries will be posted for the main plot (the honeymoon for David Guardia and Rhonda Bella) and the subplot (The Kids {Sanjay Rampersad, Lionel Odunsi, and Lindsay Etxeberria} and the Brothers Marchenko {Hank & Frank} planning the ride back east as far as Chicago, point of origin for Old Route 66). I did my best to be as tasteful as possible for the main plot, so it's as #NSFW as readers want to make it in their own minds. Readers of a certain age or recreational inclination will understand certain references in the main plot. As for the subplot, it's an opportunity to show that The Kids and The Twins (Hank & Frank Marchenko) aren't NPCs.When the parallel stories end and everyone is reunited, it will take many zapfic entries just to get out of San Diego as Our Heroes (now numbering 7) begin the 2,000-mile ride east along Old Route 66 from the Santa Monica Pier. Whatever people thought about #GHAWG until this point, they have to admit that this part of Rat Bike is different in tone. Rat Bike ends when everyone is home, so this will take another 3,000 miles of riding. After that, Blue Lion begins by jumping quickly through the first few years after the Epic Ride.
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Thursday, 2023-December-14 |
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📓 Today I wasn't at the computer that much. While shopping through the neighborhood I was listening to my preferred version of "Route 66" and a few versions of the Wonder Woman theme and a few other songs unrelated to GHAWG except for tempo. I found myself thinking about these questions:
For starters, I want to get through Rat Bike -- the original GHAWG-- first. Next, I want to see what it's like to publish and present content for the two sequel series, Blue Lion and The Bronze . Finally, where would the additional stories take place?While my knowledge of the United States outside of New York and New Jersey is absolutely limited, I can get away with keeping the story contained within that limited knowledge base. I won't have that luxury with a GHAWG-type story set in, places such as (for example) Australia, Canada, Latin America, India, Russia, or parts of Africa. All I know is that one key element of any such story is that the main characters ride motorcycles (or suitable alternatives such as mopeds, whatever is commonly used in those regions). Could I write a GHAWG-type story which uses minivans or family wagons? Motivator, please! |
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📓 While walking through my neighborhood and the next neighborhood I was listening to some tunes from my recent "playlist"; among those were variations of the cinematic Wondoer Woman Theme. I was considering some details for Rhonda Bella's past. While David Guardia's story is more of a public story, her story is more personal in nature. How was she able to earn degrees in both [physics and engineering]()? What kind of [relationships]() did he have? When did she become an [ice road trucker]()? Although I've settled on a few details, I have no timeline for them. So I'll let the subconscious keep churning through ideas and concepts before I develop her story. 📓 One theme which runs through GHAWG is redemption.In some way ot other, the main characters get to start witha clean slate. David Guardia began his reset when he began his Epic Ride, and the reset itself was reset with the near-death experience which transformed him. Rhonda Bella, at the point we meet her, had her own reset. Harry Hoqualogue is an ex-convict who served time for murder. Hank & Frank, the Brothers Marchenko, had been inveterate sports gamblers. Both Sanjay Rampersad from India and Lionel Odunsi from Nigeria are living new lives in the United States as exchange students. Lindsay Etxeberria was a professional leftist activist who was this|close to commiting suicide.Another theme, related to redemption but rarely discussed, is misfits finding ways to belong. David himself was having his own mid-life crisis when he began his Epic Ride. Rhonda's advancing age and he above-average height presented her with her own set of challenges. If The Kids were misfits due to their status as foreigners with student visas, The Twins were misfits due to their political and philosophical beliefs as anarcho-capitalist libertarians. Lindsay was already on the edge, and she was on the outs in her own way. Harry was coming to realize that living The Mongol Lifestyle was a younger man's game, and he's older than David. David's Epic Ride brought them all together, and they do all they can to achieve their immediate goals. Even after they separate, they stay united as a group. Together they can be considered God's Top Ten. Who are the other two? They will be revealed in Blue Lion , and they wouldn't be who any of us would expect.
In the case of The Kids and The Twins, they had some degree of faith supporting all they did.
Navigation to Other GHAWG DiariesAs more posts become available, this section will be updated with links to them. When (and Where) To Catch #GHAWGWhenThis is the normal schedule for the posting of content for #GHAWG: Where● Daily zapfic entries drop at LeoThreads, usually posted shortly after midnight from New York (sometimes around noon) This week I hope to have more content published and recorded to Hive blockchain. That's it for this edition of [!!] -- Graphic signature was designed by @ahmadmanga |