What's happening behind the scenes to bring new GHAWG content? The GHAWG Diaries is my recap of what I've been doing.
Cover image designed by @magnacarta using emojis and Excel 2007 for text. Minor edits made using MS Paint.
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 Interlude 3 while Act 7 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 TGD54, there are 7 days' worth of diary entries. The first entry starts on 2024-December-02.
Before anyone scratches their heads at a few terms, here are 3 I began using many posts ago:
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
Rate 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, 2024-December-02
📓 TodayI added a few zapfic entries to explain more about Kaylee Chloe Callaway (a.k.a. K. C. Callaway). Although I could have done it in one zapfic entry, I wrote three zapfic entries in order to get the rest of Felix Legion into the conversation. This conversation takes place at a hotel near Gary/Chicago International Airport in northwest Indiana, a short distance from Chicago, Illinois, US. It would have made more sense to add a gap-filling entry so that it's closer to the moment when David Guardia meets the East Palestine, Ohio, US motorcycle mechanic, but I didn't feel like going through that mess again as I had earlier this year for 6 to 8 weeks. Besides, I also needed a hook to be able to her involved in the sequel zapfic serial code-named Blue Lion.
Tuesday, 2024-December-03
📓 I added a couple of entries to the zapfic queue to push later entries further into te future. Originally, I was going to have David Guardia speak prophecy to the people gathered at the Obama Presidential Libray. That still happens, but I chose to insert a different kind of manifestation of The Lord's power. This display of raw physical power was meant to reinforce the words David was going to say regarding the residents of Chicago, it's government leaders and officials, and even the interlopers seeking to wreak mayhem upon this already short-fused city. After inserting these zapfic entries, the zapfic queue extends to 2025-January-11.
Wednesday, 2024-December-04
📓 While walking through a couple of neighborhoods I was thinking about various characters I had introduced in Rat Bike. Chief among these was David Guardia's father and Li-Jun Fan. David's father, usually referred to as Pops, could reappear in a flashback zapfic entry or sequence of entries. I plan for him to make a reappearance in the 3rd xapfic serial code-named The Bronze. How this will happen will remain a mystery since the underlying concept is still hazy in my head. As for Li Jun Fan, the character I introduced early in Rat Bike as Slim, I wasn't thinking of having him reappear so soon. Now that the assembly at the Obama Presidential Library is a newsworthy event, maybe Slim discovers what his old employer has been up to since he left him the courier business over three months earlier? (In GHAWG time, of course.) This isn't definite; I'm just toying with the idea. Given that I have plans for him later-- also in The Bronze-- I think I should write at least an additional zapfic entry or two featuring him.
Thursday, 2024-December-05
📓 I extended the zapfic queue to 2025-January-12. The zapfic entry is nothing special, but it helps me make the transition to the next stage of David Guardia's Epic Ride: escorting The Kids to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US where they resume their in-class activities at the University of North Carolina. The entry itself notes that Felix Legion will spend a full day in Gary, Indiana, US to rest and recover from what had been the craziest day yet for the crew. Although everyone will be doing various things either as individuals or in groups of various sizes (and you can imagine what The Newlyweds will be doing sooner or later), the zapfic entry's sole purpose is to allow for a transition to a different kind of ride.
Friday, 2024-December-06
📓 It's been a while, but I'm updating GHAWGnav, the sticky post on my blog profile used to navigate through The GHAWG Universe. I'll be making the updates piee by piece. Ther first update is for the Weekly Summary section. This is the largest section, so I will make this update apart from the other sections. I'll make the updates one section at a time. Some day, once I can figure out a better way to present the navigation, I'll give GHAWGnav a facelift. For now, I just need to update navigation links.
Saturday, 2024-December-07
📓 Yesterday I updated the Weekly Summary section of GHAWGnav. Today I updated the TGD (The GHAWG Diaries) section of GHAWGnav.
Now that Act 7 has ended and Interlude 4 is in progress, the GHAWG-U section (for posts in the "GHAWG, Uninterrupted" series) needs to be updated; however, it needs to wait for the spreadsheet to be resequenced to accommodate the 2-months' worth of gap-filling zapfic entries I had published during the summer. It wasn't easy for me to determine where these gap filling entries needed to be inserted, so it will take me a while to get the spreadsheet updated. By the time I get the spreadsheet updated, I'll need to update the section to include entries for both Act 7 and Interlude 4.
The GHAWG Behind the Scenes section can remain as-is since I haven't publushed any posts since the lst time I updated GHAWGnav.
Once I get the spreadsheet resequenced, I will replace "GHAWG, Uninterrupted" with "GHAWG, Remastered"; GHAWGnav itself will be updated with graphics to match.
Sunday, 2024-December-08
📓 The other day I mapped out the route Felix Legion (minus The Kids, Sanjay Rampersad and Lionel Odunsi) takes from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the end of David Guardia's Epic Ride in Davenport, Iowa, US. The route looks OK all the way until the reconfigured Felix Legion reaches Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US. Then it backtracks a bit before it ends in Davenport. I don't like backtracking on the road if it isn't necessary, and this happens almost near the end. Since I reached the maximum number of stops I can add on a trip (10), it will be a long time before I can remove stops to add new stops which reflect the path I want Felix Legion to follow. Of course, Felix Legion first has to arrive at UNC from Chicago, Illinois, US, so I have plenty of time to make the changes in the trip's itinerary.
When (and Where) To Catch #GHAWG
When
This is the normal schedule for the posting of content for #GHAWG:
● Daily -- Each zapfic entry is posted shortly after midnight, from New York
● Weekends -- Weekly Summaries (with modified screen capture from LeoThreads as cover image) are usually on Saturday, sometimes Sunday
● Monday -- Either GHAWG, Uninterrupted if present, or The GHAWG Diaries
● Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday -- GHAWG Behind the Scenes -- The goal is to publish these posts on all days not dedicated to the Weekly Sumamry, GHAWH-U, or The GHAWG Diaries (TGD). There may be days with no post, so I'll minimize those occasions as best as I can.
Where
● Daily zapfic entries drop at LeoThreads, usually posted shortly after midnight from New York (sometimes around noon)
● All long form posts-- Weekly Summaries, GHAWG-U, and TGD-- can be accessed using the #GHAWGnav sticky post or from my InLeo profile page
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