The GHAWG Diaries, Part 40

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 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 Part 40, there are 7 days' worth of diary entries. The first entry starts on 2024-August-05.

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Before anyone scratches their heads at a few terms, here are 3 I began using many posts ago:

Term	Meaning
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, 2024-August-05

📓 Another edition of The GHAWG Diaries is in the books as I published TGD39 today. I'm hoping to make a breakthrough in the zapfic queue this week at get it to have 30 entries in it. It's been a while since it had that many entries in it, and back then it was closer to 90 entries. At that time, I felt inspired. Since then, the Muse had left me, so I was left to fend for myself and struggle with my own mind. As mysteriously as the Muse had left, the Muse will return. Until then, I have to keep my nose to the grindstone.

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Tuesday, 2024-August-06

📓 In recent days I've been including zapfic entries showing The Kids doing heir thing as college students away from school. I wasn't able to do this before for various reasons. When they first entered GHAWG in Iowa (before it transformed into the Rat Bike potion of The GHAWG Universe), they were almost NPCs. It was after the transformation in Portland when I gave The Kids their individual identities as Sanjay Rampersad and
Lionel Odunsi. As part of Our Heroes, the combined group of David Guardia's crew with Harry Hoqualogue and
The Mongols under his leadership, there were just too many people to be able devote time to The Kids except in special cases. Once Our Heroes had been reduced in size to Felix Legion, then it became possible to devote more time to Ther Kids (not to mention The Twins). Now to see what The Kids are up to between now and their arrival on campus.

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Wednesday, 2024-August-07

📓 Just as I need to devote time to eveloping the Kids, I need to develop The Twins (also known as the Brothers Marchenko.) In their case, this development will come in the form of their interaction with Lindsay Etxeberria, refugee from the far-left. Aside from David Guardia, Lindsay has seen perhaps the greatest development and evolution as a character, greater than even that of Rhonda Bella/
Rhonda Bella Guardia. If David's focus is on faith, the focus of The Twins is on philosophy and economics (because politics is a no-win game for the people). Together, David and The Twins help make redemption possible for everyone.

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Thursday, 2024-August-08

📓 Although much of Rat Bike has been devoted to David and Rhonda Bella Guardia, it's only been in recent days that I've had The Newlyweds consider life after the end of David's Epic Ride. The time is coming when they need to get on with the mundane portion of their lives. Also, these entries allow for some foreshadowing of events in the sequel zapfic serial Blue Lion. The sequel zapfic serial revolves around David finally getting to live "the good life" for a while before he endures trials which would turn any man to mush. Blue Lion also shows how the members of Felix Legion (as well as characters Harry Hoqualogue and new addition Jardani "Don" Roma) have adapted since meeting David. So far The Newlyweds discussed where they would live and what is expected of him as assistant in her trucking business.

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Friday, 2024-August-09

📓 I added a couple of entries to the zapfic queue. It's not enough to make headway, but at least the queue is maintaining its size. For more entries, I'll need to consult the digital maps to see what Felix Legion can look forward to in its near future.

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Saturday, 2024-August-10

📓 This evening I published the Weekly Summary post. The spreadsheet gave me a bit of grief, but I figured out how to get it fixed. At 540 zapfic entries, it's become a beast. I also took time to review digital maps to see what was coming up as Felix Legion rides east aong Old Route 66. Once Felix Legion crosses the Mississippi River east to leave St. Louis, Missouri, US behind, all that remains is Illinois. The ride to Chicago should last 2 or 3 days in zapfic time. In GHAWG Time, that may be around a month. In Kramer Time, that can be an eternity. Once Felix Legion reaches the end of Old Route 66 and the ride continues east to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I'll have more freedom in choosing the places where events take place.

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Sunday, 2024-August-11

📓 Today I extended the zapfic queue to 2024-September-04. At this point, the members of Felix Legion are in the major league city of St. Louis. A few travel entries were added to get them from Lebanon to St. Louis. After that, more character interaction and development entries were added. The meat of this section of the zapfic queue is a discussion The Twins and Lindsay have regarding the cause of inflation, specifically the inflation which began in February 2021. It's based on my understanding of what happened, and it's from the perspective of a regular person. Let's just say this was a mind-blowing experience for Lindsay, just as much as anything she had witnessed David Guardia do on the faith side of things.

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

That's it for this edition of The GHAWG Diaries. I'm ^[!!]
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