The year is 1991. Daron Marks is a guitarist riding the ups and downs of a career in rock and roll while dealing with his on-again, off-again lover, Ziggy. Right now they're definitely on, and Daron's latest challenge: put together a band to back up Ziggy for a world tour. Can Daron together a disparate group of personalities and getting them to mesh as a band while keeping everything working with Ziggy, too?

The year is 1991 and Daron Marks stands at a crucial crossroads in his career. He's on tour with Nomad and his mentor Remo Cutler, but Ziggy wants him...as musical director, and more. Ziggy always wants more.

Ziggy went to India. Daron traveled the world. Is the music business ready for what happens when they meet again? When last we saw guitar prodigy Daron Marks, he was on a beach in Australia on the very last day of 1989. A new decade has dawned and Daron has little choice but to embrace change in the face of Ziggy going AWOL and poor record sales. But while he explores new musical styles and prepares for whatever may come next in his career, is Daron prepared for his inevitable reunion with Ziggy? Ziggy is back and he's got a plan.

After the tumultuous events at the end of the tour leave Daron and the band reeling, it's time to get off the road for a while. When an opportunity to stay in Los Angeles comes up, Daron takes it. There's session work and music industry schmoozing galore to be done in LA, but Daron's true reason for wanting to be on the West Coast temporarily is simple: Ziggy is in isolation drug rehab in Cailfornia. Daron wants to be nearby, even if Ziggy can't communicate with the outside world. Is Daron prepared to deal with Digger, record company politics, and creative challenges alone?

Daron and Ziggy have been through so much together on this tour. The pressure cooker that is the tour bus has been affecting everyone, but will it ultimately fuse the band together or crack them apart? The final leg of the Moondog Three 1989 tour approaches, with Toronto, the midwest, and New York City still to come. Daron and Ziggy have learned a lot about each other, and about what it takes to stay sane on the road... but have the lessons come too late?

In Daron's life, it's 1989, his band Moondog Three is starting to take off, and although the closet door is open now, he's barely got one toe out. He's told his closest friends and bandmates that he's gay, and he's sworn off sleeping with his lead singer. But just because they're not sleeping together doesn't mean a guitarist and a lead singer don't have a relationship... Daron and the band return from their roadtrip to prepare for a major cross-country tour. The itinerary will take them from California eastward, with all four band members, tech crew, and management sharing a tour bus. That won't be awkward or stress-inducing at all, will it?

Daron’s Guitar Chronicles tells the story of Daron Marks, a young gay guitar player, from about the time he is eighteen onward. He arrives at RIMCon (Rhode Island Musical Conservatory) in the mid-1980s, desperate to leave behind a dysfunctional family in New Jersey’s suburbs and discover himself. It’s the advent of MTV, AIDS, and punk versus metal, all of which will affect his journey searching for fame, artistic expression, and the courage to seek out the love he needs. Daron struggles with staying in the closet as much as he struggles to get his music heard. Daron’s Guitar Chronicles is a "bildungsroman," which is a fancy word for a novel where the coming of age process is long and gradual. It runs as a twice-a-week web serial at http://daron.ceciliatan.com where there are extras like liner notes, song lyrics, art, fan art, and more. Content Warning The story you are about to read is intended for mature readers due to its sexual content and language. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion.