Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Coming out and coming of age in the days of AIDS, MTV, Reaganomics, and Just Say No. Daron Marks is a young guitar player with a dream, make it big like the guys he grew up idolizing in New Jersey—or at least escape his dysfunctional family. He makes it as far as music school in Rhode Island, and the rock clubs of Boston beckon him. But it's hard to succeed from the closet.

It's the summer of 1987, and Daron Marks is trying to make it big. His band is starting to attract attention from major labels, which is good, but his own attention too often strays to the band's lead singer, Ziggy. Daron already struggles with being gay, he doesn't need a relationship with a band member to make things worse. He resolves to keep his crush a secret. But nothing stays a secret for very long in the white-hot spotlight of fame. Volume 2 of Daron's Guitar Chronicles encompasses over 80 chapters of the popular online serial (over 300 book pages), the most tumultuous year of Daron's life yet.

Follow the band Moondog Three as they hit the road and tour the United States. Philadelphia, Athens, New Orleans, Austin, San Francisco... Daron learns there's much more to holding a band together than good music. What's a young, gay guitarist to do when his father's a homophobic jerk who might be embezzling from the band and his lead singer can't decide which he wants more, control of the band or love? Sex, drugs, and rock and roll... if only it were that simple.

Daron's Guitar Chronicles continues in this fourth volume, compiling chapters of the popular online serial into one ebook. 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 Ziggy. 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? Contains chapters 206 through 318, originally serialized from November 11, 2011 to November 13, 2012.

Daron's Guitar Chronicles, the ongoing tale of coming out and coming of age in the 1980s, continues in volume five, compiling more chapters of the popular online serial into the next ebook. 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? Contains chapters 319 through 388, originally serialized from October 23, 2012 through May 28, 2013.

Price drop! Only $2.99 for a limited time. The latest installment of the award-winning web serial about coming out and coming of age in the 1980s. After the tumultuous events at the end of the tour in 1989 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?

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. Daron embarks on a journey of artistic growth, studying more styles of guitar and music, a journey that takes him from Virginia to Spain to New York City. But while he 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. Volume 7 of Daron's Guitar Chronicles collects chapters 505 through 584 from the popular web serial by Cecilia Tan. Daron's Guitar Chronicles won the Rose & Bay Award for Best Crowdfunded Fiction in 2010.

The year is 1990 and Daron Marks is trying to stay true to his heart. But life is tough when you're a talented musician whose life is controlled by gigantic mega-corporations. Daron is trying hard not to think about that, though, when he invites Ziggy to spend Christmas with Daron's chosen family: his mentor Remo and the guys from the band Nomad. Ziggy's career is taking off at rocket speed; meanwhile Daron spends a few months living in New York City working with one of the music industry's hottest producers and then takes a gig to hit the road with Nomad. Even with the industry pulling them in different directions, Daron and Ziggy's paths keep crossing. Can they rebuild a relationship without music tying them together? And what is that mysterious song Daron keeps hearing on the radio? Volume 8 cover chapters 585 through 636 of the online web serial.

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. This is volume nine of the award-winning tale of coming out and coming of age in the rock and roll world of the 1980s and 1990s. Readers call it “entrancing,” “addictive,” and warn “you will get sucked into Daron’s world, you will try to give him advice, and you’ll always care about what happens next.” Young, gay, and talented, Daron lives for his music and the people in his life who have helped him love himself. Contents of this book were serialized online at Daron's Guitar Chronicles between June 30, 2015 and March 17, 2016., encompassing chapter 637 through 708.

“I don’t know why I was nervous for the first day of auditions. I was not the one trying to get a gig.” With these words, Daron begins the story of putting together a band for his lover Ziggy, and preparing to go on an international tour with the “Ziggy Moondog” show. Daron is working himself to the bone to make everything the music, the show, and their love life. But his obligations to another band have Daron out on the road just when he wants to be glued to Ziggy. Can they maintain the passion and commitment to each other when they’re thousands of miles apart? Daron has got to find a way. This is volume ten of the award-winning tale of coming out and coming of age in the rock and roll world of the 1980s and 1990s. Readers call it “entrancing,” “addictive,” and warn “you will get sucked into Daron’s world, you will try to give him advice, and you’ll always care about what happens next.” Young, gay, and talented, Daron lives for his music and the people in his life who have helped him love himself. Contents of this ebook were serialized online at Daron’s Guitar Chronicles between March 22, 2016 and January 26, 2017.