Daron's Guitar Chronicles

A slow burn gay romance, exploring coming out and coming of age in the 1980s.In the summer of 1987, Daron Marks is trying to make it big. His band is attracting the attention of the major labels, but his own attention all too often falls on his band's lead singer, Ziggy. Daron already struggles with being gay-the last thing he needs is a bandmate relationship. He resolves to keep his crush a secret. But nothing stays secret long under the white-hot spotlight of fame. "The continuation of Daron's story in which he struggles with who and what he is. While I love the description of the music and how Daron and his friends play off each other, the true power of the book lies in Daron's struggle to connect to his friends. So used to hiding who he truly is, he has lost the ability to communicate through words. (Thank god he has music.)"-Mezzo "Only very rarely do we come across a character that is truly unforgettable. [Daron] feels so true to life."-Love Bytes ReviewsAbout the Author: Cecilia Tan is an award-winning writer in many genres. Her short stories have appeared in Nerve, Ms. Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Best American Erotica. In 2015 she received both the Career Achievement and Pioneer Award from RT Magazine, and in 2010 she was inducted into the Saints and Sinners GLBT Writers Hall of Fame. Her books include Slow Surrender, Black Feathers, The Velderet, White Flames, Mind Games, The Siren and the Sword, Watch Point, and Telepaths Don't Need Safewords.

A slow burn romance among rock stars in the 1980s.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? When his band hits the road for the first time, Daron learns that there's much more to holding a band together than good music. As they cross the country in a rented van-Philadelphia, New Orleans, Austin, San Francisco-there's no avoiding trouble.Sex, drugs, and rock and roll... if only it were that simple. "Daron's Guitar Chronicles is like Almost Famous, except in this story the boy isn't so innocent."-The Bright List "If you haven't been reading the story, I highly recommend you [do]. If you're not sure, let me say this: rock band, late 1980s, slash… and everything else, really."-Esoteric Renaissance Readers speak! "This series just gets better and better. I read it each week online and then I buy the books so that I can re-read it all in one hit. Cecilia Tan is a fab writer who really brings these characters to life.""I get let in to Daron's world so much each book that I feel like I know him face-to-face. I feel like I can begin to read his thoughts like a friend that I've known years. Again, keep reading. Get all into it. You will be glad you did. I can't even express the awe I get from the series. This is the most connected I have ever been to a story.""The love story is there-the tension and rise and fall of drama between Ziggy and Daron is gorgeously, deftly maintained throughout. But there's more than that, and while I can't wait to see what happens next in this insane, wonderful romance... I also started looking into picking up my bass and starting to play some music again."

Based on the popular online serial! A slow burn gay romance among rock stars in the 1980s.The year is 1989, and Daron's band Moondog Three is really starting to take off, but life is complicated. On the one hand, Daron has finally told his closest friends and bandmates that he's gay, while on the other he has sworn off sex.But just because they're not sleeping together doesn't mean a guitarist and a lead singer don't have a relationship.And now they're preparing for a major cross-country tour. The itinerary will take them from California eastward, with Daron, Ziggy, the other band members, tech crew, and management all sharing the same tour bus. That won't be awkward or stress-inducing at all, will it?

A slow burn gay rockstar romance. 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 California. Daron wants to be nearby, even if Ziggy isn't allowed to communicate with the outside world. Is Daron prepared to deal with Digger, record company politics, and creative challenges, all while feeling the pain of being apart? This ebook includes the bonus features: Ziggy's DiaryJonathan's Story Readers speak! "This is not your run-of-the-mill 'Rock And Roll' gay romance. It's about the times, the world we live in, and the creative people who drive the culture. Warning: Daron's Guitar Chronicles is addictive. Once you start, you'll find it near impossible to walk away from Daron's world, aching to know what's coming next" "The first person narrative has rarely been used to greater effect than in Cecilia Tan's online serial Daron's Guitar Chronicles. The relationship between Daron and the reader is something I've never experienced before, and I don't believe could have been achieved in the third person, limited or omniscient, as brilliantly as it's been done here. Daron's narrative is intimate, personal, and it's, of all the oddest things, interactive. Or maybe it's reactive. Whatever one wishes to call it, there are times during the reading of this, and the previous books, that I wanted to hug him, shake him by the shoulders, give him an earful, and then go right back to hugging him through his pain and torment." "Sometimes it's hard to remember Daron's a fictional character."

A slow burn gay rockstar romance. 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. Daron embarks on a journey of artistic growth, studying more styles of guitar and music, a journey that takes him from Australia to Virginia to Spain to New York City...Ziggy's home town. Daron's been preparing for changes in his career, but is he prepared for a reunion with Ziggy? Ziggy is back and he's got a plan.Readers speak!"Star-crossed lovers-absolutely! I love Daron and Ziggy-together or apart, but better together. I love the descriptions of music in DGC, the tales of touring, the frustrations of the crooked record companies. These books read like a perch on the shoulder of a kid growing up accidentally famous in the late '80s, and I love that too.""A grand feat of altogether consummate storytelling. From the moment Daron was introduced as a teenager in the '80s in Chapter One, not only afraid of anyone finding out he's gay but so afraid of simply being gay, Tan has taken readers on a journey deep into the life of her young guitar prodigy.""I think this is my favorite volume so far. Daron takes himself on a strange side trip that helps him to develop both musically and personally, and when he gets back... everything's a little bit more interesting for it." Cecilia Tan is an award-winning author of passionate fiction. RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series is published by Hachette/Forever. Tor Books will soon be publishing her new urban fantasy series, The Vanished Chronicles, where vampires aren't real, but erotic ritual blood magic is.Many of her books include fantasy and science fiction themes, including the Magic University series, Black Feathers, The Velderet, White Flames, Mind Games, and Telepaths Don't Need Safewords. She sold her first fiction in the early 90s, and her short stories have appeared in Nerve, Ms. Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Best American Erotica. She is also the founder and editorial director of Circlet Press. Cecilia is also the editor of the Baseball Research Journal and publications director for SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research. Find out more at http://blog.ceciliatan.com

Winner of the Rose and Bay Award for Crowdfunded FictionA slow burn gay rock star romanceDaron Marks is trying to stay true to his heart. But as the calendar turns from 1990 to 1991, gigantic mega-corporations are chewing up musicians and spitting them out at a record pace. Daron does everything he can to keep his head above water, working with one of the music industry's hottest producers, and taking a gig to tour the country with Nomad. But what he would really like most is for Ziggy to spend the Christmas holidays with him and his chosen family.Ziggy Ferias finds his solo career taking off at rocket speed. Film roles, musical collaborations, dance rehearsals-his calendar is already full and getting fuller by the minute. He wants it all, but he wants Daron, too.With the industry pulling them in different directions, can Daron and Ziggy rebuild a relationship without a band tying them together?And what is that mysterious song Daron keeps hearing on the radio?PRAISE FOR DARON'S GUITAR CHRONICLES:"Rarely do we come across a character that is truly unforgettable. To the point of where you wonder, sometimes several times a day, what this person would think about something you're experiencing. [Daron] feels so true to life."-Love Bytes Reviews"As addictive as any books I've ever read, as heart-rending as any series I've ever loved, Daron's Guitar Chronicles is... a brilliant feat in fiction."-The Novel Approach"For me, Daron is one of those rare fictional characters that I have a hard time believing does not actually exist on the physical plane. He is just too real. [And] the writing just gets better and better."-Gay Book Reviews Cecilia Tan is an award-winning author of passionate fiction. RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series is published by Hachette/Forever. Tor Books will soon be publishing her new urban fantasy series, The Vanished Chronicles, where vampires aren't real, but erotic ritual blood magic is.Many of her books include fantasy and science fiction themes, including the Magic University series, Black Feathers, The Velderet, White Flames, Mind Games, and Telepaths Don't Need Safewords. She sold her first fiction in the early 90s, and her short stories have appeared in Nerve, Ms. Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Best American Erotica. She is also the founder and editorial director of Circlet Press. Cecilia is also the editor of the Baseball Research Journal and publications director for SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research. Find out more at http://blog.ceciliatan.com

The year is 1991, and the guitarist known as Daron Moondog stands at a crossroads between music and love. Daron is trying to keep everyone in his life happy-himself included-but the hustle of the music business is starting to take its toll. He's composing and recording soundtracks, writing songs for other bands, working on fundraisers, and Remo needs him on tour with Nomad. This is all great for Daron's bank account, but what about his heart? What about Ziggy? The singer who broke Daron's heart.Ziggy has a major solo album in the works, and has plans for a major tour. And he wants Daron as his music director.Ziggy always wants more. Cecilia Tan is an award-winning author of passionate fiction. RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series is published by Hachette/Forever. Tor Books will soon be publishing her new urban fantasy series, The Vanished Chronicles, where vampires aren't real, but erotic ritual blood magic is.Many of her books include fantasy and science fiction themes, including the Magic University series, Black Feathers, The Velderet, White Flames, Mind Games, and Telepaths Don't Need Safewords. She sold her first fiction in the early 90s, and her short stories have appeared in Nerve, Ms. Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Best American Erotica. She is also the founder and editorial director of Circlet Press. Cecilia is also the editor of the Baseball Research Journal and publications director for SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research. Find out more at http://blog.ceciliatan.com

"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 new band for Ziggy, and preparing to go on an international tour with the "Ziggy Moondog" show. Daron is working himself to the bone to make everything click: the music, the show, and their love life.But his obligations to tour with Nomad have Daron 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 to make love work. This is volume ten of the award-winning series about a rock musician coming out and coming of age in the 1980s and 1990s. Cecilia Tan is an award-winning author of passionate fiction. RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series is published by Hachette/Forever. Tor Books will soon be publishing her new urban fantasy series, The Vanished Chronicles, where vampires aren't real, but erotic ritual blood magic is.Many of her books include fantasy and science fiction themes, including the Magic University series, Black Feathers, The Velderet, White Flames, Mind Games, and Telepaths Don't Need Safewords. She sold her first fiction in the early 90s, and her short stories have appeared in Nerve, Ms. Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Best American Erotica. She is also the founder and editorial director of Circlet Press. Cecilia is also the editor of the Baseball Research Journal and publications director for SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research. Find out more at http://blog.ceciliatan.com

Daron isn't afraid of standing on a stage in front of forty-thousand screaming fans. He isn't even afraid of putting his body on the line if it means saving someone he loves from harm. And at this point in his life, he's not even afraid of the L-word: love. He's not afraid of saying it, of hearing it, or of living it. But he's always been a little bit afraid of the C-word: commitment. But if there's one thing he has learned, it's to face his fears head on. But that's hard to do when you're dealing with injuries and tour schedules and the people on tour with you. Daron isn't sure if he can trust Ziggy to be there for him if he hits rock bottom.Ziggy, on the other hand, isn't afraid of anything-not really. Except being alone. Readers speak!"ZOMG. This is the book when D & Z really get their relationship stress-tested, and I am here for it!" "So many romances only tell you about falling in love. Daron's story goes beyond that, though, to the highs and lows, the pain and the joy of not just being in love, but staying in love." Cecilia Tan is an award-winning author of passionate fiction. RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series is published by Hachette/Forever. Tor Books will soon be publishing her new urban fantasy series, The Vanished Chronicles, where vampires aren't real, but erotic ritual blood magic is.Many of her books include fantasy and science fiction themes, including the Magic University series, Black Feathers, The Velderet, White Flames, Mind Games, and Telepaths Don't Need Safewords. She sold her first fiction in the early 90s, and her short stories have appeared in Nerve, Ms. Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Best American Erotica. She is also the founder and editorial director of Circlet Press. Cecilia is also the editor of the Baseball Research Journal and publications director for SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research. Find out more at http://blog.ceciliatan.com

The heart-filling conclusion to the saga of Daron and Ziggy! The long-awaited final volume in the Daron's Guitar Chronicles series. "Existing is so weird. Stuff like breathing and feeling emotions... how is it all connected? Life as an organic being is all so... complicated, and yet it is what it is. It just is. You just are. Thoughts like that meant it was time for me to act like I was not having either a panic attack or an existential crisis."Daron has some soul searching to do. The very last person he ever expected to get between him and Ziggy is his own mother, but when she asks for his help he finds himself in the wilds of Tennessee.Ziggy has fled the family drama, back to the city, where he is dealing with issues Daron won't be able to ignore for long. Digger's lawsuits are finally coming to a head, and Daron is going to need Ziggy's help more than he knows.Meanwhile, a shakeup at their record company means that doors that had been closed might be opening again... if only Daron and Ziggy are ready to leap into new opportunities, together?It just might work. If only Daron could find his lost inspiration and write a song... READERS SPEAK! "I've laughed and cried over the years along with Daron. He has a strange ability to make me feel anxious right along with him, wishing I could make it better somehow! He and Ziggy... They're so damn sweet. I've already started again and probably will re-read the whole thing many more times. Love you guys." "Fitting, beautiful ending. Hope you and Daron both enjoy your well-deserved breaks! I look forward to anything in the future, but in the meantime, damn, yes, downtime is needed for you both I'm sure! Thank you for this story and for sharing Daron and Ziggy's journey with us." "I gotta say I didn't see the end coming. But then all good things must come to end sometime. This was a good place to stop…things fixed, or almost fixed. Ziggy & Daron are in a committed relationship and keep working on making it thrive. I look forward to future works you might put out there for us. Thanks for the wonderful memories." Cecilia Tan is an award-winning author of passionate fiction. RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series is published by Hachette/Forever. Tor Books will soon be publishing her new urban fantasy series, The Vanished Chronicles, where vampires aren't real, but erotic ritual blood magic is.Many of her books include fantasy and science fiction themes, including the Magic University series, Black Feathers, The Velderet, White Flames, Mind Games, and Telepaths Don't Need Safewords. She sold her first fiction in the early 90s, and her short stories have appeared in Nerve, Ms. Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Best American Erotica. She is also the founder and editorial director of Circlet Press. Cecilia is also the editor of the Baseball Research Journal and publications director for SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research. Find out more at http://blog.ceciliatan.com