Athens is a silly place. This song is a great example of why.
Fell in the lake but I didn’t drown
I had on my life preserver
Out in the sun but I can see
I had on my sunglasses
Walked down the stairs but I didn’t fall
I held on to the banister
There were mosquitos I got no bites
I had on my insect repellant
“I worked hard not to be noticed. What I failed to notice was that everybody noticed that.”
Shutdown Corner introduces Warren and gives a bit of background on Asperger’s and me. The “others” referenced in the conversation were Phinizy and Jane. A key change I made as I learned about plot structure was moving a large part of the exposition and introduction of the characters on my team into Gray Rock (Part Two), hoping the story wouldn’t be bogged down by too many characters.
As I was typing that prior sentence, I remembered no, that’s not what happened at all. In reality, my Dear Producer, Melissa, in her ever-direct Dear Producer way, read my initial draft of Part One and said “you’re throwing all of these characters at me! This is all mishmash and confusing.” And she was right. Destination Unknown is about four people. Damron, Warren, The MP, and Jane, with a few bit characters rounding out the setup until the climactic grande entrée of you-know-who in Stop It (Chapter 8). Melissa’s advice (helpfully delivered in my preferred two-by-four-the-face manner) was key – hit the ground running and keep the story moving, especially early on. I tried, anyway.
The Backstreet’s conversation was actually with Vincent (and waiting on Jane to call in from the road) and occurred before the company office moved to its new location. I had this conversation be with Simon because the scene sets up the next chapter, and Jane has yet to re-enter the picture.
The conference rooms are actually named after historic Atlanta neighborhoods, which is lame to begin with, and come on, the gay nightclub conference room names was entirely to funny to not include. 
The Backstreet’s Conference Room. Pretty awesome, eh? “…on a clear day from this perch at the northwest corner of the building, you could see the Blue Ridge Mountains, one hundred miles away.” [Quote from Chapter 17, Image by Garrett Rowland]
For those of you on the inside, here’s a map:
Backstreet’s: Cabbagetown (31NW)
Burkhart’s: Castleberry Hill (31NE)
The Heretic: Edgewood (31E)
Mixx: Sweet Auburn/Little 5 Points (31SE)
Blake’s: Elting Room (31SW)
Mary’s Lounge: Oakhurst (32NW)
Bulldogs: Poncey-Highland (32E)
Hideaway: Old Fourth Ward (32SE)
Atlanta Eagle: Reynoldstown (32SW)
Sadly, no scenes in the book occurred in Inman Park.
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