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Dreamwidth is so weird sometimes. I can't seem to tell if it likes or hates my VPN software. Sometimes I'll log in with no problem (like today) and sometimes I'll get a 404 error instead (yesterday). And I don't like leaving the VPN off for too long because I'll forget to turn it back on sometimes.
Anyhoo! It's Friday and I'm listening to KEXP as usual while preparing for another day of writing work and new music releases. It's been kind of an odd couple of days recently because I've stopped writing on the 750Words site (albeit temporarily) while I put Queen Ophelia aside for a few weeks. This has given me some open time which I've been using to completely focus on Theadia, and to remind myself that it's okay to take a bit of time to, y'know, enjoy some silly things like playing a few rounds of FreeCell or reading a few pages of that wrist-breakingly heavy Paul McCartney Lyrics book. I don't necessarily NEED to be productive every single moment of my waking day, yeah?
Thinking lately about the character interaction in Theadia, actually. One of the things that make this book is the importance and necessity of interpersonal relationships, and I'm having fun exploring what I can do with that. Two of the characters (not the title characters) are Space Force co-pilots and bffs, and I decided it would be fun to create something where that kind of close friendship is not just accepted but expected and promoted in that field. Dani and Lee aren't connected romantically in any way, but their connection is just as deep. They're fine with showing emotion and giving and accepting comfort when needed. Unlike Althea and Claudia, who are two besties and utterly in love in that 'already married' way, Dani and Lee's relationship is such that they've set it up so they can wholly trust and depend on each other when it matters most.
Oh, and to make it official here: In my brain I still pronounce it as thee-YAY-dee-a (as Lee likes to say it), but you can pronounce it however you like. THEE-yah DEE-ah is fine, as is thee-YAH-dee-ah. The point is that this is Thea and Dia's universe, and we're all just drawn into it. :)
Anyhoo! It's Friday and I'm listening to KEXP as usual while preparing for another day of writing work and new music releases. It's been kind of an odd couple of days recently because I've stopped writing on the 750Words site (albeit temporarily) while I put Queen Ophelia aside for a few weeks. This has given me some open time which I've been using to completely focus on Theadia, and to remind myself that it's okay to take a bit of time to, y'know, enjoy some silly things like playing a few rounds of FreeCell or reading a few pages of that wrist-breakingly heavy Paul McCartney Lyrics book. I don't necessarily NEED to be productive every single moment of my waking day, yeah?
Thinking lately about the character interaction in Theadia, actually. One of the things that make this book is the importance and necessity of interpersonal relationships, and I'm having fun exploring what I can do with that. Two of the characters (not the title characters) are Space Force co-pilots and bffs, and I decided it would be fun to create something where that kind of close friendship is not just accepted but expected and promoted in that field. Dani and Lee aren't connected romantically in any way, but their connection is just as deep. They're fine with showing emotion and giving and accepting comfort when needed. Unlike Althea and Claudia, who are two besties and utterly in love in that 'already married' way, Dani and Lee's relationship is such that they've set it up so they can wholly trust and depend on each other when it matters most.
Oh, and to make it official here: In my brain I still pronounce it as thee-YAY-dee-a (as Lee likes to say it), but you can pronounce it however you like. THEE-yah DEE-ah is fine, as is thee-YAH-dee-ah. The point is that this is Thea and Dia's universe, and we're all just drawn into it. :)
