tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post9141065607966865989..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: Where story ideas come from1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-77791004942915879052014-04-26T13:14:57.121-07:002014-04-26T13:14:57.121-07:00The article did end on how the moon affects sleep ...The article did end on how the moon affects sleep cycles [though of course craploads of research are needed into it]. It's one of those areas of research so filled with old wives tales and hearsay that I imagine it's very hard to prove anything one way or another and not have people refute it based on 'so-and-so said this' and the like. And also the issue of how much of what is alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-80755004462862923162014-04-26T08:53:03.853-07:002014-04-26T08:53:03.853-07:00Haha, exactly... how it will could affect humans ;...Haha, exactly... how it will could affect humans ;) All the bird stuff would never make it into my story as an actual bird, but probably more as a cultural aspect/etc (you know I'm thinking about Roan again...and the parasite fits perfectly in with that story as well)<br /><br />oh my goodness, the war on doorknobs thing? hilarious! ...so maybe, the moon phase one means astrologers are more 1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-18116707425590891092014-04-26T08:32:35.299-07:002014-04-26T08:32:35.299-07:00Yup, so many interesting ideas out there that have...Yup, so many interesting ideas out there that have to potential to inspire a new idea :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-9400084072861409242014-04-24T19:37:11.077-07:002014-04-24T19:37:11.077-07:00The cat one is interesting since there should be s...The cat one is interesting since there should be <i>some</i> organism that does this to humans; there are enough examples of it in nature -- take over host, alter nature a LOT, repeat etc.. There are so many stories one can tell using that idea. Some day I may even get around to doing one :) <br /><br />For stories, I tend to grab one-two ideas I run across and then build a universe around it. alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-14610581836966165592014-04-24T15:35:18.271-07:002014-04-24T15:35:18.271-07:00I get all of those sorts of facts from the podcast...I get all of those sorts of facts from the podcasts Stuff You Should Know and Stuff You Missed in History Class. I actually knew about toxoplasmosis already (pertaining to the cat parasite).Patrick Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690555802232025818noreply@blogger.com