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Trouble Coming Up With A Plot?

Lisa — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:21:53 +0000

Instead of a big revelation today, I thought I’d share something I found. The Electro-Plasmic Hydrocephalic Genre-Fiction Generator 2000 is the creation of David Malki and is a tongue in cheek guide to quickly putting together a plot for your story. For example, I came up with “In a post-apocalyptic Victorian Britain, a young milquetoast office drone comes across a talking fish which spurs him into conflict with his own insecurity vis-a-vis girls with the help of a leather-clad female in shades and her cleavage culminating in a cliffhanger for the sake of prompting a series.”

It’s a lot of fun, and I recommend you check it out.

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Trouble Coming Up With A Plot? originally appeared on LisaHartjes.com on February 10, 2011.

Fare Thee Well

Lisa — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:29:56 +0000

I just found a really neat short story by Cathy Clamp, called Fare Thee Well. Check it out!Similar Posts:

Fare Thee Well originally appeared on LisaHartjes.com on July 15, 2010.

How Many Days In A Month?

Lisa — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:36:03 +0000

In my speeding through the web, looking for sites of interest and inspiration, I happened across a site with homeschooling resources. There was one document about the months of the year. That reminded me of a little trick my mom taught me when I was a kid – and easy way to remember how many days were in any particular month. All you need is your hands.

Make two fists, and starting from the knuckle of the little finger of your left hand, count the months across. So, the first knuckle is January, the valley next to it is February, the next knuckle is March, the next valley is April, and so on. When you get to July, you move across to your right hand and keep moving to the right, so the knuckle of your index finger is August, the valley next to that is September, and so on. Any month that “lands” on a knuckle has 31 days; any in a valley has 30, except for February, which has 28 (or 29 in a leap year).

I hope that makes sense to everyone who reads it. If it doesn’t let me know. Similar Posts:

How Many Days In A Month? originally appeared on LisaHartjes.com on February 16, 2009.

There are holidays for just about anything…

Lisa — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:26:23 +0000

Not every holiday is a “real” holiday. Many are created by companies purely in an effort to sell stuff. Sweetie’s Day is one of those. I don’t see the need. However, I think the so-called holiday that’s being celebrated today is one that should be held worldwide. Today is National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day.

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There are holidays for just about anything… originally appeared on LisaHartjes.com on November 7, 2008.