We writers always have distractions, don’t we?
Social media, chores, going down the rabbit hole of research...
Me?
The dark.
Why?
Locals around here say...
If the night jungle is quiet...
And not a sound can you hear...
Then the jaguars are roaming...
Looking for a meal.
But this also holds true...
For dark early mornings...
Which is when I like to write...
4:30 to be exact.
First thing when I wake up...
I let my dog out...
Sometimes the jungle is quiet...
Kinda eerie.
Praying, I go back inside to write...
I’m deep into my W.I.P when...
My dog starts barking...
Then other dogs in the area are barking...
I run out the door with a high-powered flashlight...
Searching to find what my dog could be barking at....
When suddenly my dog takes off like a bat out of hell!
It’s too dark to be the monkeys,
or the iguanas, or ...
Could it be a...?
Trust me...
It's very distracting ...
Wondering if my dog is becoming a jaguar's meal.
And you?
What distracts you when writing?
Always,
Em-Musing
P.S. Chai did come back, as always, but in the seven years living here two friend’s
dogs weren't so lucky.
8 comments:
Why do you let them out??
To go to the bathroom. It would be cruel to keep my dog inside until the sun comes up. Also, iIt's mostly rare that the jaguars come around, yet one never knows.
I'd be scared just to open the door to let them out.
I'd never go outside if there were jaguars.
That would definitely be a distraction for me as well! You must have small dogs. Unfortunately, they can't hold it as long as a large one. I have a Goldendoodle who can go from 8 p.m. until 8 or 9 a.m. I guess if he and I lived with jaguars roaming, I'd definitely wait until it was light!
My dogs distract me all the time when I write. They're in and out all day long.
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