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.
