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White Noise and Warm Air Distracts Monkey Brain

July 29, 2012 by Margaret Duarte

I get my best inspiration for writing while blow drying my hair.  Really.

Maybe it’s the combination of white noise in my ears and warm air on my scalp.

Maybe it’s because I can’t hear the phone, the doorbell, or my family calling.

Maybe its because the task distracts my monkey brain long enough for my subconscious to break through.

Whatever the reason, it works, and for me, that’s what counts.

I’m grateful for anything that bypasses my monkey brain and helps me put words on the page .

Oh, and by the way, I took a quick break from blow drying my hair to write this post.  Better get back before the rest of it dries on its own.  That wouldn’t be good.

As always, thanks for stopping by,

 

Filed Under: For Readers, For Writers Tagged With: Inspiration for writing, monkey brain

About Margaret Duarte

Former middle school teacher, Margaret Duarte, lives on a California dairy farm with a herd of “happy cows,” a constant reminder that the greenest pastures lie closest to home. Margaret earned her creative writing certificate through UC Davis Extension and has since published four novels in her “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series: Between Will and Surrender, Between Darkness and Dawn, Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, and Between Now and Forever. Her poem and story credits include SPC Tule Review; The California Writers Club Literary Review; finalist in the 2017 SLO Nightwriters Golden Quill Writing Contest; First Place winner for fiction in 2016, Second Place winner for fiction in 2018, Honorable Mention for fiction in 2019, and Gold winner for fiction in 2020 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS Book Awards Competition; 2019 California Author Project winner for adult fiction.

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