Can Bare Feet Benefit Your Writing?
You know that exhausted, tired feeling after a long day of standing on
your feet? You come home and immediately kick your shoes off and peel away
your socks—now that’s relief. You even feel a little bit lighter and
brighter in spirit once you have shed your shoes.
My writing quirk is working in my bare feet. I don’t really know if it’s
a quirk rather than a preference. When I’m writing in my home office, I do
so without shoes or socks. Why you ask? The only answer I can convey
is that I like it. I feel more relaxed and ideas seem to flow easier.
I wanted to find out if there was really something about being more
productive with bare feet. Once something grabs hold of my curious mind, I
cannot seem to let it go until I’m satisfied with the answer. I began to
research the “barefoot syndrome” and here are a few things that I found out.
There is actually a society called Society for Barefoot Living
founded 1994 with over 1,400 members from around the world. Here is a quote
from their homepage, “Set your feet free and your mind will follow…”
That’s interesting.
According to an article written in the New York Magazine,
we walk wrong and we’re hurting our feet by wearing shoes. This
immediately caught my attention and I probed a little bit further into this
phenomenon to find out exactly why.
“Natural gait is biomechanically impossible for any shoe-wearing
person,” wrote Dr. William A. Rossi in
a 1999 article in Podiatry Management. “It took 4 million years to
develop our unique human foot and our consequent distinctive form of gait, a
remarkable feat of bioengineering. Yet, in only a few thousand years, and with
one carelessly designed instrument, our shoes, we have warped the pure
anatomical form of human gait, obstructing its engineering efficiency,
afflicting it with strains and stresses and denying it its natural grace of
form and ease of movement head to foot.”
There are definite health benefits of going bare foot. I was amazed
to find out that my quirky habit when I write actually has some scientific
merit to it. Think about all of the cultures and martial arts disciplines
that involve being barefoot.
Kicking off your shoes can actually:
·
Keeps your feet
properly exercised, agile, and in shape. Stronger feet help to make a
stronger body. Wearing shoes can actually make your feet lazy and
potentially increase the risk of injury.
·
Fights varicose veins
by improving circulation.
·
Relaxes the body and
mind. It changes the mindset that we associate when we are wearing shoes.
I don’t know if I’m ready to toss all my shoes for the barefoot
lifestyle, but I know that when I’m writing I feel more relaxed and ready to
take on any storyline challenge with ease.
About the Author
Jennifer Chase is a multi
award-winning and best-selling crime fiction author, as well as a consulting
criminologist. Jennifer holds a bachelor
degree in police forensics and a master's degree in criminology & criminal
justice. These academic pursuits developed out of her curiosity about the
criminal mind as well as from her own experience with a violent sociopath,
providing Jennifer with deep personal investment in every story she tells. In
addition, she holds certifications in serial crime and criminal
profiling. She is an affiliate member of the International Association of Forensic
Criminologists, and member of the International Thriller Writers.
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About the Book:
Title: SCENE OF THE CRIME (Book 2 of Chip Palmer
Forensic Mystery Series)
Author: Jennifer Chase
Publisher: JEC Press
Pages: 300
Genre: Mystery Suspense
Publisher: JEC Press
Pages: 300
Genre: Mystery Suspense
BOOK BLURB:
A calculating cold-blooded predator closes in…
When a community has barely recovered from a ruthless serial killer six months earlier; now two more horrifying murders hit the radar again. It leaves police burdened with two of the most shockingly contaminated crime scenes ever documented in California’s law enforcement history. The Slayer works behind the scenes as a sinister puppet master, precisely pulling the strings, taunting the police without leaving any viable evidence, and orchestrating his killer hit squads.
The sheriff and district attorney bring in the best investigators. Reunited again, Dr. Chip Palmer, a reclusive forensic expert, joins DA Inspector Kate Rawlins to sort through the crime scene aftermath in search of the truth—all without a probable suspect or a solid motive. Complicating the investigation—sparks reignite between the two.
Ratcheting up the suspense, Chip suffers a nasty fall hitting his head, impairing his perception and giving him a mind-blowing ability for specific detailed recall. Palmer and Rawlins assemble an unusual team including a rookie detective, a forensic supervisor, and an ex-military operative turned bodyguard. After one of their own is kidnapped and the investigation is taken over by the FBI, the now rogue team must pull together their own resources—alone—with a killer waiting to take each one of them out. Scene of the Crime takes no prisoners and leaves everyone fighting to stay alive.
When a community has barely recovered from a ruthless serial killer six months earlier; now two more horrifying murders hit the radar again. It leaves police burdened with two of the most shockingly contaminated crime scenes ever documented in California’s law enforcement history. The Slayer works behind the scenes as a sinister puppet master, precisely pulling the strings, taunting the police without leaving any viable evidence, and orchestrating his killer hit squads.
The sheriff and district attorney bring in the best investigators. Reunited again, Dr. Chip Palmer, a reclusive forensic expert, joins DA Inspector Kate Rawlins to sort through the crime scene aftermath in search of the truth—all without a probable suspect or a solid motive. Complicating the investigation—sparks reignite between the two.
Ratcheting up the suspense, Chip suffers a nasty fall hitting his head, impairing his perception and giving him a mind-blowing ability for specific detailed recall. Palmer and Rawlins assemble an unusual team including a rookie detective, a forensic supervisor, and an ex-military operative turned bodyguard. After one of their own is kidnapped and the investigation is taken over by the FBI, the now rogue team must pull together their own resources—alone—with a killer waiting to take each one of them out. Scene of the Crime takes no prisoners and leaves everyone fighting to stay alive.
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