One
of my favorite parts about being an author is “meeting” other
authors. Over time, I’ve become close friends with some of my
peers, especially the people I’ve encountered through the Erotica
Readers & Writers Association. I’ve been a member of ERWA for
nearly twenty years, participating on the Writers email list, penning
posts for their blog and monthly newsletters, and recently, joining
into the Storytime online critique group.
(For
more information about the ERWA lists, go here:
https://www.erotica-readers.com/erwa-email-discussion-list/)
It
was through ERWA that I met Larry Archer. He’s a bit of a maverick
on the lists, since he proudly labels what he publishes as smut with
no redeeming social value. I’m not sure I completely agree about
the latter statement—I think the world would be a happier, more
peaceful place if everyone had the non-judgmental, open-minded
attitudes toward sex displayed by Larry’s characters. In any case,
though I love more literary erotica, I also enjoy his light-hearted,
unabashedly filthy stories, many of which are set in the decadent
world of The Fox’s Den strip club in Las Vegas.
Anyway,
Larry and I were chatting by email earlier this year, and he sent me
a gorgeous image of two women he’d found on some stock photo site.
We began talking about writing a story about these two women, who
were obviously lovers:
On
Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 3:44 AM, Lisabet Sarai wrote:
Hi, Larry,
Actually I was thinking about a story to fit your gorgeous picture of the two women. What if Linda fell deeply in love with a new stripper at the club, and vice versa? Sex between two people who are crazy about each other is the hottest kind, imho. So we could have some truly steam love scenes, along with the usual buffet of sex scenes.
This premise also includes an intrinsic conflict, given the free-for-all attitude of Larry's and Foxy's circle. Somehow the lovers need to reconcile their mutual commitment with the expectation that anyone might get involved with anyone else. Maybe one member of the couple wants some sort of exclusivity while the other does not. Or maybe one of them *wants* to be exclusive but is too horny to carry it off. There are lots of possibilities.
We could each take a character or two and write from his/her perspective.
Just some thoughts.
Warmly,
Lisabet
Larry
replied:
Lisabet,
We could have Foxy and/or Larry jealous about this "other woman" who is trifling with the affections of Linda? I could finally get some conflict and resolution in a story, which I seem unable to accomplish.
Do you have any idea how Amazon and SmashWords split up the royalty payments or if we have to do this ourselves? Do you want to be the new dancer? What's her name and what does she look like? Fucking hot I know!
Thanks,
Larry
I
answered:
Hi, Larry,
Her name is Nina. And I was thinking that she might have signed up to be a dancer because she has a strong exhibitionist streak. She's fine with showing off until she falls in love with Linda. Then she starts to feel confused.
Maybe Foxy would get jealous because Nina refused to get involved with her?
I doubt that Amazon or Smashwords would split royalties. Think we'd have to manage that manually, but that shouldn't be too hard for two engineers!
Warmly,
Lisabet
And
thus it began. Originally, we tried to write alternating chapters.
Then Larry got grabbed by the story and wrote 20K in one weekend.
Meanwhile, I had another idea for a tale set in Larry’s world, about
a virginal bride who, along with her bridesmaids, gets drawn in by
the hedonistic atmosphere at The Fox’s Den. Like Larry, I found
that once I started writing, it was hard to stop, even though life
and work kept getting in the way.
To
make a long story short, this week we both published our novellas. We
couldn’t quite manage to collaborate on a single book, but we’ve
tried to coordinate the releases. We beta-read each other’s
manuscripts. I wrote an intro for his book, and he wrote one for
mine. And we’re hoping that we can swap readers too. Folks that
like his books will hopefully like mine, and vice versa.
Well,
it’s a theory! In any case, I had a blast with this tale, which is
quite different from what I usually write. I hope people like it.
Inspiration
is truly mysterious.
Hot
Brides in Vegas is
the story of virgin (well, technically, at least) bride Francesca
Torelli. Her
tycoon
father
is
throwing
a
lavish
Las
Vegas
wedding
for
his
only
child.
Her
fiancé
Jake
and
his
buddies
set
out
for
a
stag
night,
exploring
the
fleshpots
of
Sin
City.
Meanwhile,
Fran
and
her
bridesmaids
Laura
and
Chantal
are
stuck
at
the
resort
under
the
watchful
eye
of
her
stern
Aunt
Giulia,
who
has
promised
her
brother
that
Franny
will
come
to
the
altar
a
virgin.
Frustrated
and
annoyed
by
these
double
standards,
the
young
women
hatch
a
plan
to
escape
their
chaperone
and
have
some
fun
of
their
own.
With
the
help
of
a
susceptible
concierge,
a
butch
ex-cop
limo
driver
and
a
scandalous
French
couturiere,
they
find
their
way
to
The
Fox’s
Den,
the
most
exclusive—and
outrageous—gentlemen’s
club in the city. Owner Larry Archer and his crew of strippers,
bouncers, voyeurs and sluts are more than happy to welcome the
delectable trio as contestants performing at the club’s famous
Amateur Night.
The
gleeful permissiveness of the Den challenges the women’s
assumptions and undermines their inhibitions. Complications ensue
when Jake and his groomsmen arrive to find Fran in the midst of her
strip act. Then Aunt Giulia crashes the party, determined to save her
virgin niece, and things get really sticky—both figuratively and
literally. Things end happily for everyone, though, with a spate of
weddings and engagements, as well as the opening of some minds.
NTFB is an HEA story about a young woman whose lifelong dream was to be a ballerina and dance on the big stage. But genetics is a cruel bitch and Nina ended up like her mother at almost six-feet in height.
We all know that ballerinas are tiny little things who get hoisted up and thrown around the stage by the male dancers. So goodbye to Swan Lake and Nina’s dreams.
Then she overheard a conversation about The Fox’s Den and what an unbelievable strip club it was. Could she be a stripper? Nina asked herself as the thought of dancing naked both thrilled and scared her.
The story leads you down the path that Nina took as she finally finds her calling as an erotic dancer and discovers the thrills of sex with other women and swingers. The owners of the club, Foxy and Larry, quickly take over Nina’s education as she falls in love with Linda, the club manager.
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figure out which one to buy? Why not treat yourself to both?
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3 comments:
Great post Lisabet and I have to admit that working with you has been a thrill in itself. I know that I've become a better writer because of you and hope that the experience was mutual. "Was it good for you too?"
As you mention, the smut I write is generally different from other authors but I guess when I started I didn't have anyone to guide me. I must admit that I usually just look at the pictures LOL but one day about five years ago I stumbled onto Literotica and thought to myself, "I can do that."
Now five years and 20+ stories later, I'm co-releasing two hot novellas with an established and well respected writer of erotica. Thank you for that opportunity.
Larry
I find working with you very -- um -- stimulating! ;^)
Oh, and I should mention I've learned a LOT about self-publishing from you.
We smut-mongers have to help one another!
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