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We Three: coundown day 5

We Three countdown excerptIt's 1/26, so it'll be 9 paragraphs (at least) from We Three today. And my excitement has made it difficult to sleep so you're getting this at 3:01 AM. That'll be page 30, and I'll add 1 more paragraph to the excerpt length.


Setup: Eric came to the club to pick up Jess for their first threesome date.



Jess looked at herself critically again and grabbed a hair clip. Several cursory pulls of a comb and she wrapped the hair in and around the clip. With her hair out of it, she thought her thin face looked a little rounder, and her cheeks a little less hollow. She met her own gaze in the mirror and noticed the wideness of her pupils, from being in the dim lighting of the hotel room. Foregoing sunglasses, she blinked into the afternoon sunlight and then walked quickly along the corridor and open-air walkways to the front of the club.Her boss was nowhere to be found when she entered the lobby, though she didn't look very hard. Mr. Melendez made her uneasy. Gus had negotiated her shift to bartending. Originally, she had been assigned room-cleaning duties, but the club needed hands and she could mix drinks, so he’d allowed her to move to the bar service, which Jess now appreciated. Gaze moving around the lobby, she found where Eric had settled in a chair, holding open a copy of the local paper. His body and attention were angled away from her, so she walked quietly up and looked over his shoulder. The page held comics. That made her smile, reinforcing that Eric was far from old and stuffy. She might have had to rethink her attraction to him if he’d been reading the business section.He looked up and caught her gaze. "Hi.""Hi," Jess said. "Do you have a favorite?""Classic Peanuts," he answered. "Yours?"Jess had no idea. She had been through so many cities that, even though she read local papers, looking at want ads, she’d seen many different comic strips. She glanced over his shoulder and randomly selected one that looked colorful and funny. "That one.""Interesting," Eric said. Then he put down the paper and stood up. "You ready to go have some fun? Oh, she told me to tell you we have a pool. And she’s preparing some lunch."Jess hesitated. "Are we still taking photos?""I hope so." Eric added, "But there's no reason we can't eat, or have a swim?"
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A vision

When Elena first saw Jess, the blonde's appearance rocked her world...

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Countdown Day 4: We Three

We Three Countdown ExcerptJust 7 more days until We Three arrives! Can you believe it?

Today's January 25, so that'll be 8 paragraphs, and it's 10:23, so page 102, with the extra 3 added to the paragraphs for 11.

Setup: Jess has arrived at the Tanner home for another get together... This is the start of the scene from the previous excerpt (day 3). The scene is in Elena's point of view.



"Hector's a little weird in general," Eric said. "But it's your day off." Elena noticed how Jess continued to rest her hand on Eric's chest, lightly stirring the hairs between the open neckline of the shirt. She smiled at the evidence of how comfortable Jess was around Eric."Gus insisted he wouldn't need my help. Apparently receipts were really not big last week." Jess shook her head. "Hector wanted to know where I’d be.""What'd you say?" Elena asked."I told him the truth." The blonde smiled, and finally left Eric's side and moved to her. Elena held open her arms, and the blonde slid into her body for a hug and kiss. "I'm hanging out with friends," Jess said. "And we'd be working out."Elena chuckled; Eric did too. "I like your chosen workout clothes," Elena said. "The orange really looks good on you.""Thank you. I like your blouse, too," Jess added, brushing her fingertips along Elena's collarbones. Her skin tingled pleasantly from Jess's attention."So are you ready to swing?" Elena asked playfully."That's what I signed up for." Jess shifted the bag on her shoulder."You can put that in the living room, if you want.""Actually, I thought I should contribute a few things to the cause," Jess said; her green eyes held an air of mischief. Elena's body tightened, and reflexively she squeezed Jess's arm, which made the blonde's smile widen.Eric said, "Excellent! C'mon, and see what we've added." Disengaging from their hold, Elena took Jess's hand and led the way, following Eric down to the basement playroom.
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Day 3 Countdown: We Three

Welcome back! Are you getting excited? I know I am.

Here's today's sneak peek from We Three .
Posted at 1/24 at 4:22 AM. So, page 42, and I'll add 2 paragraphs and give you 9 (1+2+4+2) today:

Setup: A little social time between our threesome, looking at photos Eric took earlier in the date. There's some seductive heat to this one, but no nudity. Enjoy.


"Okay, here we are." Eric's voice broke the silence. "Today's photos."Jess looked back up at the screen; Elena's fingers laced with hers as day-bright photos faded in and out onscreen. Each photo showed long enough for Jess to study many details. She was again awed by Eric's skill. Elena's gaze, seldom direct at the camera, was filled with self-awareness and desire. It wasn't until Jess's first picture appeared that she realized, in many of the pictures Eric had taken, Elena had been looking at her.In this photo, Jess was emerging from the house wearing the borrowed dashiki and shorts. She had turned to close the sliding glass door behind her. She glanced at him, remembering his request at the table during the meal for her to pose. He was “an ass man” through and through. She laughed lightly. When she felt her fingers squeezed, she turned her head to see that Elena was smiling at her.Being purely objective, Jess could admit she did look good. She hadn't worn properly fitting clothes in so long, she'd forgotten her own figure wasn't boyish. Add her hair down, and Jess was able to understand why Elena now held her hand and Eric smiled indulgently at the two of them sitting together on the love seat. If she needed any more proof that he and Elena wanted her sexually, here it was.In the next photo, Jess had noticed the camera. She had put on a pose, fingers in her mouth, pulling them out one by one as she sucked off the sauce from a carrot dipped in ranch dressing. She'd always thought her hands, work-rough as they were, not her best feature, but there, displayed against her lips, she thought maybe they weren't too bad. Her nails were clean, short, and smooth. The tendons showing in relief suggested they were strong hands. On the leather between their bodies, Elena's fingers caressed hers, and she decided she would buy some lotion.The photo show continued. Eric had captured many pictures over the trio's two hours spent outside. She remembered posing for some, and watching Elena pose for others. Still more, though, were random captures when she and Elena were not looking. Finally, the one that Eric had captured as Elena and Jess's gazes met appeared onscreen. It wasn't the last, but even after it faded from sight and was replaced, the image remained in Jess's mind. That look they shared was, she knew, the same before the kiss that had sent them stumbling into the pool. The heat between her and Elena was as physical as the woman’s hand now in hers.On the love seat now, Jess turned her head; Elena leaned toward her. “May I?”
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Countdown Day 2: We Three

Day 2's sneak peek is being posted January 23, at 5:41 AM.

We Three: One and One and One Makes Three is only 215 pages long, so, we'll go with page 54 this time. I'll add one paragraph to the total paragraphs for the date (1/23) so it will be 7 paragraphs.

finds the proper spot...

Oh, this one's fun. A little drama.

A little setup: Elena hung around the bar while Jess worked a midday shift, and a man assumes she's available. Trigger warning for boorish, overbearing male behavior...




"I'm not—" Both Elena and Delia's responses began the same. Elena started to her feet."Sit down, sweetheart. I got this," he directed to Elena. He turned back to Delia. "Now, run along, and bring my order."If he'd snapped his fingers, his manner couldn't have been more high-handed. Elena gathered her purse and started to move around and leave the table.He turned in his chair and put his leg out. Long enough that she couldn't walk around it, his legs were high enough that she couldn't step over them either. Elena was effectively trapped in the corner. There was no way out. Well, that was if she didn’t want to make a scene. A glance at the tables to the left and right, and Elena saw no one looking her way. There would be no rescue through public pressures."Miss, there was a problem with your card." Card? Elena looked from Mr. Self-important to see Jess approaching with a credit card and receipt in hand. She hadn't given one yet. Her confusion showed on her face. "You need to come with me."
Oh. Almost immediately, relief flooded through Elena's frame. Jess was rescuing her in the most businesslike way possible. "Yes, of course."
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Sneak Peek: We Three

Borrowing technique from another author, I'm going to offer tantalizing sneak peek snippets from my forthcoming bisexual swinging/polyamory novel We Three: One and One and One Makes Three on a 10 day countdown to its release on February 1.

Day 1 - January 22
Day 10 - January 31.

I'll use the time of the blog post to choose the page and the date to determine the number of paragraphs to post. That should keep things random and interesting.

Here's the first one. January 22, at 1:26 pm. So, page 126, number of paragraphs=5 (1+2+2)

scans the paperback to find the spot... 

Ah... Cool. To kick things off, the first excerpt is NSFW (guess 'erotic romance' was the right category choice).

I'll put the excerpt under the cut "Read more". Note: I don't think there are any triggering elements. The scene is sex between Elena and Jess, my two bisexual women characters.

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Jess's inhalation made her look back over her shoulder to meet green eyes. "The bulb is for you," Elena explained. "It'll also give you better control for movement and depth." She reached into the drawer where Jess had been before, and retrieved a packet of lube, two sealed condoms, and the spandex harness.She lubed the dong’s end and then fitted it with a condom. She slid it through the cock-ring hole in the spandex. The condom stretched down the dong's entire length.Jess stood up and reached for the spandex. "Just like underwear?" she asked."Yeah. Here." Elena handed over the second condom and the lube."Will you help me?" Jess asked."My pleasure." Elena delighted in this part. She got down on her knees and licked at Jess's center. With eager fingers, she dipped inside Jess and stroked the sides of her vagina, readying her for penetration again. Eric was big, but the bulb was fat and would be a different sensation. When Jess's legs quivered, Elena stopped. Jess watched with brightness in her green eyes as Elena added lube to the bulb end and unrolled the condom over it. She added a little more lube to the outside, and held out the sides of the harness pants so Jess could step in.Elena guided the pants up the woman's legs until the bulb was pressed against Jess's open lips. She heard Jess inhale and exhale. Her fingers joined Elena's, and they slowly pushed the bulb in together. Elena enjoyed the view again as Jess's labia stretched and then closed around the narrow neck of the curved silicone. "How's it feel?" She moved it.


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~ Lara

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Ask Me AnythingQuestion: What traits do you and your characters share? Physically most of my characters aren't much like me. But intellectually? Emotionally?
Yeah, my fingerprints are in the DNA of all these folks. This is the reason, I think, we authors like to use the term "our babies" for our characters. They are part of us, born into different lives, and growing differently, but still parts of us are in them and we want to nurture them, protect them.

No one character of mine is a complete clone, so don't go looking for any "Mary Sue" in my stories. But there's no escaping that We Three 's Elena and Jess have big parts of me. Elena has this deep desire to make her own singular stamp on the world, which is why she's trying to start a business. It's a lot like me right now, trying to figure out what it is I'm meant to do (yet again between jobs/careers I go through this roughly every five years). And the frustration of not being able to clearly communicate that, and hope that the people or person in her life will understand anyway. Yeah, that's all me. Jess is also just trying to find her place (literally not just figuratively), too. It's one of the reasons Elena clicks with her.

Eric manifests my compersion. I love seeing my spouse happy, whether or not I'm the one directly making that moment. This is not about sex. Let me give you an example. He (my spouse) loves making music and has been in and out of bands for more than 20 years. I enjoy his music, but I can almost never go see him play, because the venues are usually horribly smoky bars. But he goes and he spends time doing something he loves and comes back happy. That makes me happy for him. My husband is also my unconditional support. Even for the writing I do, which has gotten him weird looks from other people. But writing makes me happy, so he makes sure I get time left alone to do it.

Now more "me" that shows up in my stories.

In my first two novels, Turning Point and Turn for Home , Brenna and Cassidy were the two sides of me figuring out how to express my interest in women. Yes, I was (and am) married to a man, very happily (see above). But these novels began as a chance to explore a fantasy. I was not writing a guidebook, I was writing a Hollywood romance. But having my imagination at least being able to start from within an otherwise healthy relationship allowed me to be inside their heads for their thoughts. It also helped to build the conversation Bren had with her husband, and the one Cass had with her boyfriend.

Cassidy's ex-husband Mitch, on the other hand, is thankfully like no one I know personally. Writing that scene (if you've read Turning Point, you know the one I mean) gave me nightmares for a week before and after.

AMA 4

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Ask Me AnythingQuestion: Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? Recently I've been busy with many ideas, but I'm going to go with the actual book that is coming out: We Three.

The full title is We Three: One and One and One Makes Three . In draft it started as "One and One and One Makes Three" and was simply a series of short stories each about 6000-8000 words long. It was supposed to be just three stories, separate incidents in the same relationship but intentionally one written from just one character's point of view, her, her, and him. I ended up writing 10 "episodes" in the series.

I was filling out this idea of creating a triad of lovers. Not a swinging threesome, or some sort of hierarchical "us and her" but a bona fide three-way relationship. I'd been considering where the line would be crossed from swinging pretty regularly with the same people and forming a polyamorous relationship.

Around this time I found an old series online called Swingtown. Filmed in 2008 it was set in 1976 and centered around a swinger couple and their neighbors and friends. In the 13-episode storyline a husband and wife (not in the same marriage) have an affair. There was a suggestion that they hadn't considered it until their friends Janet and Tom Decker, the lifestyle swingers, had gotten them interested in swinging. But what they were doing was not swinging. It was cheating. Swinging and polyamory both center on consent and honest among all partners. Wrangling the difference in a 48 minute format wasn't happening, but there were attempts, snippets of potential.

In my stories I asked those questions. Soon I was writing about a young woman who joined a married couple, casually at first, and then, gradually, they all start seeing each other solely as partners in sexual adventure and simply as partners. As the encounters continued, I wrote their conversations, I wrote their thoughts. I wasn't writing less sex, but I was writing more between the sex. I crafted moments where they wondered what was happening, and then I began to let them resolve their questions with one another.

I researched polyamory and started listening to podcasts and reading other books around multiples. One of the podcasts I listen to is hosted by Cooper Beckett (titled Life on the Swingset) and while he started as a swinger, he had recently decided to change to labeling himself polyamorous. I read his story "A Life Less Monogamous" and his autobiography "My Life on the Swingset" Both books were good, but they weren't really answering my question. They were more examples however.

The journalist within me woke up as I found and filled holes in my understanding from many different sources. And it was fun! I loved writing the stories. I loved thinking up new predicaments and writing the characters through them. It had been a while since I had "mad writing sessions" where I'd go for hours and not even stop to eat.

Over the course of 2016, all that writing formed my first draft of We Three: One and One and One Makes Three .

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Ask Me AnythingQuestion: Do you enjoy writing explicit sex in your stories? Here's my simple answer: Yes, absolutely. Writing in general is a cathartic, voyeuristic experience.
Being a writer is a chance to have vicarious lives. If reading is taking a trip without leaving your chair, writing it is being the train conductor on that journey. Just like listening to the conversarions in the dining car, peeking in the sleep cabins is a definite perk. Yes, there are downs, all that conflict, of course. But I feel writing is like getting to be best friends with a really interesting person.

"A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail. A best friend is right there with you in the jail cell plotting your grand breakout and saying, 'What a fantastic ride, eh?'" I support my characters throughout the story. Be the times good, bad, or ugly, I am with them emotionally all the way.

Sexy times are happy times. So, yeah, of course, it's the best feeling when I get to experience the characters' happiness, too. There's simply nothing more rewarding.

Note, if you have a followup question to anything I've answered, just leave it in the comments, and I'll get to it.