Larry Archer's World (LarryArcher.blog)

As usual, I’ve broken the one resolution I make each year. My goal was to work on one story at a time, finish it, and publish before starting the next. Besides my current WIP, The Mechanic at 29,000 words, I’ve also written 67,000 words on five other stories. The obvious point is that I’ve written twice as much in five stories as my primary work in progress.

My wife and I are in the lifestyle, in real life, and I often get ideas for stories from house parties and events we attend. It’s typical for an author to research a topic before writing a story, but think about this. If you’re writing a story about swinging, do you think you’d really understand how it feels to be with someone else’s spouse while watching your partner with another man or woman?

Going to a house party is an experience in itself. We use the term house party to describe a party where swingers get together for fun. Straights generally don’t understand the term’s usage, and the implications fly over their heads. My wife is like a lot of wives and enjoys being an exhibitionist and shit disturber. She’s not the typical party animal, but is good about gathering people together, and once they are in a pile, she skips out the door. Everyone loves her because she makes things happen, even when, ninety percent of the time, she’s history.

I’ve come to realize that swingers’ attitudes towards others are different from those of straights. Those in the lifestyle have realized that sex and love are two different things. All of the things we see and do make a never-ending basis for my stories, and coupled with my dirty mind, have generated over forty published novels in electronic, paperback, or audiobook format.