when authors travel…

Get a few authors together, particularly erotic romance writers, and the conversation inevitably turns to our craft, which leads to story ideas. It can all start with something as simple as a toilet. Yeah, a toilet. Take a peek into my most recent real life adventure…paraphrased, of course.

THE SETTING: A Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta, GA to Austin, TX

THE CHARACTERS: Erotic romance authors Cat Johnson and Eliza Gayle

E: (upon returning from the rear airplane bathroom)There is NO WAY anyone could have sex in that bathroom. One person barely fits in there.

C: Well they do it all the time in (author’s name removed) books.

E: Maybe if they were standing but still, they’d have to be really small.

C: (eyeing this freakishly tall man who was standing in the aisle) So like he’d be too tall?

E: No tall is okay, but you’d have to both be skinny.

C: What if they both sat down on the toilet? Like reverse cowgirl?

E: I don’t know. It’s really tight in there.

C: You know what? They just turned that “Miracle on the Hudson” plane into a museum in Charlotte. You and your husband could go there and try out positions in the bathroom and see what works!

E: No.

C: Hey, look at that kitchen area where the flight attendants keep their beverage carts. That’s plenty big enough.

E: Oh yeah. You could do it in there.

C: It’s huge! You could have like an orgy in there. At least 2 cowboys and a cowgirl.

E: You should write that. You could call it “Orgy on a Plane”.

C: I could write it! But I’m not calling it that.

E: Look they don’t lock up the little bottles of liquor. They’re all right there.

C: So they could be drinking while having sex in there! Look at all the people wearing those noise canceling headphones. They’re just asking for someone to have sex in there. No one would even hear them.

E: Especially during those long overnight, overseas flights. I bet the flight attendants have some stories.

(both eye the female flight attendants)

C: She looks cranky. Don’t ask her.

E: Where’s the other one? Bet we could get some good stories out of him.

C: Oh yeah, but he’s up in first class. He’s not coming back to us.

E: We really need to write this.

C: Yeah, in our spare time…

E: (derogatory noise because as we both know, we have no spare time)

Tags: authors, travel, writing

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