Rainbow Snippets: A Little Helper

Happy Saturday! It’s cold and wet here. But I get the whole weekend more or less off, since I have everything ready to go for my blog tour! There’s still time to sign up if you like (see the link at the bottom). Meanwhile, if you haven’t had the chance to check out this weekend’s Spank or Treat event, visit yesterday’s blog post for more information (and a giveaway!). I have a short F/F story about some side characters from Passing on Faith in the anthology.

This week’s snippet is another one from last year’s Passing on Faith. Since people seemed to appreciate the fun of last week’s bit, I’m following it up with a similar scene. This was inspired by talking with a friend about how our furry beasts like to “help” by sitting in our laps and “typing” with their paws. Since the inspiration for Cat was Puss in Boots, my friend imagined Cat doing this very feline thing to Micah.

Here’s the snippet. It’s a little longer than 6 sentences.

Cat looked over at the screen. “What are you working on?” He grinned. “Another het story without the heaving boobs?”

Micah let out a snorting laugh. “This one’s a little different from the last.”

Cat’s eyes widened. “Ooh! Is it lesbian porn?” He leaned in and whispered, “Lesbian alien tentacle porn?”

“Oh. My. God.” Micah laughed and swatted at Cat. “You are awful.”

Cat plopped himself in Micah’s lap, startling the breath out of him in a whoosh. “Let me see.” He twisted slightly so he could peer at the screen. “Why, Micah!” he said. “Are you actually writing a gay story this time?” He snickered.

“I wasn’t going to, no.” Micah tried to reach around to close the laptop, but Cat blocked him.

“But you have these two exceptionally hot guys, and they are totally flirting.” He read Micah’s most recent paragraph out loud. “Oh, they want each other bad. So much sexual tension there.”

“They’re on a road trip, discussing driving directions to the next city.”

“Exactly!”

The prequel, Walking by Faith, releases on Nov. 1, 2016. I am putting together a blog tour, so if you are willing to host me around release day, please fill out the form. Maybe we can trade—you can come visit me here.

Rainbow Snippets is a safe and welcoming space for LGBTQIA+ authors, readers, and bloggers to share 6 sentences each week from a work of fiction—published or in-progress—or a book recommendation. Feel free to join in!