BDSM Bedtime Stories Season Two Episode Twenty-Two ~ Lindsey Brooks
Joining us today is Lindsey Brooks from the lovely UK. He's given us an exclusive preview of his new book, Mastering Miss Moorvale. It's a delicious spanking story. Listen to the audio excerpt narrated by yours truly.
La Crimson Femme: I see you studied archeology and medieval
history. Have these two helped you with the stories you've written?
Lindsey Brooks: I
believe they have, even with my fantasy and sci-fi stories, though you have
probably noticed one thing I haven’t written is a medieval novel. Maybe studying that period for so long put me
off, but also the fact that the medieval frame of mind was so different to the
modern one that a believable but still historically accurate story would be
hard to produce convincingly. I prefer
times closer to our own, where beliefs and attitudes are similar enough to
resonate with the reader, or fantasy, where the reader can happily suspend
belief for the duration of the story.
Having said that, I like Regency romances, where the characters’
behaviour is frequently a bit far fetched from the angle of historical
accuracy. In fact, I even wrote one
myself. ;)
Something
else I discovered is that I feel more comfortable writing non-con stories that
have some distance in time as well as place, a cushion between me and what
takes place, if you like, and I think I would have more difficulty writing a
contemporary story, where the action takes place in the here and now and could
be happening just across town or down the street, or even next door. It’s difficult to express quite how I feel,
but I am more comfortable knowing that the events of the story happened then
and not now, if you see what I mean.
La Crimson Femme: How did you get into writing non-con
BDSM? Out of all your books, which one is your favourite?
Lindsey
Brooks: I have been writing stories since I was a child
– not very good ones back then,
as I recall. My interest in BDSM came
along at pretty much the same time as my interest in the opposite sex but my
writing stayed with mainstream themes, mainly historical, for a long time after
that. I was pretty spectacularly
unsuccessful too, and I have the publishers’ rejection slips to prove it. ;) It
wasn’t really until I stopped working, at the age of 51, that I had the leisure
to devote to writing seriously and at that time I was more relaxed about my
BDSM interest and felt I could include it in my stories. The non-con aspect, I suppose, is just
fantasy fulfillment on my part. Even if
I could get beyond the dubious morality and the fact it is highly illegal in
the real world, it would be far too much hard work to ever try to practice it
in reality.
I will admit to
having a particular affection for my novel “Kerana – Slave of Atlantis”, as it
was the first one that was accepted for publication, but my favourite book is
always the one I am working on when I am asked that question. I’m sure a lot of authors would give the same
reply.
La Crimson Femme: How do you research your BDSM scenes? Do you
have a test bunny?
Lindsey
Brooks: Well, no is the short answer to that last
question. Anyone who has read my stories
will know they are almost entirely non-con and slavery tales, with mainly
fantasy BDSM of the “don’t EVER try this at home” variety, unless, of course,
someone has a particular desire for permanent scarring or wants to suffer the
irreparable damage having 9,000 volts of electricity run through them would
cause. ;) So I definitely do not have a test
bunny. I have some experience of
consensual BDSM of the “bedroom play” kind which I can draw upon, but the rest
relies entirely on a vivid (some would say too vivid) imagination. It is one of the great advantages of fiction
that whatever happens to a character in a story does no harm in the real
world. When it comes to reality the only
way is safe, sane and wholly consensual.
Anything else belongs only in the realms of fiction.
La Crimson Femme: With Goodreads, there is a lot more interaction
between writer and reader. What are some of the surprising revelations to
you from fans? Have they requested specific things from you?
Lindsey
Brooks: After exploring the forums on Amazon I felt as
if Goodreads was like a breath of fresh air when I found it and I have made
several good friends in a number of the groups here, especially in this
one. What I admire most, and really hope
never changes, is the honesty amongst the members and their willingness to
speak their minds.
Probably the most
frequent request I have is for other stories set in the same fantasy world as
“Kerana – Slave of Atlantis”. I am
working on another novel with that setting, slowly but, hopefully, surely, but
while the last story was about an outlaw and thief this one is about a
princess.
One amusing comment
I received was a complaint that my spelling was “weird” and the patiently
tolerant observation that it must be because I was brought up to write
“British” English, which is quite true. ;)
I’m sorry to say that what seemed completely natural to me was enough to
spoil the story for that particular reader. As George Bernard Shaw observed,
the British and Americans are two peoples divided by a common language.
La Crimson Femme: *Snort* British English…which is actually what most of the rest of
the world uses when writing. Having been
raised by parents who learnt British English, needless to say, my spelling was
a bit odd at primary school. I brought
my dictionary in to prove to the teacher.
Apparently, Longman’s Dictionary is not acceptable in Midwestern
schools.
What
story are you working on now? How do you get your inspiration?
Lindsey
Brooks: I have gone back to my liking for Regencies
with my current book but I have combined it with my BDSM interest as well, so
it is a spanking tale from that period, with only a hint of non-con in the mix
and quite a bit of romance too. It is
likely to seem very different from my previous BDSM stories. As for inspiration, I wonder myself
sometimes. Ideas can spring up anywhere,
just in my head or from something someone says, or from a comment on TV or from
a book. I already have far more ideas
than I will ever have time to write down, and the latter is the hard part, of
course. lol
La Crimson Femme: Mmmm, a bit of domestic discipline too? Yum!
Do you find a difference between British and US BDSM stories? If
so, what is different?
Lindsey
Brooks: No, I don’t really. Apart from the settings for the contemporary
kind of stories, where we British find US locations more exotic and probably
Americans feel similarly about the British ones, I think we share enough of the
same culture, as well as the same language, that there isn’t anything very
different, and the BDSM aspects are pretty much universal, regardless of race,
colour or creed. I’m sure that is one of
the main reasons the BDSM Group here on Goodreads has such a diversity of
nationalities amongst its members.
La Crimson Femme: Given a weekend alone with a submissive female, what
sorts of BDSM play would be on your menu?
Lindsey
Brooks: Restraints for sure, because I enjoy the sight
of a helpless sub struggling in her bonds, and some mind games too while she is
tied up, if she is agreeable, but I don’t intend to go into detail about
those. I’m sure we can all come up with
our own particular fantasies when the need arises. ;)
Clamps are really a must, I think, along with a good assortment of toys
and impact implements (since I particularly enjoy impact play), and a lot of
teasing. I think it can occasionally be
more fun to push the limits of both myself and my partner, providing we are in
agreement, but sometimes it is nice to just do the old, familiar things we know
are going to work every time.
La Crimson Femme: Oh boy! I can
think of a certain someone who will be perfect for these kinky times. Her name ends in a vowel and is five
characters. What is your favourite implement for sexual punishment?
Lindsey
Brooks: Hmmm, tough choice. As I said, I like impact play so paddles and
floggers interest me, and I like to have plenty to choose from, depending on
the mood of the moment. However, I have
always preferred to wield the cane, and of all the types a thin, flexible one
gives me the most satisfaction. But
having said that, I think what I like best is delivering a good, old-fashioned
OTK spanking. There is nothing quite so
intimate as that, where I can feel the sting of each smack on my palm and every
movement of the sub under each impact.
Nothing compares to the feeling of closeness and bonding I get when I am
doing that with the person I love.
La Crimson Femme: Tell us something that most people don't know about
you.
Lindsey
Brooks: Okay. I
met the lady I love here in the BDSM Group in June 2012 and we are hoping to
marry early in 2015. I’ll take this
opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who had a hand in founding and
running the group. Without you none of it would have happened and there would
be two less happy people in the world.
So thank you very much indeed!
La Crimson Femme: Wow!
Congratulations, Lindsey! How
exciting. It is lovely to meet someone
you’d want to spend the rest of your life with.
What hobby do you have which may surprise readers?
Lindsey
Brooks: It isn’t likely to surprise anyone and may be a
bit of a cliché to say so, but these days my hobby is also my job. It may not pay very well but writing is my
main interest and in one way or another it takes up a lot of my time and
doesn’t leave much for anything else, except taking care of the cat of course.
;) Oh, and being in love with someone who is almost on the other side of the
planet can be time-consuming too. ;)
La Crimson Femme: If you could travel to any place, where would you go
and what would you do there?
Lindsey
Brooks: I would have to say California, home to my lady
love. I’ll leave your imagination to
figure out what I would do. ;) To be
honest, I have always felt that where I go, or even what I do isn’t anywhere
near as important as who I am doing it with.
I think that is what makes the real difference.
La Crimson Femme: Hmm, you are a romantic. ^_^
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Lindsey
Brooks: LOL. If
I’m still here and still breathing I think I will be content with that.
La Crimson Femme: Well, I certain hope you will be alive and well in
ten years or more. With a wedding and
new partner, may it be a wonderful kinky and loving ten years and beyond. Thank you for dropping by and sharing with
us! Everyone, check out Lindsey’s
excerpt of his latest Regency style novel.
Spankings for everyone!
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