Filled with delicious fictional scenarios requiring no more
than simple household items and a little imagination, this guide to
do-it-yourself SM explodes the myth that adventurous sex requires a dungeonful
of expensive custom-made paraphernalia.
The Interview:
1. How did you come up with the list for Bondage of a
Budget?
Masquerade Books published Bondage on a Budget in the
90s—which seems like an ice age ago. (I actually remember what I wore to the
pitch meeting with Richard.) The table of contents built progressively as I
worked on the stories. Fun fact: Mr. Kasak bought the book based on my title
alone.
2. What were some of your favorite stories?
Antonia’s Beast (which is a tale within a tale and involves
eavesdropping and anal sex) and Andrew and the Blade (about facing your fears
and desires).
3. Do you think you will re-release it with the popularity
of 50 Shades making erotica more mainstream?
Bondage on a Budget is currently available as a Kindle. I am
hoping to get a print version (at least a POD) together in the near future.
Here is a link to Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004A8ZSUA?ie=UTF8&tag=prettythingsp-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004A8ZSUA
4. What is the kinkiest home bondage episode from your book?
I think the naughtiest scene in BOB features eggs, an enema,
and a shower curtain. However, I received a nasty review once which accused
that particular chapter of reading like something out of a ladies’ magazine
you’d buy at a grocery store. I always wondered what the deviant sex life of
that reviewer was like. I mean, to me, the story was filthy with a capital F.
5. Your book is wonderful because it teaches you how to use
common household items to craft a kinky scene practically anywhere. Have you
come up with a couple of things to add to the list?
We’re always trying to push the erotic envelope. A recent
event in my house involved one of those classic bells you ring for customer
service at a deli counter. No idea what inspired me to purchase the little
chrome toy—but our incorporation of the device into our sex life gave new
meaning to the words “you can ring my bell.”
6. What are some of your favorite sexy songs?
I feature songs a lot on my blog. I mean, a fuck lot. And I
make no excuses for my bipolar musical tastes. From the Kinks to Elvis, from
the P-Funk All Stars to Gogol Bordello, from Portishead to Ringside—I am a
radio junkie. Here was one day when the radio gods smiled down on me:
Love is the Drug by Roxy Music
Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed
Kiss by Prince
Time by Pink Floyd
Love Me Chase Me by Carney
Big Time by Peter Gabriel
Killing in the Name of by Rage Against the Machine
Closer by NIN
7. Have you ever used Christmas decorations or holiday gear
in a kinky way?
Have I been tangled up in tinsel? Pleasured by a peppermint
stick? Adorned with ornaments? Santa just checked his list and said, “Yes.” I’m
a fan of using a variety of items in non-traditional ways, to the point where
I’ve edited two collections of Christmas sex stories: Merry XXXmas and Naughty
or Nice both from Cleis Press.
8. What is one thing you want readers to get from your book?
A pumped imagination is the sexiest tool you’ll ever need in
the bedroom (kitchen, backseat, movie theater, alleyway, airplane, phone
booth—oh, I miss a good phone booth…) If you can spin a story, or create a
scene, using words and your fantasies, you’re good to go.
9. Eclairs or Twinkies?
Neither, thank you very much. I’m not a cake or pastry girl.
Delight me with tubes of colorful Sweet Tarts, exploding Zots, and Sour
Strings. I’ve got a dimestore palate. I can get off for .50 cents.
10. What are you working on now?
Several projects at once. That’s how it always is. I have a
new bondage collection to turn in on September 1 for Cleis, a sequel to my
guide Never Have the Same Sex Twice due on October 1, and a novel for November
1.
Ms. Tyler is loyal to coffee (black), lipstick (red), and
tequila (straight). She has tattoos, but no piercings; a wicked tongue, but a
quick smile; and bittersweet memories, but no regrets. She believes the rain
won’t fall if she doesn’t bring an umbrella, prefers hot and dry to cold and
wet, and loves to spout her favorite motto: “You can sleep when you’re dead.”
She chooses Led Zeppelin over the Beatles, the Cure over the Smiths, and the
Stones over everyone—yet although she appreciates good rock, she has a pitiful
weakness for ’80s hair bands.
In all things important, she remains faithful to her husband
of 15 years, but she still can’t choose just one perfume.
Check out her website and her list of amazing books!
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