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Grilling J.P. Barnaby about BDSM

3/25/2013

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AB: So, far I've had interviews about writing BDSM with Kim Dare which can be read here, Dusk Peterson whose interview can be found here and Jane Davitt which can be read here. 

I've asked each the same set of questions which were suggested to me by my beta readers. It's amazing how different the answers are, but each shows the depth and dedicaton each has to portraying the scene as well as they can.
Today, I’m thrilled to be chatting to J.P. Barnaby.


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AB: Thanks for participating, JP. You're probably best known for your "Little Boy Lost" and Forbidden Room series and your recent release, Aaron. Please give me some details about your next book.

JP: My next BDSM novel, entitled Painting Fire on the Air, shows how a man uses physical pain to mask his emotional pain:

His entire life, Benjamin Martin’s parents drilled into his head to take care of his little sister. One horrific night, he failed. Now, the pain he endures at the hands of his Dom blocks out the terrible pain in his heart. When Ben’s latest Dom, casts him aside like a broken toy, he manipulates his best friend, Jude, into picking up the pieces. Jude Archer has been in love with Ben for years, but his fantasies about his friend never included whipping him. Can Jude find that strength within himself to be the Dom Ben needs? When he’s forced to trade the marks upon his soul for the pain that ravages Ben, Jude learns the real definition of submission.


Some of the BDSM scene elements include fire flogging, electrostim, gang bangs, bondage, and gags. The story is told from a unique perspective, in that a lot of BDSM novels have a wise, almost omniscient Dom who takes care of the new fledgling sub and ushers him into the lifestyle. In Painting Fire on the Air, Ben has all of the experience, and he more or less pushes Jude off the high board into the lifestyle to be his Dom.


AB: What do you look for when you read BDSM?

JP: BDSM novels are kind of like an Easter egg hunt – you go through and look and look until you finally find some real gems. Sometimes, you find some that are just rotten. I look for strong, but imperfect characters, ones who grow throughout the book. I like Doms who are human and make mistakes, because Doms are human and make mistakes. I like strong subs who know how to take care of themselves. Vulnerability is fine, but a complete lack of self isn’t. My personal preference is more of a sensory experience than pain, and trust than fear.

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AB: What do you try to convey when you write BDSM? 

JP: One of the main themes that I try to convey in my work is that practitioners of BDSM aren’t just looking to beat the crap out of someone, or make them feel degraded. The tenet we live by is “safe, sane, consensual” – there are others, but that’s the one that is the most widely recognized. The best players, both Dom and sub are safety conscious. The sub needs to be just as aware of their safety because scenes are a two way street. If the sub doesn’t feel comfortable with a scene, or something goes wrong he (or she) needs to be able to communicate that with their Dominant. 

What I want to show people is what it’s really like to live the lifestyle rather than just watch it from the outside. I’ve been a sub for about 15 years. I still make safe calls when I play with someone new. I still have a safe word (usually the standard red/yellow/green), and I still meet them in a public place first. 

People try what we write in our books, the sheer influx of new people on Fetlife in the last year because of the success of Fifty Shades of Grey proves that. I feel that I have a responsibility to portray the lifestyle accurately, and maybe with a bit of education so that people wanting to try can be safe.


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AB: Why do you think “Fifty Shades of Grey” appeals to readers who aren’t in the scene and have no wish to get into the scene?

JP: I’ve not read Fifty Shades of Grey, to be honest. I started reading Master of the Universe – it’s fanfiction incarnation, but wasn’t all that interested, so I quit. So, the answer to your question will come from the surrounding hype. I think that the media circus around the series made it the “in thing”. Someone will go out and buy Gucci loafers or a Prada bag simply because it’s the “in thing” and it has nothing to do with the actual content.

AB: Has “Fifty Shades of Grey” helped the BDSM genre or harmed it? Is kink coming out of the closet?

JP: It’s a mixed bag. It’s certainly made things more difficult on sites like Fetlife and Recon. Now, when we approach someone, we have to determine if they’re more of a wannabe or someone with experience. On the other hand, I think it may have opened up the lines of communication in couples more. Partners who may have been afraid to discuss their fantasies can be more comfortable approaching the topic. 

AB: BDSM usually gets classified as erotica or porn regardless of the amount of sex present. Do you think this is fair?

JP: I can’t speak for all players, but for myself, the BDSM aspect of my life is sexual. However, I think well written BDSM, just like any story, is far more layered and complex than just sex. BDSM and erotica are not mutually inclusive, but categorization is only as effective as the knowledge of the categorizers. 


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AB: How do you research for your BDSM books?

JP: A lot of the emotional aspects, and some of the scene work I can do from experience. For things I have not experienced personally, I discuss the granular detailing with professional Doms and subs that I have made friends with in the adult entertainment industry.
For example, the detailing for the fire flogging scenes in Painting Fire on the Air came from Dire Callahan, head of Steel Mill media, Derek da Silva, and Drake Jaden who was the sub in the scene they screened for me at IML.


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AB: Is there something you feel is taboo for BDSM books? Anything you wish wasn’t as taboo?

JP: While rape, abuse, and dubcon do get marked as BDSM, they certainly aren’t – that bothers me. However, for taboos, just like in real life, as long as the players both consent and are being safe, I can’t think of anything that should be forbidden in fiction.

There are, however, things I don’t care to read. I’m not a big fan of water sports, blood play, sounding, or a few other fetishes. But, just because I don’t enjoy reading them doesn’t mean they should be considered taboo.

AB: What do you think of the proliferation of abuse fiction doing the rounds that gets perceived as BDSM? Do you see that as a problem?

JP: I think the miscategorization of rape and abuse as BDSM perpetuates a dangerous perception of the lifestyle and encourages the devaluation of subs. People outside of the lifestyle don’t generally understand that the sub has power in the relationship. By utilizing their safe word and limits list, they set the boundaries just as much as the Dom with his requirements. To portray the sub as having no power, it encourages new subs coming in to the lifestyle to give up their free will. That’s not what it’s about. Both partners always have a right to stop or to say no.


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AB: Why do you choose to make BDSM the focus of your stories? What draws you to that as opposed to writing a story in which the characters are just kinky or even if steeped in the lifestyle it's just a part of who they are?

JP: BDSM is only one focus. I also write other contemporary fiction. However, I like writing BDSM, especially M/M BDSM because it turns me on. I write my fantasies within the bounds of each story. When I write BDSM, I write lifestyle players because it’s what I do, and I write from experience.

Thank you so much for having me on the blog. If readers are interested in my BDSM work, my titles are:


M/M/F – The Forbidden Room & A House of Cards
M/M – Mastering the Ride & The Perfect Tree

Thanks JP for giving such great responses to my questions.
Good luck with the upcoming release of Painting Fire on Air 

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Award winning romance novelist, J. P. Barnaby has penned over a dozen books including the Forbidden Room series, the Little Boy Lost series, and Aaron. As a bisexual woman, J.P. is a proud member of the GLBT community both online and in her small town on the outskirts of Chicago. A member of Mensa, she is described as brilliant but troubled, sweet but introverted, and talented but deviant. She spends her days writing software and her nights writing erotica, which is, of course, far more interesting. 

The spare time that she carves out between her career and her novels is spent reading about the concept of love, which, like some of her characters, she has never quite figured out for herself.

Web site: http://www.JPBarnaby.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JPBarnaby
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JPBarnaby


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Release Party with Giveaways

3/20/2013

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P.D. Singer and I are taking over Dreamspinner Press's facebook page this Saturday 23rd March from 1pm US EDT for a very special chat because we both have titles coming out this Friday, novels that are part of popular series - Leather+Lace, part of the Opposites Attract series that includes Red+Blue and Return to the Mountain that is part of The Mountains series. 

A five hour chat has been planned to make sure that more fans can be part of the event. Expect giveaways and other surprises!

The chat is to be held at: http://www.facebook.com/dreamspinnerpress - make sure to like the page to be able to participate.

P.D. Singer and I may live on opposite sides of the planet but we have a number of things in common. Apart from the shared release date for a new book in a series, we share a deeper connection. The first person to guess what it is, will win a $20 gift voucher from Dreamspinner Press. Hints will be dropped during the party and we'll let you know if you're gettng close or not.

And the shared bond is not that we will both be giving away copies of our ebook and a signed copy of a print version! We will be doing that as well.

So, please join us as we share excerpts, introduce topics as different as restaurants, waiters, drag queens and BDSM and lots of lively discussion on all sorts of topics related to life, the universe and m/m romance.

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There Once was a Master: John Preston

3/17/2013

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I Once Had a MasterI Once Had a Master by John Preston
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

John Preston, for me, was once all about Mr. Benson: A Novel It was the book everyone spoke about and referred to, and I enjoyed it (mostly) when I finally laid my hands on it.

Yes, it was hot, but it was fantasy.

This book should be required reading for everyone who wants to understand the dynamic between Dom and sub, simply because the author shows the different ways it can vary.

In his review, Jason Huffman-Black refers to the clinical detached style of writing, and after reading angsty emotional m/m romance it certainly comes across that way, but, again as Jason comments, after a while, you start to see the emotion lying under the surface.

Like a Dom who cares deeply for his sub but doesn't let on, John Preston cares about and understands the dynamics that can exist in different relationships.

None of these short stories are HEA. They aren't meant to be. The title of the anthology says it all. They are episodes that happen in subs and Doms lives that have meaning. Moments of growth and change.

The sex is mentioned more than shown. That's because the sex is not the point of the stories, it's the roles that are taken on and why they work for the people involved.

Each story has its own merits and its own lessons if you take the time to look at what is not being said as much as what is being said. Each may strike a different chord at a different time. They are all definitely worth re-reading.

Perhaps the story that resonated the most for me was the tale of the sub who, after losing one Master had built himself into the perfect specimen for another should he find one. The man he chose was amazed as he thought himself to be in a totally different league based on the physical beauty of this sub, but as the story goes on, you see the vulnerability beneath this brilliant exterior and the way that the Dom, simply because he understand his needs and is happy to fulfil them is the right man. The use of the word, Daddy, for once felt deserved and appropriate.

These stories are all about a man who, by submitting to the right master, grows and gains from the experience no matter how short it is.

Sometimes these subs outgrow their Masters, but the lesson is still the same.

None of these hook-ups are taken lightly. The story about the grey area between tricking and relating exposes some of the insecurities and vulnerabilities that can be much harder to deal with than the sting of a whip.

There is the insecurity of age and of weight. The torment of distance. The ongoing search for connection while at the same time keeping people at arms' length.

What makes this all the more fascinating is that it is a collection of stories that Preston admits were based on actual encounters he had along the way. The Master in all these stories is a version of himself. The stories a tribute to different subs he had. Each offering their own unique brand of submission and him gaining something from the experience and changing subtly even if he didn't appreciate it at the time. You can see a kind of search for something I don't think Preston ever found. The perfect ongoing relationship. Why didn't he? Perhaps he saw himself more as the Teacher (as much as a Master) he couldn't resist all these people he met who needed some direction in their life which he could give them. Or perhaps, if the first story is his first encounter with an M/s relationship his "Teacher" imposed this mindset on him.

He left his first Master because he feared someday thinking of him as "God". Perhaps he never wanted to be seen as such by another man. So he moved them on, forcing them out the door even if neither really wanted that.

The epilogue is also a fantastic insight into the whole concept of the meaning and place for pornography.

There is no way this book can be seen as such. Doing so would ignore the psychological dynamic that flows throughout. These aren't dolls strutting their stuff, they are real people with all their needs and insecurities even if sometimes dressed up as strengths. Particularly in respect to the narrator himself who senses the gaps in his life, but never expresses these doubts to another. You can't if you're the all-knowing Master. Permeating it all, even if John Preston didn't realize it at the time, is this innocent, although that is probably not the right word, this blissful ignorance about the insidious plague that was to kill him and probably many of these men that he depicts, fictional or real.

In those days, they wove around each other in a dance of sex and emotional jousting never realising the real danger was not in being humiliated or hurt by a whip but in being killed by something so small they didn't even see it coming.

I'm so glad we've got a record of this past age in his words.

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Grilling N.R. Walker

3/12/2013

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Today I’d like to welcome N.R. Walker, who I just discovered is another Australian writing m/m. There aren’t many of us, so it’s always great to welcome a new one and what a talented one she is. Currently, she’s in the process of getting books republished that had been with another company. In the meantime, check out her free stories and the two she self-published ones she has on Amazon.

Having never read the Twilight saga, I approached “Sixty Five Hours” without pre-conceptions toward the plot or the characters and, once I started, I couldn’t put it down. Intrigued about the person behind such great writing, I sent N.R. a swag of questions and she was kind enough to answer them. Welcome N.R.!


NRW: Thanks for having me on your blog!!  I’m excited to be here!  It’s great to be in the company of another Aussie writer!!

AB: Sixty Five Hours is described on Goodreads here as being fan-fiction. Can you give me the background of its origins? 

NRW: Yep, Sixty Five Hours started as a fanfiction.  I actually put it on my blog as a free-read thinking only a few would ever read it.  Then someone put it on Goodreads, so I added the disclaimer that it was once fanfiction so people wouldn’t yell at me.  I had no clue it would be so popular

AB: Why are you providing it for free?

NRW: I figure it was free once, so I’d just keep it that way. I’m not pro or anti publishing fanfiction, my belief is people can do what they want.  I just really had no idea it would be one of my most popular books. LOL


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AB: Given that 50 Shades of Grey started out as online free fan fiction, would you be interested in getting it published by one of the "name" ebook publishers?

NRW: Not really. As I mentioned before, it was once free so I’ll keep free. I know it needs an editing overhaul, and a proper cover, and I’ll probably get around to fixing it one day.

AB: Most of the problems are just slips from past tense to present tense. I gather that the story was originally written in present and find it interesting that so much fan fiction seems to be written in present tense. Why is that? 

NRW: I've discussed with other fanfic writers, and I really think it stems from how the original books were written. HP is past tense, so the fanfic is written in past. Twilight is present tense, so the fanfic is written in present. I used to only write in present tense and now can't stand it. LOL That's the reason I changed it. Now wish I didn't because of the mistakes, but like I said, I seriously didn't think anyone would read it. 


AB: Don't worry, there aren't that many and they don't spoil the story.... What is your background in writing?

NRW: I stumbled into fanfiction almost by accident. I’d never even heard of fanfiction until 4 years ago. I was scrolling the web looking at celebrity forums and someone mentioned their favourite fanfiction.  One Google search later...  and presto!  Before I knew it, I’d abandoned my old life and started writing.

I actually had one story written (because the original story annoyed me that critical scenes were left out so I wrote them myself LOL)  before I even knew of the concept of fanfiction.  I threw the story online, got a pretty good response, so I kept writing.

I started out in het (m/f) then I found slash (m/m) and the rest as they say, is history.

AB: How much of this book is research and how much from experience. I'm referring to the world of advertising and Texans not the gay sex.


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NRW: In Sixty Five Hours, not a great deal of research outside of Google. I did watch a lot of The Gruen Transfer (an Australian comedy show about advertising) but I’d hardly consider that research.  I love the psychology of advertising, and found that intriguing, but seriously, the actual advertising campaign would hardly hold water.

AB: Have you or would you set any of your stories in Australia?

NRW: I do have one planned on my to-be-written list.  It will be a country setting, which is something I’m very familiar with. I’m still undecided whether to just set the story here in Australia, or to write it using Australian English, not the American English so much m/m is written in.


AB: Do you have any specific guys in mind for Lucas and Cameron? Send photos!

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NRW: Very specifically, yes.  As it was ex-fanfic, Lucas and Cameron were specifically written as Jasper and Edward, therefore Jackson Rathbone as Lucas and Robert Pattinson as Edward. 

This is the banner made for the original fanfiction, by the very talented Lisa P (we don’t own the original art. No copyright intended. It’s just for funsies, k?)  Would have LOVED to have used something similar for the newer version but there were too many copyright no-no’s. 


AB: You had me fooled. I started looking for the issue. Lol. You come from a small town in rural New South Wales, one that I would suspect is not particularly gay friendly. Are you out as an m/m romance writer there?
  

NRW: My sister and my husband know, but that’s it.  No one in my real life knows I write at all, let alone m/m.  I’m not particularly close to my family, and I’m a bit of a hermit (by choice)  so this is fine with me.   

AB: Tell me a bit about how and why you started writing m/m romance.

NRW: I loved the adversity of m/m as opposed to m/f romance. It’s just something that clicked with me.  Sure, it was hot to read, but there were complex characters, with depth and a raw honesty in what they were going through. I just loved it.  I still do.  I can’t imagine going back to m/f.

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AB: Who are your heroes in the m/m romance genre? 

NRW: Oh my... really, to be honest, anyone who puts themselves out there.  Anyone who spends more time writing than they should, who pours a little of themselves into every story, who cry and laugh with the characters they create, love them like children and then put them out there for people to pull apart and crucify...

AB: Tell me a bit about your next or latest release.


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NRW: My latest release, “Through These Eyes”, is the sequel to “Blind Faith”, which was rereleased just two weeks prior.  Both books are my first time in the self-publishing arena.  It’s been a very steep learning curve, but a rewarding one. I certainly couldn’t have done it without the amazing support of other m/m authors who came to my rescue.

AB: I gather both books are available on Amazon, Smashwords and All Romance Ebooks (links below). They seem to be selling very well, congratulations and I love the covers!


NRW: Thanks. Gorgeous aren't they? They were made by the amazingly talented Sara York.


"Blind Faith"
Starting a new job in a new town, veterinarian Carter Reece, makes a house call to a very special client.
Arrogant, moody and totally gorgeous, Isaac Brannigan has been blind since he was eight. After the death of his guide dog and best friend, Rosie, his partnership with his new guide dog, Brady, isn't going well.
Carter tries to help both man and canine through this initiation phase, but just who is leading who?


You can buy "Blind Faith" at:

Amazon:  Buy at Amazon
All Romance ebooks:  Buy at ARe
Smashwords:  Buy at Smashwords


"Through Your Eyes"

Six months after we last met Carter Reece and Isaac Brannigan, they're still very much in love. Moving in together, moving forward, life for these two is great until some life changing events occur. 
Isaac has a frightening setback and Carter's world starts to unravel. Things become even more complicated and start to change for both men when Isaac’s new colleague enters the picture. 
As Isaac struggles for what he really wants, it might just cost him what he needs the most.

You can buy "Through These Eyes" at:

Amazon:  Buy at Amazon
All Romance ebooks:  Buy at ARe
Smashwords:  Buy at Smashwords

Where to find me:

Blog:  N.R Walker Blog

Facebook:  N.r. Walker

Thanks to N.R. for joining me, and if you haven't read any of her books.
Give "Sixty Five Hours" a try.
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Striving to Maintain or Regain Control

3/4/2013

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Prose: Memoir Writings by People with Experiences in the Sex Trades (Prose #1)Prose: Memoir Writings by People with Experiences in the Sex Trades by Melissa Petro
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

First off, this is available as an ebook from: http://www.redumbrellaproject.org/buy...

I bought the book to gain a better understanding of the sex trade industry as preparation for writing "Prejudices" the sequel to "Mardi Gras." When it eventually comes out of contract, I hope to expand it with another novella of roughly the same length to create a full length book "Pride+Prejudices." Because prejudices are exactly what sex trade workers come up against every moment of their lives.

These stories by people within the industry aren't all-encompassing memoirs. They aren't meant to be, but they do give insight into the reasons why people get involved and the different effect it has on them when they do.

The workers have been encouraged to write about their experiences to help them regain control over who they are. For some, honing their creative writing endeavours is a possible exit strategy.

The writers themselves (some retired some still active) inhabit all shades of the spectrum, gay men, gay women, transgender, straight women. No straight men that I could see.

Topping the bill as a writer is undoubtedly Josh Ryley and his story "Fist" This could have been published as a stand alone. As fiction it would have been an enthralling read. As non-fiction it then transcends enthralling through appalling to just downright sad. More than any, this one explored the nature of the client who used the service while still firmly locked in the head of the man providing him with what he wanted. Was it what he needed? Well that's the big question.

You could smell, feel and see every moment though. The mark of a writer with talent. If this is an example of Josh's writing skills, I'm sure he could make a good fist of being a published author. Pardon the pun.

Other stories were also good in that they showed different sides of their strengths and vulnerabilities. Some were only snippets, showing the factors at the start of their journey, others the hopelessness of their isolation. And isolated they are.

The inability to make connections with people outside the industry once they were in it, ran through every story even if not directly epxressed.

The presence of drugs, the ability or inablity to kick the habit. The love/hate relationship they had with them rippled along like the tidal flow of a river under the top few inches of fresh rain after a heavy downpour.

I may revisit this review when I have more time, just to express my thoughts on the other contributions all of whom had merit. But it's worth buying just to read "Fist" providing your stomach is strong enough. Not for the physical act but because of the "characters" and "setting."

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If you want to know more about Josh Ryley, he has his own website here.

I came upon Josh when reading his tribute to porn star and male escort, Miklos Arpad, after his recent suicide. 

The fates and fears of their co-workers prey on their minds just as much as their own experiences. They try to look after their own and advice by others like Dominick who writes a column for Rentboy go some way to keep them grounded.
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