Kinky Chat with Lily Harlem
Golden Flogger Award Nominee 2016
Spicing it Up
Over the Knee Anthology
Why did you begin writing BDSM novels?
I started reading them and became very interested in the dynamics between the characters as well as the toys they used, oh and of course the sex scenes.
What does being nominated for the Golden Flogger Award mean to you?
I’m absolutely thrilled that Over the Knee is up for an award. It’s an incredible anthology and I’m super proud to be amongst such talented authors who’ve written such awesome BDSM stories.
What was the hardest part about writing your story?
My story in Over the Knee is called Spicing It Up and is about the old Victorian kink of ginger-figging (Google it!). I would have liked to write a much longer story about the couple, Cassandra and Raif, so I guess keeping it to a lowish word count was pretty hard for me.
Tell us a little about yourself and your writing works.
I live in the UK. I studied creative writing at Cardiff University. I now have over 70 published works in the erotic romance genre and over 30 of them are novels. Many of my stories have BDSM elements in them. I also write with Natalie Dae under the name Harlem Dae, our work tends to be much harder BDSM and really pushes the boundaries, check out our Sexy as Hell trilogy and That Filthy Book which has been hailed as a novel ‘every woman should read’.
Will you be attending BDSM Writers Con or other events we can meet you at?
I always try to attend Eroticon in the UK and would love to meet you all there! It’s an annual event usually held in Bristol.
A little about Lily Harlem:
Lily Harlem lives in the UK with a workaholic hunk and a crazy cat. With a desk overlooking rolling hills her over active imagination has been allowed to run wild and free and she revels in using the written word as an outlet for her creativity.
Lily’s stories are made up of colorful characters exploring their sexuality and sensuality in a safe, consensual way. With the bedroom door left wide open the reader can hang on for the ride and Lily hopes by reading sensual romance people will be brave enough to try something new themselves? After all, life’s too short to be anything other than fully satisfied.
Twitter: @lily_harlem
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Website: http://www.lilyharlem.com/