Vanessa Vale
Golden Flogger Award nominee
speaks out about writing BDSM
Why did you begin writing BDSM novels?
I am a Vanilla (with a capital V!) but I am the creative type where I have 237 browser tabs in my brain open at the same time. I deep down secretly crave someone to take control for me. I hold it in a very tight death grip, but if someone could rip it from my fingers I think I would really, really like it. A lot. So I write about what I look for in a man and write that into all of my heroes.

What does being nominated for the Golden Flogger Award mean to you?
I’m thrilled! There are such amazing authors up for the award and it is very humbling to be among them! The fact that those at BDSM Writers Con consider my work to of their caliber means so much!

Tell us a little about yourself and your writing works.
I began writing in 2014 and I write solely historical erotic western. I love the Wild West! I love cowboys and love writing about them. My Bridgewater Menage Series offers not just one cowboy in a book, but two (in one there are three!) because one is never enough. I teach a mean karate class and love to find new recipes for my pressure cooker. When I’m not a chauffeur to my kids, I sit my butt in my chair and write.

Will you be attending BDSM Writers Con or other events we can meet you?
Sadly, I will not be at the BDSM Writers Con but I will be at RT in Las Vegas this April and at RomCon in Denver in September.

Do you participate in D/s activities or merely write about them?
As I said before, I’m Vanilla, so I just write about them. I write my fantasies and hopefully that eagerness comes across.

Thanks so much for having me!

Vanessa