Well, in her infinite wisdom, our fearless leader at Mmmmore Productions has
insisted that I write a weekly post for The Naughty Slot. I was reluctant at first because I try to
write my little books and that’s it, to hide from the world my real identity as
best I can so as not to expose my children or my parents or anyone else to all
of the exposure that would bring. Molly,
however, is very convincing, and ultimately I am a bit of a naughty slut, so
Naughty Slot is not a big leap. So, now
I have my very own email at http://mollysynthia.com. I must be moving up in the world. If you want to communicate with me, you can
send me something to reginaransom@mollysynthia.com. I can’t promise I’ll be checking it every
day, but I’ll have to check it once a week in order to make these posts.
I love Amber Grayson Vayle (and I love Molly, too) so it’s
neat to be a part of the show in some small way. My erotica pushes boundaries. In truth, it takes boundaries and blasts
through them. If you’ve read any of my
work, you’ll see I favor very reluctant heroines in very, very, very rough
sex. This means people tend to love or
hate my work. I don’t get a lot of
middle of the road reviews. I get mostly
five star reviews or one star reviews.
That’s the nature of dubious consent.
(In my case “dubious” should be italicized, underlined, printed in big bold block letters, and have
flashing lights.) Still, I have a book, Keep
The Line Moving, that sells a few thousand copies per month and remained
in the top one hundred paid erotica ebooks on Amazon for about three
months. It still flits back into the top
one hundred once every week or so.
I guess that means there are enough women out there who want
to read the rough stuff, and why not? We
live in a society that still says women are supposed to be demure and proper. Fantasies of non-consent are paradoxically
really about control. See, a woman may
want to be ravished like a two-dollar whore.
She may have that fantasy. She
may have secret desires to sleep with strangers or to be put up on
display. She may dream of being a harem
girl or a slave girl. All of these
fantasies are powerful, but they’re fantasies.
My stories let them imagine those circumstances without any loss of
control. Further, the non-consent
involved gives the heroine the right to enjoy what happens without having to
feel guilty about it. For years a
fantasy or being taken by force has been in the top five fantasies women
have. When you don’t have a choice in
the matter, you get to enjoy being a slut without having to feel guilty about
it.
Don’t get me wrong.
It’s fantasy. It’s not
reality. No woman really wants to have
no choice, but for plenty of women, the illusion of no choice is a powerful and
incredible aphrodisiac. If you’re familiar
with BDSM, you probably already know that it’s the submissive, not the
dominant, that’s in control. The
illusion—that’s what makes it great. I
don’t write BDSM, but the example illustrates the nature of roleplay and
fantasy in erotica. My stories aren’t
for everyone. I get one review that says,
“Desperate desire requires desperate measures and Lisa was desperate. The sex
is hard and hot, the ending is a surprise, you will just have to read it to
find out what happens.” I get another
review that says, “I'm sorry but I didn't want to read about a jerk like Alex
getting his way. ‘Extremely jealous and volatile boyfriend’ was how Lisa
described him in the beginning. The explanation at the end didn't do it for me.” Both of the reviewers read the same
book. They’re both right. Maybe the views on hard, hard, hard, hardcore
is like Republican vs. Democrat, pretty evenly split. Each side can’t understand the criticism of
the other.
There's a bit of controversy about the rough stuff. Molly insists that erotica and porn are the same thing. I'm the kind of author from whom a lot of erotica writers want to differentiate themselves. It doesn’t matter to me because I write what turns me
on. That’s why I’m happy about the
Naughty Slot. You’re not going to come
up with something that turns you on that Amber is going to criticize you over
(unless we’re talking real non-consensual violence or sex with kids.) Like my erotica, the Naughty Slot is a safe
place to explore fantasy. It just so happens that my posts have been assigned to Thursdays. (Amber calls them Thrustdays, so I guess I'm along for that ride, but shouldn't everyday be a thrust day?) Thursdays are when the show airs, so be sure to tune in and explore your fantasies.
