Lilah Harding

How does one become an author of erotic stories? In my case, I studied journalism, worked telephone solicitations to earn money while in college, and fell in love with a man to whom I was a happy convenience, a mechanism through which to release stress. From him I learned techniques, of course, but I also learned to practice the arts of suspense, anticipation, and illusion.

Telephone solicitation pays poorly. The entertainment industry of phone sex pays much better, and the clientele is generally much more appreciative. Yes, they are much more appreciative, indeed! Each client was a story, a play, an intimate theater production for an audience of one (or more... never be surprised).

The story changed for each client, based on their needs and desires. For some, I was an alluring stranger, a tryst. Some found in me a role-play partner with whom they could work out marital issues. Some found a friend to whom they could tell their problems and from whom they could find some physical release from tension. Still others sought an authority figure to tell them what dirty little boys they were, a dominatrix who would tell them what punishments they merited and when they might or might not finish their fantasy. A few wanted a "victim" upon whom they could unleash their anger, fear, frustration, or psychoses. A few unfortunates even "fell in love" with a voice on the other end of the line.

Working with clients proved to be fertile ground for story generation in addition to producing a lucrative income. No bodily fluids were exchanged. No strings were attached. No complications were encountered. Everyone was able to have their own personal version of a "happy ending". It proved what intelligent women (and men) have known for millennia: the largest, most important sex organ in the human body is the brain.