Nice Girls, Naughty Sex
Contributor Interview: Janine Ashbless
Good Doggy
by Janine Ashbless
What is the inspiration behind "Good Doggy"?
I’d wanted to write a pet-play story for some time. I’d watched a bunch of Dog Whisperer re-
runs on TV and I liked Casar Millan’s style (he gets a shout-out in the story, although Beth
does describe him as “a bit old,” which is hardly fair – he’s younger than I am!). Many years
ago I spent a LARP weekend playing a Feral Girl who had been brought up by wolves, and
although that wasn’t done in a sexual context, it was tremendous fun. And I chased a few
sticks...
What makes the character(s) in your story nice but naughty?
Well, I’d never write anything about someone who was mean to their dog! This is a sweet
story about two people who are only just getting to know each other, exploring (slightly
nervously) a kink that’s new to them both. It’s about the intimacy and trust of sex-play.
If you could have sex with any famous character, (fictional or not, living or not), who would it be and why?
You want me to choose one? I’ve got a list, many of them – by pure coincidence, I assure
you - played by Gerard Butler. Um ... Captain Phoebus from the Disney version (not the
book) of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Sword-swinging action hero, long hair, goatee,
smarts, decent open-minded guy in an era when pretty much everyone else isn’t – Yep, he
ticks all my boxes.
What does your mother think about your writing erotica?
She thinks I’m doing it as an exercise in irony, whilst secretly working on my Great
Mainstream Novel that will remould literature (Because, of course, you couldn’t possibly
take writing erotica seriously, could you?). Boy is she ever going to be disappointed.
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Originally published March 2011