Spiral Q&A! The Person Behind the Stories (Patreon)

Are you a man or a woman in real life?

I’m a lady!

Are you trans?

Nope, born a lady and have always identified as one which apparently is a surprise to a few people! Personally, I couldn’t care less what anybody identifies as whether it be woman, man or neither. So long as people are happy and comfortable in their own bodies that’s what is most important.

Do you look like your picture?

Yes and no. Obviously I don’t have a spiralling iris, though that would be pretty sweet, and my hair changes all the time.

What got you into this genre for your stories?

I’ve always liked BDSM, and most fetishes lead back to it in some way. AT their core, Mind control, TG and TF stories are all about control and the lack thereof. It was a natural progression from stories about mind control, to TG/TF.
I now lean mostly into TG/TF stories because they allow for more variation and it’s possible to explore deeper themes like sexuality, identity, gender etc. It means I can write stories that are more than smut (Though that’s fun as well obviously).

Do you read TG fiction yourself? If so, for how long and do you have any favourite authors?

No actually, weird I know. I mostly read mind control and hypnosis stories before I started writing myself; then once I was publishing my own stories I stopped reading things all together to avoid subconsciously borrowing other people’s ideas. But I occasionally check out caps and a short story here and there at the recommendation of commissioners when they want something in a similar vein.

How long have you been into TG and transformation stuff?

That depends on how you define it. Ever since I can remember I always loved magical girl anime and any other media that involved characters turning into animals or otherwise changing. When I got older that manifested in a love of supernatural romances with werewolves and the like and things progressed from there.

I do have a vivid memory of picking up a manga in my local library one day with the premise that a teenage boy woke up to find his penis was gone and that his family had a special condition which reversed their genders permanently from age 16. That was probably my first introduction to TG stuff but of course I can’t remember what the manga itself was called or find it again today. I may have to nick the premise for a story one day though…

Any awakening experiences that made you interested in TG stuff?

Not really. I know that’s not particularly exciting, sorry! I always enjoyed hypnosis and mind control but those stories can be fairly limited. I tried writing TG stuff and found I had a knack for it and things sort of rolled from there. Even though I am not trans myself, I find it fairly easy to empathise with the idea of struggling with your identity, sexual or gender and I find these stories lend themselves well to both fun smut and more serious, emotional stories.

Are there genre authors that inspired your work?

JUKEBOXEMCSA’s mind control stories on Literotica were always a favourite of mine back in the day but when I started writing myself I made the conscious effort not to read other people’s stories anymore.

Are you friends or in contact with any other authors in the TG/TF space? Anybody you want to collaborate with in the future?

I am friends with FoxFaceStories and we often chat and sometimes bounce ideas off one another as we have similar tastes and interests. We’ve even had people mistake our stories for one another’s in the past so apparently we are fairly similar in style. As for collaboration it’s not really something I had considered, but I am not against the idea.

How often do you write? You post all the time!

I write every day, for how long really depends on my current commission load. I average around 5,000 words a day but have a minimum of 3,000 and a push goal of 8,000. I'd like to write more but time is a precious resource. The most I have ever written in a single day was 15,000.

How old are you?

Old Enough.

What prompt gave you the most trouble to write?

No specific prompt but anything that requires wiring in the second person perspective. I was banging my head against the desk after starting The Pledge because I decided to try writing that way. It’s just not my strong suit.

What is your favourite story prompt you have gotten from a commission?

A really tough question, I like anything that’s a bit different. I really enjoyed the premise for The Chinese Identity because I love noir and I am really enjoying a series I am working on at the moment which started with All I Want For Kwanzaa and is going to continue with various holidays throughout the year.

Do you ever struggle to come up with ideas for stories?

On my computer is a document where I listed the premises for various stories I would like to write one day. It is currently sitting at 46 different ideas plus a dozen or so unpolished prompts. So I think that’s a no, at least for now.

What is your favourite of your own stories?

The Wolves of Fellwood is my favourite concept, Desi Desi Panic was probably the most fun to write but overall I think my all time favourite would have to be House of Lust. It’s far from perfect and I would love to rewrite and expand it one day; but I enjoyed writing it so much and its sequel House of Envy has been floating around in my brain ever since.

What story of yours would you like to remake?

So many, almost all my early stuff for sure. But top of the List are Wolves of Fellwood and You Oughta Be In Pictures.

Wolves of Fellwood is a story I am especially attached to and I would love to do a full rewrite one day with illustrations to match since I love Elowen and think her story is really fun. Unfortunately that one is one of the least popular (which is my own fault, it’s not particularly well written and I focused too much on what I thought people wanted rather than writing the story I wanted to) so I don’t think I can dedicate the time to a passion project like that just yet.

You Oughta Be In Pictures because the Classic/Golden Age of Hollywood is a massive passion of mine and I didn’t get to make nearly enough references to it in that story. That and I think it’s generally weak and rushed. The premise had a lot of potential that was underutilised.

What's your favourite movie?

I have about twenty favourite films but off the top of my head I am always down to watch Mad Max:Fury Road, Rope, and Grand Budapest Hotel. Props to anybody who even knows about Rope without having to google it because I swear every time I mention it, nobody knows what I am about despite it being directed by blood Hitchcock.

You mentioned that you have been to X country,  have you ever been to any other places?

I was first put on a plane at 6 weeks old and never looked back. I’ve lived and worked all over the world but my favourite cities were Las Vegas, Osaka and Amsterdam. All for very different reasons that I would love to talk in depth about but then this would get too long. In short; Vegas is just a fun town with loads to do, Osaka has the best food in Japan and Amsterdam is full of art and very tasty brownies.

Are you going to do more story art?

Yes! It will never be a regular, scheduled part of my content however. In the time it takes me to draw a picture I could write half a dozen stories and with AI art being so popular in this sphere it’s just not something I can justify spending the time for when I could write instead. I do enjoy doing the occasional NSFW picture though because I can go “Fuck the rules of anatomy, let’s give her tits twice the size of her head.”

Will you start offering art commissions one day?

Unlikely, my drawings are not the best and I am still very much learning. I don’t feel they are worth the price I would need to change to make them worth it yet.

Pineapple on pizza?

YES! Come at me.

…Did you add that last question yourself?

Yes, my stance on this decisive issue must be known.