Introduce the title of your story: The Hotel of Blindfolds and Cuffs
Genre/Category: BDSM
Provide the link: https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/the-hotel-of-blindfolds-and-cuffs
To begin with, the story was based on the 'self-bondage gone wrong' cliché in a hotel room. Where someone ties themselves up just a little too well and is found by a stranger. However, due to the implications of such a setup, I was a little uncomfortable writing it, both due to its cliché nature as well as the dubious consent. Even though it would be heavily implied, if not outright stated that consent was given, I simply didn't want to write that story.
I did, however, want to write about a character bound in a hotel room being teased by a mystery person, and slowly the story turned from a 'self-bondage gone wrong' story into a service secretly offered. With that, The Nine Hills Hotel was born.
As with most of my stories, the characters are based slightly on people I know with a healthy dose of fantasy. Leah was my best friend for many years, and she was always the kindest person you'd ever meet. A little bit reserved and innocent. But would she be the same if she was in a different city where no one knew her?
The Nine Hills Hotel—if we want to consider it a character—came into being after looking for the name of the hotel. After brainstorming a bunch, I came up with 'the three hills' and liked how 'hills' sounded a little like 'hell'. So I leaned into this idea some more and looked into Dante's Inferno and came across the line “the path to paradise begins in hell," which I thought fitted the story quite well with all the teasing before the eventual release/heave.
This is the first story that I've written with a mystery element to it. While it is a secondary concern to the rest of the story, I did like having it in there. If I were to rewrite the story, I would likely lean into this aspect more than I did.
Other than wrestling with my atrocious grammar?
I always find it difficult to resist the urge to add more to the story. A part of me wanted to continue to write and explore the aftermath of Leah's visit to the hotel. The main reason I didn't do this, however, is because I remember making that mistake with the first story that I published, and when I look back at that one, the ending seems to needlessly drag out. Hopefully with this story that won't be the case.
Simply put, I hope you enjoy the story. I've got a few more ideas bouncing around in my head, and there is currently another story submitted, which if you enjoy this one, I hope you will enjoy the upcoming one. Stay safe everyone and have a wonderful week.