

"What happened was my agent had submitted my manuscript to Regan Books. "But it was very hardcore," Mistress Payne explained. "How did this book get written if you're not a professional?" I asked.Ī professional dominatrix was originally hired to write the book. She's also the author of "Sex Tips From a Dominatrix." "Patricia Payne" is a pseudonym, of course. "That's been really difficult to get across. "I am not a professional," she answered firmly. "Let's get right down to business," I said. After we were seated at a window booth, she confessed, "The last time I was at a HoJo, I was a kid - on Sunday, after church for ice cream." She had reddish hair - probably colored with henna - and wore an angular black dress. When she finally showed, Mistress Payne wasn't what I expected. She kept me waiting, which I thought was a little sadistic. Indeed, there is no more incongruous place in New York to take tea with a dominatrix.

Times Square has been shopping-malled and sanitized the same way Las Vegas has. I figured, why not conduct this interview at the most wholesome restaurant in New York, HoJo? As for the neighborhood, this is not your parents' Times Square. Whatever goes on in such a restaurant can't be hygienic. I could have suggested an S&M eatery called La Nouvelle Justine, but no thanks. I'd suggested that we meet at the Howard Johnson off Times Square. Mistress Patricia Payne, dominatrix, drove up from Washington, D.C., recently to have lunch with me in Manhattan.
