The Pledge Mistress - Introduction
The Pledge Mistress, the fourth novel out of the erotic discipline
series that I have created, continues my effort to bridge my first novel
The Wanderings of Amy and my second novel Maragana Girl. Upon finishing
my third novel The Freshman, I realized that my fiction and the world in
which my characters pursue their lives focuses on two locations: a
fictional university in suburban Chicago, and my imaginary country of
Upper Danubia. Rather than attempt to create a new setting for any
subsequent piece of fiction, I knew that if I chose to write a fourth
novel, the plot would take place either at the university or in the
Danubian Republic.
I also knew that in any future novel I would want to further develop the
life story of at least one secondary character from a previous novel;
that I probably would utilize characters already created instead of
trying to think up new ones. As I pondered where I wanted to go with my
fiction, four previous characters seemed likely candidates to become the
main character of a new novel: Tiffany Walker from Maragana Girl,
Suzanne Foster and Ruth Burnside from The Wanderings of Amy, and Lisa
Campbell from The Freshman. In the end I decided to go with writing a
novel about Lisa Campbell, because there were several details about
Lisa's life that I want to develop. Telling the story of Lisa Campbell
allowed me to further explore the life story of Ruth Burnside without
having to dedicate an entire novel to her. I was also interested in
developing Lisa's relationships with her boyfriend Ken and in exploring
some of her psychological issues that were not developed in The
Freshman. Along with the story of Lisa's life and sexual adventures I
wanted to create an erotic environment through the fictional Four-Beta
Sorority. It is through her membership in the Four-Betas that Lisa has a
chance to explore her sexuality, develop herself as a leader, and
finally become a vital part of many other people’s lives.
My fourth novel mostly takes place in and around the Four-Beta House and
the associated Tri-Alpha Fraternity. At this point I must emphasize that
the Tri-Alpha Fraternity and the Four-Beta Sorority are complete
figments of my imagination and not based on anything I ever saw in real
life. The names of both the fraternity and sorority were something that
I invented off the top of my head, and I later checked the Internet to
make sure there are no active "Greeks" that go by those names. I am
fully aware that both organizations are completely unlike the
fraternities and sororities that currently exist on U.S. college
campuses. My fictional fraternity and sorority are not intended to be
accurate portrayals of the “Greek” system, but instead serve as the
setting for various episodes of erotic fantasy.
Apart from the subplots and erotic events, I tried to deal with a few
serious issues as well, an example being college binge drinking. The
pledging abuses that surface towards the end of the novel are loosely
based on real events. Also, through my characters I try to examine
various personal issues such as sexual identity (Lisa's boyfriend Ken),
peer pressure (Bernadette), and depression and Asperger syndrome
(Kathleen).
