Kim Bonney interview

It may sound hard to believe to some ...still sounds hard to believe for me, but I went to see Kim Bonney the other day, at her property in Tallahassee, and I actually got in the door.

When her boyfriend opened it (he went unnamed) I almost thought I could have fainted. I'm like so many others out ther, from the new wave generation: I grew up reading Bonneys works damn near obsessively. I read about her escapades in California, and Hawaii, and then of course the great deal of time she spent in Rome, as a famous expatriate. And of course back then , reading her, if you wild have told me I would one day meet her , I would have told you you were a lunatic. But now it's happened. I not only met Kim Bonney ; I actually got into her house. It was in...well, if you've ever read a Bonney book then you'll know how much chaotic disarray they're often in. The house was the same way. Just like the books. Every room told a different story...some ended faster than others.

Running a search on my iPhone before arriving I came to find out that Bonneys house in tallahasse is worth almost $4 million. That's not including the new updates. It's a great deal for a girl who was born during the Great Recession in one of this country's hardest cities. Yet of course Bonney has always had a good head on her shoulders. When she was just 17for instance she famously read the book Across the Lake and into the sky, by Sarah Perez, and the moment she was done with it she began typing it herself...in order to know what it felt like to write a masterpiece.

I sat with Kim in her backyard and that was where the two of us talked, woman to woman. Kim was dressed in an outfit that seemed like it could have been out of her books: she had on little pink glow in the dark Timberland boots, one of her famous Scottish plaid skirts, a very clean looking sort of black and golden Gucci button down (roses on it, in gold) and her hair was pulled back into a long - very long -- ponytail that fell down her back . She was wearing a fitted baseball cap , the brim folded, dedicated to the Brooklyn Nets (whom Kim has been photographed a few times watching at Barclays Arena) . Joining us were a few people who live with Kim at her house, two younger looking 20 something girls who sat in total silence just staring at Kim (dressed in Scottish plaid too) and then a number of men (none of whom seemed to own shirts) who kept coming in and out of the hiuse, asking kim if she needed anything et cetera.

Occasionally during the interview kim would have one of the men sit down in her chair, and shed sit on his lap, or she'd have them stand behind her and massage her back & shoulders...her head and her hair ....at one point she even asked me (and I'm not making this up, it'd be defamation) but at one point she even asked me to hold a second to continue the interview, as she pulled a mans shorts off, and jerked him off, until he came. It was very strange. Hardly a sound was made. She directed his cum towards a garden of gorgeous scarlet begonias, and then licked the little that was left off with a wide smile on her face. She did allow me to take a photograph; but the magazine won't let me publish it unfortunately . I asked them: What did you really expect from Kim Bonney? The photo is now in my living room on my mantle; Kim was nice enough to autograph it. She wrote : "Kimberly Gina Bonney" and then she drew a pink rose & a red heart. I was practically on the verge of tears....

Of course you do not want to know about my fan girl love for Kim, you want to know about what she told me, specifically in regards to her next book Pink Wonderland , which is scheduled for release in late December, and then you probably want to know further details about the next book of hers (now the 5th) that they're adapting to film, Bonneys Heart , Due in theaters nationwide just a week from now. Well where to begin? I think maybe one of the first things I can tell you is that Kimberly seemed to be just as excited about both of the projects as any of us out here. In my own way I was shocked at this , since Ivr so often heard reports & tall tales about how Kim is so "indifferent" to her art, in the same way that she's "indifferent" to the men, and even her own children. But she was not indifferent at all here. Not at all. The comversatio began  with me giving her a compliment on the opening story in the Pink Wonderland collection, which is just called Jenny Whites Palace. I told her how Jenny White was probably one of the most vivid characters she had given me kn years...which is saying something since all of Kims characters are intensely vivid.

KB: well I'm glad to hear that. As you can imagine, she was quite fun to write. Very fun . The closing scenes of the story especially. It took me awhile to decide if I was sure it should be the first story a reader finds when they open Pink Wonderland, but ultimately one of my girls made me realize it was the only way, it had to be. Jenny is...very unique.

IN: I feel like the general theme of Jenny's story is about her overcoming her fear of sex.

KB: absolutely, overcoming both her fear of sex and also her fear of the dreams she keeps having, when she falls asleep at night. As Jenny's Creator, I wanted her to understand that the dreams were there to stay, and she had to embrace them, or else! (Laughs)

IN: I noticed that, like so many of your favorite characters whom you want to stand out for your readers, you had a scene where Jenny, sadly,  doesn't ever get to put on the plaid skirt, but she does go out for the walk in the snow, at the end, with a plaid scarf wrapped around her, looking for the men who will....

KB: (laughing) embArassed to say it? Don't be, sweetie, please: the men who will finally gang fuck her into Paradise.

IN: Yes. It was unbelievable, the way you wrote that scene, some of your best work ever- truly. Well, do you think you could again explain the significance of the plaid for your readers? It's widely known of course in certain circles but perhaps some are still out there who might not know. Especially younger readers of the magazine now , who just turned 18 and got access, and who might be just becoming familiar with your work.

KB: of course! The Scottish plaid for me has always been, since I was 18, an incredibly incredibly erotic outfit for me, no matter if it's a scarf, or a shirt, or a skirt like this one I'm wearing now, due to the time I did in Saint Cloud.

IN: One year and a half, correct?

KB: that's right. And the man who saved my life, and kept me alive when they put me unjustly in Saint Cloud, he gave me a plaid skirt to wear, the first week I was there, and I wore it every day until release. He made me, it was required, if I wanted to sleep with him at night, in his bed, and be protected.

IN: you loved him.

KB: oh yes, him and a number of others, his good friends. It was shocking really, because I went into Saint Cloud thinking, ya know, that I'd find Hell, and hideous hideous men. I was badly mistaken of course. The men were much older than I was then but ..oh gosh...they were all as dripping hot as could be. It was out of this world.

IN: you wrote your first story whilst still in Saint Cloud isn't that correct?

KB: sort of. Mostly. Sure.

IN: Little Fire Woman.

KB: yes. I take it you've ...read it?

IN: a hundred times.

KB: good, good. Your favorite part?

IN: when Danielle steals the diamonds.

KB : ah yes, splendid choice. Thank you. I wrote that one night when my man got me high for the first time on the Dragon weed. It was...I had never been high at that point so..it was unbelievable. The smell of the Dragon weed I can still taste like yesterday morning. And then the way the men tasted after I was high on it, the way the sex felt. It was unbelievable, I honesty don't know how else to describe it even as a writer to this day. Have you seen the photos of me from then? How joyous I was...

IN: when did you realize you were destined to be a Writer?

KB: probably the same day I realized that Saint Cloud had gotten me hopelessly hooked on vitamin D.

IN: so it's all intertwined for you?

KB: Oh yes. I could not get off either at this point, even if I wanted. The addiction is very severe. The withdrawal would be so serious now, If I were to attempt to endure it, that I would , unfortunately, perish. But of course it makes not a difference to me, because firstly I enjoy it, and embrace it, and secondly I can afford it quite easily. As you can see. And you? Do you actively use or, just like to read of us women who do?

IN: Sometimes.

KB: how often?

IN: I generally use twice a month.

KB: twice a month?! Girl, surely you can afford far more. The magazine can't pay that badly.

IN: well, yes, I could.

KB: whose books you reading honey? If you can afford it, you get it. Sheesh! (Laughs) you want some right now?

IN: after the interview?

KB: ok. Very well. Whateva.i understand (smiles).

IN: for you then it's an integral part of the writing process?

KB: oh yes honey. I'm ferocious with it and I know would not be able to write a lick without it. I often go for a few days without food for example, because they like me thin, but vitamin D....couldn't last, not possible, couldn't write, couldn't think, couldn't sing. You see it in the work- I'm sure. It's all over it. Most of the characters , even when put into a situation where they are removed from it, will go to any lengths to get it. Like Gloria Sin, for one example.

IN: yes Gloria sin. I always think of her. She can't get the vitamins at all; but she instead somehow finds a way to survive on them through powerful imaginings.

KB: yes.