My day job requires a fair amount of writing. Therefore, I never really had an interest to write for pleasure. When you do it all day, the last thing you want to do when you get home, is write more.
However, I always had an interest in kinky sex that started in my University years. Like most men, I loved meeting women, and especially the occasional one who didn't mind being tied up, or blindfolded, or spanked.
During my lifetime I was lucky enough to meet my fair share of 'submissive' women. And don't for a minute think these women were weak. Outside the bedroom they were confident, opinionated, gregarious and self-assured. However, inside the bedroom (so to speak) they enjoyed the strong firm hand of a dominant man taking complete control.
That involvement and interest in the bdsm lifestyle is what spurred me to finally write novels.
Eventually I found the perfect partner, and am now happily married.