Cassie had started writing smut online as a way to earn some extra money. Her day job didn't pay very well so her friend suggested an online side hustle. Cassie did a little research and learned that people published free smut online as a way of attracting commissions. She'd always enjoyed writing in high school and after showing some to her boyfriend, Rhys, he said she was pretty good at it. After one particularly dismal payday, she decided she had nothing to lose from trying.
Cassie was only 20, but she'd had enough sexual experiences to know how to craft a smutty story that got the blood flowing to all the right places. She spent weeks crafting story after story in all the top genres and then finally she started to publish them.
The results came faster than she'd expected. Cassie sat behind her laptop and watched excitedly as the reader count shot up. In just the first couple of hours, she hit quadruple figures. None of that translated into dollars but it showed promise and made Cassie optimistic that she would succeed if she just kept at it.
After a few months, she got her first commission. A couple of weeks later she got another. The commissions came in now and then and provided her with a little extra cash but not really enough to make a difference. They helped out with the occasional grocery shop though, which was something. That all changed when an email from Edward arrived in her inbox.
Hello Cassie,
I've been reading your work online and think you're a terrific writer. Your stories are so hot and I enjoyed them very much. I'm impressed that a girl of your age has such talent and it will only grow from here. I took a look at your profile and saw that you take commissions and I was rather hoping that you'd write a story for me of the femdom/findom genre. I can see that you haven't written in those genres before so I'm not sure if this commission is in your wheelhouse so to speak. I hope to hear from you soon.
Edward
Cassie smiled at the complimentary feedback. It gave her a thrill to think that her tapping out words on a screen could get so many men so horny. She'd been overwhelmed by all the amazing feedback that had been emailed to her and she never tired from reading it all.
Femdom was something she was familiar with, everybody who wrote smut knew what femdom was. Findom on the other hand was another matter. Cassie had never heard of the phrase before. Fin seemed to imply something aquatic involving sharks perhaps which was an odd kink but she wasn't one to kink shame.
Her boyfriend tipped back his head and let out a raucous burst of laughter when she told him what she thought findom meant. Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment while she waited for him to stop mocking her and explain what it actually was.
"Financial domination, Cassie," he said, ruffling the top of her head like she was a little girl. "It's where you take control of the guy's finances and turn him into your paypig." That made much more sense than a shark kink and it would be a lot easier to write. Cassie picked up her phone and replied to Edward asking for more details on what he wanted in the story and letting him know her rate of $50 per 1000 words. His reply came the following day.
Hello Cassie,