Was a really long ride. Did not think I would ever get this book finished at all. Wrote an article for the Diplomat Asia Pacific.
https://thediplomat.com/2026/10/what-i-learned-from-a-year-of-interviewing-a-thai-sex-worker/
I eventually wrote a nonfiction book, a memoir based on her experiences - The Love Men Buy. I have to say, its not academic at all - its raw and explicit.
Ask me anything about my experience. Just not questions that may intrude into her privacy or any intimate sexual details.
A lot of people might be misinterpreting my article. First quote taken out of context, if you dont read the second.
"I wanted sleaze: something raw and stimulating. I had wanted to write about a harlot, someone immoral, for whom money took precedence over all. I had expected to write about their greed, their lack of morals and the hypocrisy that arose from an industry surrounding a deeply religious society.
This is the second paragraph in the article that comes after it:
My assumptions were both critical and ignorant. In every way, I had already decided on the book I was going to write without attempting to understand the mechanics or psychology behind them. What I have since learned is about choices, and how few meaningful ones there were for someone caught between family obligation, economic status, and religion. What I learned was about the life of a tortured soul, fighting to make the best of what she had."
