Let's not all get carried away. Sure erotic writing can be poetic etc but in the end isn't its purpose to give you a hard on. And what's wrong with that?

OK, OK, here's a teaser...

The food was, as always delicious. The oysters were salty, like a mouthful of Atlantic ocean, but with a luscious consistency, slippery and soft, sliding down her throat smoothly, leaving a moist trail across her lips. Someone else engaged Matt in conversation, and she sat back in relief, hoping to avoid any more declarations. Still, she couldn’t help but recall the great sex they’d had – and remember that it was weeks since she’d had anything other than the handle of her hairbrush to keep her happy. Her libido was definitely stirred she realised. Damn! Those oysters really had been a mistake. Now she would be feeling horny all night...

Food and sex always seems to make a good combination.

Oh blimey. I think you'll find Mitzi's interview interesting then, cos she talks a lot about the difference between porn and erotica in writing specifically. It's impossible to avoid double entendres when writing about anything like this, so I'll say nowt and see how this thred progresses.

If you read Rpoets latest work
'park and ride'

this could be said to be erotic it contains no bad language no overt sex scenes in fact no mention overtly of anything to do with sex it demonstates very well though that ertoicism can be the clever use of every day expressions and circumstances presented in a way to provide a double entendre.

similarly a fully clothed women walking down the street can be erotic as presumably can a man but I never look at the men.

why is it assumed that erotica has to contain bad language and overt sex?

surely the best erotica succeeds without resorting to either of these.

isn't the best erotica in the eye of the beholder?

...and why is everyone attempting to make erotica so damn respectable. The whole point is that it's not. It's the language of the deep, the forbidden etc, etc,it's there to appeal to our base instincts. Good erotica touches the areas other writing dare not go. Good erotica is by its very nature pornographic. Don't make excuses for it.
Now look what you've done, I've come over all hot and sweaty...

oysters?

Yuck. What people find erotic about a mouthful of leathery salt-jelly I don't know.

I'm suddenly reminded of taking a gulp of water while scuba diving in Turkey.

Bleaurgh!!!

Just give the people what they want, hard core nudity (or at least the description), yes even the ones who try to pretend other wises, we know what they read!

Dirty buggers..............bring it'un

Check out the new interview with erotic novelist Mitzi Szereto

Instant kudos goes to Mitzi for use of the word "peon". Among the great words in the english language, right up there with "philistine" and "booboisie".

Excellent.

What on earth is a peon anyway? I was thinking flower (peony) or hymn of praise (paean) but nope, peon is beyond me.

By the way, it's posted, it's called Three's Company...

a peon is like, some lowly and common person. Someone utterly beneath you.

Stephanie,

I think there may be a problem in getting to Three's Company from the group work. I've tried a few times and 'Page Unavailable' came up, but managed to access it from your profile. This may explain why it hasn't had the attention we all expected.

Thanks Nell - there was indeed a problem - tis fixed now.