Anon, 33
Arden, Adriana, 23
Ashbless, Janine, 77–8
backstory, 77–9
bestiality, 15
Belle de Jour, 3
Blue, Cheyenne, 71–2
Bradean, Kathleen, 129–30
Brown, Tenille, 107–8
Bussel, Rachel Kramer, 94–5
Casanova, Jacques, 57–8
characters, 35–63
appropriate language, 7
conflicts, 43–7
describing, 47–63
desires, 38–43
names, 36–8
Clark, Megan, 72–3
cognitive dissonance, 45
consequences, 74
describing characters, 47–63
actions, 57–9
appearance, 49–53
speech, 53–7
thought, 59–63
description, 85–98
dialogue, 99–117
accents, 102–4
contractions, 105–8
erotic, 112
general, 111
on the page, 101–2
stress, 104–5
Doolittle, Ducky, 93–4
Edwards, Jeremy, 125–6
editing, 136–9
Ellis, Madelynne, 53–4
Ellis, Vicky, 118–19
Emerald, 47–8
fan fiction, 5
fetish, 129–31
Fifty Shades of Grey, 3, 4, 38, 66, 100, 119
first person perspective, 25, 26–8
flash fiction, 119
flirting, 113–17
Fox, Amanda, 18–19
Friday, Nancy, 3
gay erotica, 123–5
genre erotica, 4–5
Germain, Shanna, 91–2
Grace, K.D., 97
Green, Sacchi, 6
Grey, Valerie, 30
Hamilton, Laura, 108–9
Hartnett, A.M., 96
hook, 71–4
Houston, Michelle, 75
incest, 14
in medias res, 69–71
Jacob, Anneke, 13
Keck, Kevin, 14
Kent, Stan, 68–9
King, D.L., 92–3
kink, 129
language
for audience, 8
for author, 8
for character, 7
for story being told, 8
Leigh, Amber, 111–12
lesbian erotica, 123–5
Levy, Caralee, 89–90
Lister, Ashley, 17
literary erotica, 3–4
Little Snow-White, 24–5
Lloyd, Kristina, 73–4
Lundoff, Catherine, 131
Madden, Mathilde, 70–1
Marsden, Sommer, 41–3
Martin, Della, 102–3
Mason, Jude, 127–8
Masters, Gwen, 78–9
Miller, Rev Jen, 20–1
Moore, Madeline, 105–6
Morizawa, Julia, 86–7
multiple partners, 125
necrophilia, 15
non-consensual sex, 14
nudity, 52–3
paranormal erotica, 131–3
passage of time, 79–81
Perks, Marcelle, 58–9
Perks and Mullins, 69–70
personal fiction, 5
perspective, 25
Pita, Maria Isabel, 67–8
Pleasure Bound: Afloat, 33
plot, 64–84
beginning, 67–74
poetry, 118–19
point of view, 23–5
Portnoy, Suzanne, 36
Preston, John, 123
Pride and Prejudice, 66
publication, 135–42
Remittance Girl, 99
research, 16–22
Riley, Cole, 27–8
Roberta, Jean, 123–4
rude words, 7–9
rules of writing erotica, 13–22
Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von, 3, 36, 49, 53
Sade, Marquis de, 2–3, 32, 35, 38, 101
Sarai, Lisabet, 76–7
Scott, Elizabeth, 59–60
second person perspective, 25, 30–2
senses, 89
Shakespeare, William, 38, 95–6
Shaw, George Bernard, 16
Starr, Dorothy, 28
Steele, Anastasia, 38, 119, 120
Storey, Donna George, 90–1
supernatural erotica, 131–3
Szereto, Mitzi, 43–4
taboo subjects, 14–16
Tatchell, Peter, 124–5
The Happy Hooker, 3
third person perspective, 26, 28–30
Tyler, Alison, 26
underage sex, 14
unity
of action, 82–3
of place, 82
of time, 81–2
vanilla, 121–3
Woolf, Virginia, 11
Wright, Kristina, 112–13
Wuthering Heights, 66