Quote Originally Posted by Euryleia View Post
While I understand where you are coming from, be careful about limiting your descriptions to just your non-white characters. If you only provide details about those who are different, it can serve to jar the reader out of the story and for them to question your motives. It happened to me and its a tough charge to refute. I learned the hard way that being a pornographer is one thing; its entirely another to be considered a racist.
Sorry, I guess I did a poor job of making my point. I agree with YOURS completely. I will use broad outlines indicating blonde, blue-eyed, medium height man. I just generally don't go into the rippling muscles, bronzed skin, bulging crotch variety of description.

And, even so, I'll admit there is a place for such detailed description. I just subscribe to the theory that the most erotic organ in the body is the brain, and I try to limit it as little as possible.