I love this thread. How kewl to hear other writers write about problems I just can't seem to solve. There are certain words I love to use -- I mean I literally get a good feeling using them, writing them, saying them. Cock is one of them, dick just doesn't quite cut it for me, member ... hmmm... nah not for me ... peckar? Heck yeah, if I'm using my Texan veranacular. In that case, I can use "cootchie" and have a ball. You gotta admit, a peckar and his cootchie fit together like a hand and glove. Ha.
But how many times can you use the word cock? Mr. Wilcox, you say you laugh at the use of the word steel, but I when I think about a cock being as hard and slick as steel, it's a turn on to me.
Vagina is my favorite word for vagina, but again how many times can I use it without wearing the reader out (well ... I guess I kinda wanna do that, don't I?). "Sex" is used in much of classical and some contemporary erotica. Pussy is hard for me but I occasionally use it (both literally and figuratively).
I liked "glistening cleft" the first time I used it, but as Gary mentioned, it makes me laugh now. Even though a nice slick cleft does glisten, darn it.
Using the right words when describing our bodies has been the hardest thing for me. One author advised "don't worry about the terminology, just tell the story". She sounded so convincing -- maybe saying cock & vagina over and over again is ok -- I've just been trained to think repetition isn't good. Maybe in this case is kewl -- even good.
What I do have fun with though, when I really let myself go, is describing the sex act itself. I can make myself horny as hell going wild with that.
Erotica can be so much fun.
~tyme~