Pornarific

I enjoy writing porn, I really do. I think that's probably pretty obvious to anyone reading my LJ these days.

Except sometimes I really dislike the words involved. Some of you have heard this complaint before.

I find the word "nipple" kind of ridiculous. It's the double-p in the middle. P's are funny letters. It's why you never use "underwear" in a joke when you can use "underpants".

And "hole" is just...inelegant. "But it's porn!" you say. "It's not meant to be elegant!" Well damn it, I don't care! It's a little frustrating to get knocked out of your writing-groove by it because you're not sure it fits with the way the rest of the sentence sounds.

Does that make me sound like a crazy person?

I mean, I don't find them objectionable in any way. And I obviously use both words. They're just a couple of words that take me out of whatever I'm writing while I'm writing it. I don't have that problem re-reading. Or reading other people's fic. Just writing.

Anyway, this post brought to you by the follow-up to Before the Night Is Through. I think this is one of those instances where, as ginnith tells me, I've drawn fic-writing boundaries and am now going to IGNORE THEM COMPLETELY. Boundaries? What boundaries?

OMG, do you know how much I love these days where I don't have to do ANYTHING? And I can work on fic as much or as little as I like without feeling guilty? A LOT. I LOVE THEM A LOT.