With
over 10,000 entries and more than 1,800 examples of words in ‘real-world’
context, ‘The Erotic Writer’s Thesaurus’
is the most thorough, in-depth, serious reference of its kind. Besides all the
expected “obvious” words—with long lists of creative substitutes—users will
also find entries representing a wide range of gesture and emotion, words to establish
erotic context and setting including common expressions, expletives, “swear words”
and insults with “clean” alternatives, plus many antiquated or obsolete
words and phrases of value to writers of
erotic historical narrative.
The Erotic Writer’s
Thesaurus differs from “traditional” reference books of this
type in two significant ways. In most thesauruses, word lists are arranged
hierarchically, that is, synonym lists will first show the nearest alternatives
to the entry (headword) followed by more remotely-related words, all regardless
of alphabetization. In almost all earlier thesauruses, headwords were arranged
so as to reflect an editor’s judgment about which forms of a word were most
common or useful, thus, a word like “exact” might be presented first as an
adjective, and then as a verb, while in the same book,“advance” might be
presented first as a noun, than as a verb, and then in its adjectival form
“advanced”. All synonym lists in the EWT
are arranged in strict alphabetical order. Where a word may belong to several
parts of speech, those variants are always presented in the same order: verb,
noun, adjective, adverb or preposition. Some words or phrases also function as
intensifiers, interjections, or
colloquial expressions, and these functions are indicated as appropriate. There
are some words that defy synonymization, and so, occasionally, ‘The Erotic Writer’s Thesaurus’ also
functions as a dictionary, offering brief definitions, which may be used as a
starting point for more in-dpeth research.
Praise for The Erotic Writer’s Thesaurus:
Believe me, if you
write erotica or hot romance, you need this book
Janine Ashbless, author of ‘Named and Shamed’
Aside from its obvious utility, the
tremendous fun of this thesaurus is in simply browsing its
thoroughness: who knew the Yiddish word for buxom? That one of the many terms
for having sex is “playing the blanket hornpipe”? So many possibilities...
LN Bey, author of ‘Blue’
A
landmark work, this is the last word—or rather the last 10,000 words!—in erotic
vocabulary reference books
Jeremy Edwards, author of ‘The Pleasure Dial’
…an amazing achievement…‘The Erotic Writer’s Thesaurus’ is a major
work of reference that also manages to be highly entertaining… It’s an aid to
reading as well as writing; if you come across a term that puzzles you, just
look it up here. And for we writers, whether or not we write erotica, chances
are we can do it even better with the help of Terrance Aldon Shaw’s book.
Sacchi Green, editor of the ‘Best Lesbian Erotica’ series
Every writer should have a copy of The Erotic Writer's Thesaurus on his or
her virtual desktop. Not just for the writer of erotica; if sex or the erotic
enters your work in any fashion, you will find this reference invaluable and
just plain fascinating.
D. L. King, editor of
‘The Harder She Comes: Butch/Femme
Erotica’
A truly invaluable resource, and an incredibly
useful tool for my writing. I genuinely believe that this will be one of the
most useful titles an aspiring erotic fiction author can purchase
Ashley Lister, author
of ‘How to Write Erotic Fiction and Sex
Scenes’
At last! The thesaurus I've been waiting for! Not only a definitive
guide to word usage for authors of erotic fiction, but easy to navigate and
brimming with inspiration for making more adventurous vocabulary choices. A
must-have for veterans and new writers alike. I've no doubt that this has been
a labour of love in its creation; a labour for which I'm hugely grateful.
Emmanuelle de Maupassant, author of ‘The
Gentlemen’s Club’
With the American public’s appetite for erotica
on the rise, Terrance Aldon Shaw’s The Erotic Writer’s Theraurus gives
writers the language and creativity to publish successfully. Erotica involves
risk, challenge, and non-conformity. “One’s destination is never a place but
rather a new way of looking at things,” Henry Miller once wrote in Big Sur. This
book allows authors to conjure words, to transform them into something powerful
and magical. It should definitely be included on the reference shelf of any writer
of erotica serious about their craft.”
Cole Riley, author of ‘Making
the Hookup: Edgy Sex with Soul’
editor of ‘Too Much Boogie: Erotic Remixes of Dirty Blues’
editor of ‘Too Much Boogie: Erotic Remixes of Dirty Blues’
(Making The Hookup,
Too
A delight for all lovers of words and a
must-have for smart erotica writers in search of the mot juste.
Donna George Storey,
author of ‘Amorous Woman’
The Erotic Writer's Thesaurus (Amazon.com)
(also available in the UK, here)
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