What is "Vanilla" Literary Erotica?

There is a term I came across when I began to write Erotica.  "Vanilla" -- many people scoff at that term?  But the reality is that most people are "vanilla."

Anybody who isn't writing about things like whips and chains?

That's "Vanilla."

Is Erotica the same as a Romance Novel?

No!

The Erotica genre spans many types of things.

What I write is the way that heterosexuals make love.  I'm interested in exploring what happens between the characters in my books and all the sex scenes I write are "human."

Is it more taboo to write "Vanilla" sex?

Maybe.

Two of my favorite writers, D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce both wrote erotic novels.  Heterosexual novels.  They are considered classics, and at times they were banned.

These two books would be considered "Vanilla" Erotica. 

You will not find sex toys in my stories.  My stories are only about humans and how they touch each other. 

One of the reasons I'm writing in this genre is because these two writers are part of the canon I admire.

You will find my own short stories archived at The Erotica Readers and Writers Association in the web.
Today there was an article I spied in the Library Journal, which mentions the place I'm published above. 
Most of the literary writers I know?  Want to be archived in libraries next door to Lawrence and Joyce.

xxoo!

Valentine Bonnaire
valentinebonnaire.com

Heterotica ~ a definition

Heterotica is Literary Erotica for heterosexuals.  It's not clear when heterosexual got a bad name to me?  Anyway -- I write heterosexual erotica. 

As a writer I grew up on Erotica writers like D. H. Lawrence and Anais Nin.

Last night I spent some time in Wordnik defining what that is and actually making a term for Heterotica.  I believe as a writer you have to write what you know?

And I do.

The noms de plume I have used in this genre are Adrianna de la Rosa -- you can find my stories archived at Cleansheets.com and Valentine Bonnaire -- at both Cleansheets and The Erotica Readers and Writers Association.

So, what does heterosexual mean?  It means you like the opposite sex.  I'm a woman and I like men as sexual partners.  The same works vice-versa.  Men who like women like me.

You will not find pornographic images in my blog.  When you see art it will be classical like this image of Chagall's -- "The Lovers."  

Marc Chagall's "Lovers" 1956