A Chick Lit-erary Magazine for writers & readers of contemporary women's fiction.
In this premier Pumpkin Spice Chick Lit Issue you'll find:
Short Stories
Flash Fictions
Author Interview
Essay on Chick Lit
Book Review
How to Write Good Sex Scenes
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As I'm sitting here on my patio overlooking a busy city street in San Diego and sipping my usual morning coffee (alas, not pumpkin spice flavored!), somewhere out there in the world a reader just like you and me is opening up the first page of a brand new women's fiction novel. The reader discovers a smartly-written, witty story about a multi-dimensional female protagonist with something to say about society and how women navigate power structure within that society.
And yes. There may be something about shoes.
I'm talking specifically about a certain type of women's fiction called Chick Lit, a moniker argued over, disparaged, disavowed, and some would say outdated, passe, even disrespectful.
I argue it's time to reclaim the name and the genre.
There's nothing wrong with being a chick. A chick is cool. She's smart. She's sassy. She's brave. She knows the rules and doesn't mind breaking them on her way to smashing through that glass ceiling, too. And if "lit" means "literature" or "literary" then I'll proudly wear that badge, as well, or at least aspire to it.
But first, a little history.
Back in the 1990s, a literary war was waged over this type of fiction. Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary and Candace Bushnell's Sex in the City strutted onto the literary scene in high-heels and short skirts, selling millions of copies and generally disrupting popular fiction in the most delightful of ways. These books garnered positive reviews and comparisons to both Jane Austen and Edith Wharton. They were hailed as honest and insightful, modern novels of manners. So what went wrong?
