tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post5755713816078402358..comments2023-10-22T05:12:28.626-07:00Comments on Apprentice Writer: CHICKLIT: MISSING PERSONS REPORTM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07498466631016466048noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-4233977262249340762009-03-29T21:07:00.000-07:002009-03-29T21:07:00.000-07:00@ Ms. Mullany - well, my definition of established...@ Ms. Mullany - well, my definition of established would be: published more than once, with further titles pending. So, yes. Though I do find the maze image evocative.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07498466631016466048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-38918941504159787472009-03-29T17:11:00.000-07:002009-03-29T17:11:00.000-07:00I must say it's comforting to hear that an author ...<I>I must say it's comforting to hear that an author established in the biz can still it impenetrable at times.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm established?!! I'd say it's rather like a maze--the longer you're in it, the more confusing it becomes.Janet Mullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04535985283731981850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-36380161566574180262009-03-28T20:02:00.000-07:002009-03-28T20:02:00.000-07:00it's Twiga from bookaddict4life, come for a visit!...it's Twiga from bookaddict4life, come for a visit! Welcome.<BR/><BR/>I think maybe it what you say is true, the that points to another migration route of 'classic' chicklit - away from standard big city single girl type stories, and closer to inspirational type ones.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07498466631016466048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-76596738399764315372009-03-28T09:02:00.000-07:002009-03-28T09:02:00.000-07:00Funny - I hadn't heard that chick lit was dead. Ma...Funny - I hadn't heard that chick lit was dead. Maybe it's being called by different names now? There seem to be a subgenre of chick lit type books in Christian fiction which is more what I read these days. I don't know if it's officially dead yet as there seem to be a plethora of readers out there that still like to read it. Maybe we're just not buying enough of them for publishers to take notice.twiga92https://www.blogger.com/profile/16751327144782362475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-44074252788068999732009-03-28T05:18:00.000-07:002009-03-28T05:18:00.000-07:00M - I've got an award with your name on it...drop ...M - I've got an award with your name on it...drop on by.Julia Phillips Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392455413201190775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-71195439084270495382009-03-27T16:28:00.000-07:002009-03-27T16:28:00.000-07:00Julia - I know! I wonder if I should name authors'...Julia - I know! I wonder if I should name authors' most recent titles more often! Very cool.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07498466631016466048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-42949955159903040772009-03-27T15:45:00.000-07:002009-03-27T15:45:00.000-07:00Hey, AW - what's going on? Is there an industry co...Hey, AW - what's going on? Is there an industry cocktail party hiding out here somewhere? ;-)Julia Phillips Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392455413201190775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-78830248531227533362009-03-27T09:34:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:34:00.000-07:00Be still my heart, part II. Ms. Alysa Day (parano...Be still my heart, part II. Ms. Alysa Day (paranormal incarnation) aka Alesia Holliday (chicklit incarnation), the author of the very funny 'American Idle' has come for a visit. Welcome.<BR/><BR/>Let me first apologize for apparently misspelling your name, and then ask if you'd share when exactly that doomladen Day was? Did that panel of experts give any further idea about reasons or resurrection?M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07498466631016466048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-45541514071176395112009-03-27T09:31:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:31:00.000-07:00Be still my heart. Ms. Janet Mullany, author of t...Be still my heart. Ms. Janet Mullany, author of the very funny (and beautifully covered) 'The Rules of Gentility' has arrived for a visit! Welcome.<BR/><BR/>I must say it's comforting to hear that an author established in the biz can still it impenetrable at times. Makes a soon-to-start-submitting, starry-eyed newbie like me feel less doltish.<BR/><BR/>I am looking forward to AMLC, not least because of the pretty cover.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07498466631016466048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-86971609316439424482009-03-27T08:59:00.000-07:002009-03-27T08:59:00.000-07:00Interesting blog. I was in New York last week and...Interesting blog. I was in New York last week and a panel of publishing professionals said that they could all point to The Day that Chicklit Died. It wasn't all that funny to me, since I was one of the ones watching my career crash down around my ears!! But my motto in publishing is Adapt or Die, so I took a long-held love of mythology and Atlantis and ran with it. I sure miss reading the best of those chicklit books thought - they added a great deal of laughter and fun to my life.<BR/>hugs,<BR/>Alesia Holliday aka Alyssa DayAlyssa Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918925053126161848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812297326740243052.post-28327523395107017842009-03-27T08:06:00.000-07:002009-03-27T08:06:00.000-07:00Thanks for mentioning A Most Lamentable Comedy!I'v...Thanks for mentioning A Most Lamentable Comedy!<BR/><BR/>I've always wondered about the chicklit label myself. I adopted the term Regency chicklit for my books because explaining to a potential editor/agent that I wrote funny historicals written in (two) first persons, present tense, with the occasional fart joke, was opening up all sorts of opportunities for them to say NO! and run. Using the chicklit label implies a sort of light, breezy, humorous approach.<BR/><BR/>That said, I'm published by Little Black Dress (UK) a line that is all about voice (altho my first of the subgenre, The Rules of Gentility, was published first in the US by HarperCollins). I also think that UK publishers are far less concerned about pinning a book down to a subgenre, and I'd say that's all about marketing and audience and business models and other stuff outside my comprehension.<BR/><BR/>So, tastes change. Writers adapt. It's the way of publishing.Janet Mullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04535985283731981850noreply@blogger.com