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	Chick Lit Writers of The World \|\| ChickLitWriters.com
		If you are a writer, reader, or fan of Chick Lit, we invite you to be a part of an active, fun, and educational online writers group.
		Members get access to an active message board, a critique service, a list of chick lit friendly agents and editors, a scholarship program, monthly newsletter, a members only area of the website, and other benefits.
		Chick Lit Writers of the World is chapter #204 of the Romance Writers of America¨
	www.chicklitwriters.com (294 words)

	Chick lit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Chick lit" is a term used to denote a genre of popular fiction written for and marketed to young women, especially single, working women in their twenties.
		Aside from its obvious source ("chick" is an American slang term for young woman and "lit" is short for "literature"), the term "chick-lit" includes a reference to Chiclets brand chewing gum.
		The term "chick lit" was in general use by 2000/2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chick_lit (549 words)

	ChickLitBooks.com..... Modern, fun & intelligent fiction for women
		That said, chick lit is a genre comprised of books that are mainly written by women for women.
		There is another reason people keep calling chick lit "fluffy books about marriage-obsessed women with a penchant for shoes." A lot of hard-cover chick lit is based on women with glamourous careers and in the fashion and magazine industry.
		Another aspect of chick lit bashing that I have had the misfortune of witnessing is mostly in regards to reviewers, reporters, and columnists.
	chicklitbooks.com /whatis.php (1258 words)

	Chick lit to chew on (Metro Times Detroit)
		The Chick Lit juggernaut of consumerist husband-hunting femme stereotypes is no less a pastiche (and in many ways no less a parody) of our culture's directives to women than, say, Tom Clancy or Dean Koontz novels are an identical war machine of the cultural directives aimed at men.
		For the workin'-girl twenty- and thirtysomethings that are the primary audience for Chick Lit, the resonance is deafening.
		I want to see Chick Lit women who are able to overcome (even briefly) their tendency to flail, women whose strength may be imperfect but is nonetheless evident.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=5418 (1362 words)

	The Chick Lit Controversy - Literary Fiction
		Chick Lit is after all one of the fasting growing genres and money makers.
		What Chick Lit is may vary depending on the fondness of the person doing the describing but basically it's a cutesy name for another division of women's (chicks) literature with a little more flair.
		Every Chick Lit story I've read also has a deeper motive driving the character, some secret from her past she still hasn't overcome (of course there are some that do not).
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art19534.asp (357 words)

	Women's Fiction Forecast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Despite periodic rants from literary critics that chick lit shouldn't be allowed in print and fearful speculation from chick-lit writers that the genre has peaked, this trendy offshoot of romance is alive and well and filling local bookstores with pink cover art.
		Chick lit is proving itself in the mystery corner of the genre universe, as well.
		Chick lit does have room for the skilled newcomer, and the offshoots are definitely in search of breakthrough novels.
	www.writersdigest.com /articles/hayden_chicklit.asp (1594 words)

	Chick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chick could also be a reference to one of the following:
		Chick appears in these other article titles, but would not by itself ever be a reference to these topics:
		Chick flick, slang for a movie made for, or appealing primarily to, women
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chick (159 words)

	Valley Advocate: Chick Lit--More Than Just Gum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But chick lit isn't exactly the new kid on the block--more like the one who got rid of her braces and started working out.
		At a chick lit author roundtable on www.authorsontheweb.com, Valerie Frankel, author of seven books and contributing writer to the New York Times, O, Self, Allure, Glamour and Parenting, says that Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was the first chick lit book she read.
		Murray began writing chick lit after attending a seminar on it, where, she realized she could write a better book than those she was reading.
	valleyadvocate.com /gbase/Lifestyle/content?oid=oid:126811 (1346 words)

	The Chick Lit Challenge (Promo) Anjula Razdan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But a lot of people are still worried about the influence of the popular genre of fiction known as "chick lit." You know, those ubiquitous novels with pastel-colored dust jackets bearing whimsically retro images of cocktail glasses, trendy purses, and spiky heels.
		Weinberg, who contends that early chick lit, like Bridget Jones's Diary, "navigated the perilous terrain of the modern woman's psyche with sassy aplomb," is not fond of the lesser books that chick lit's popularity has bred.
		Most chick lit isn't out to change the world anyway, only to reflect a part of it.
	www.utne.com /pub/2004_122/promo/11091-1.html (749 words)

	BookBlog: Chick Lit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Although serious writer Beryl Bainbridge (According to Queeney) called chick lit "a froth sort of thing," the genre continues to produce titles about young women working for or with ogres, getting support from their weird best friends, and overcoming romantic obstacles to finally end up with The Perfect Guy.
		Chick lit could also be described as "modern light romance," and a lot of women find the protagonists embarrassing because they represent, in a sense, anti-feminists (no wonder Rich is into Bridget Jones!).
		Chick Lit evens out things by taking away shelf space from all those books written by men for men and about men.
	www.bookblog.net /bbarchives/000240.html (1076 words)

	work in progress...: chick lit vs. lad lit...
		You're bang-on in the sense that "chick lit" has become any and all mainstream works of fiction (I purposefully did not say literature, well, because I think I might be turning into a snobby english grad student.
		My thoughts on chick lit are thus: some of it's really good like she Shopaholic series, but most of it is really, really bad because it panders to the shallowist part of every woman.
		I personally love most of the "chick lit" I love books in general.There is a huge difference within the genre.
	stillbaking.blogspot.com /2006/01/chick-lit-vs-lad-lit.html (1294 words)

	BookPage Fiction Review: Chick Lit
		Fans think chick lit follows in the footsteps of literary treasures by Jane Austen with its use of social satire and interest in the everyday lives of women.
		No discussion of chick lit would be complete without mentioning the long-awaited novel from the genre's biggest star—Bridget Jones's Diary author Helen Fielding.
		Yes, it's chick lit, but it's summer after all: the right time to spend an afternoon with this enjoyable and occasionally insightful book.
	www.bookpage.com /0407bp/fiction/chick_lit.html (737 words)

	Chick lit: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"Chick lit" is a slightly uncomplimentary term used to denote popular fiction written for and marketed to young women, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Post-feminism is an anti-essentialist philosophy, opposing simple binary oppositions such as man/woman in the hope of exploring or finding new subject positions...
		Beyond the obvious source of the term ("chick" being slang for a young woman), EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chick_lit.htm (631 words)

	Deanna Carlyle \| Chick Lit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Just like lipstick, tampons and pepper spray, having chick lit on hand can save your life, because no matter where you are, whether it’s in Sydney, San Francisco or on a Yorkshire farm, you need to be prepared for the good, the bad and the Ugg boots.
		Whatever we call her genre, and whatever her age, the chick lit heroine moves through a rite of passage in her life’s journey, from innocence to experience, illusion to disillusion, blindness to sight.
		CLW is the first official organization of chick lit writers, and I’m a founding member.
	www.deannacarlyle.com /chick-lit.html (1448 words)

	Chick Lit With A Conscience \| theledger.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Vanderbilt and Dayton joked that there should be chick lit for Christians like them, whose faith might be strong but whose single-girl imperfections loom just as large.
		And it was one of the first Christian chick lit books to ignite a hot market of similar big sellers.
		Books like "Emily Ever After," on the other hand, are thick with modern day chick lit dramas -dating perils, shoe yearnings, big city independence -- all recounted in a witty voice that makes the reader feel as if she's chatting with her best friend.
	theledger.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051119/NEWS/511190318/1021 (971 words)

	Beyond Bridget Jones - Salon
		At their best they do what so-called chick lit can do: open a window onto women's lives and propel uniquely female concerns to center stage.
		In these titles, we get glimpses of a posh set of Greenwich-style grandmothers, narcissistic neuroscientists, a professional woman with two husbands, and the mother of a teenage monster who holds herself (and is held) partially responsible for his horrific acts.
		The getting, having and grappling with children might end up making chick lit, as it is narrowly defined, defunct.
	dir.salon.com /story/books/review/2004/08/12/chick_lit/index.html (659 words)

	Chick Lit Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Chick Lit USA is your online store for Britain’s best-selling modern romance fiction.
		Chick Lit USA is your online store for Britain’s best-selling modern romance fiction, affectionately known as Chick Lit.
		Chick Lit USA does not sell used or antiquarian books.
	www.chicklit.us /home.htm (699 words)

	Female readers flock to Christian chick lit - Today - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Christian chick literature is a new genre of writing for and about single women in search of happiness and fulfillment in their lives.
		Chick lit is about young women but is for readers of all ages.
		Christian chick lit is a new brand of wholesome entertainment about modern life.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7273950 (560 words)

	Elizabeth Merrick :: This Is Not Chick Lit :: Girly
		Elizabeth Merrick :: This Is Not Chick Lit :: Girly
		— from Elizabeth Merrick's introduction to This Is Not Chick Lit
		Elizabeth Merrick is the Editor of the Random House anthology This Is Not Chick Lit, and author of Girly, a novel.
	www.elizabethmerrick.com (725 words)

	Books: Why I Heart Chick Lit (Seattle Weekly) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		What they're selling, of course, is "chick lit," which many trace to the 1996 publication of Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding's acerbic chronicle of the comic obsessions of a British career girl looking for lasting love and a smaller bum, not necessarily in that order.
		After surveying several recent titles (not the cream of the crop, not the Bushnell bottom of the barrel, either, but a current sample of the genre), I've come to a different conclusion: Chick lit should be respected not because it sells; rather, chick lit sells because it respects its readers and their ordinary lives.
		Anyone familiar with Jane Austen's oeuvre will immediately recognize in chick lit a kindred wit, the same obsession with choosing a mate, and a shared attention to the dailiness of women's lives.
	www.seattleweekly.com /arts/0343/031022_arts_books_chicklit.php (965 words)

	USATODAY.com - Publishers put their faith in churchified 'chick lit' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		While classic chick lit addresses single women's supposedly crushing issues — thigh circumference, man-trapping and how many glasses of wine one drank the night before — Christian chick lit includes more church singles' groups.
		According to fiction marketing director Sandy Muller, the first "chick lit goes to church" novel was Hula's prequel, Sisterchicks on the Loose, out in June.
		In addition to chick lit, publishers are releasing mom lit, Christian variations on the best-selling novel about motherhood clashing with career, I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2003-10-29-church-lit_x.htm (559 words)

	Elizabeth Merrick :: This Is Not Chick Lit :: Girly
		It's just that she wants to spread the word about what she calls 'a golden moment' for women writing serious literary fiction.
		This isn't chick lit, but maybe chick lit should aspire to be this good."
		One of the standout entries in the anthology This Is Not Chick Lit, currently a fast-selling "Breakout Book" at the retail behemoth, is "The Recipe," a story that exemplifies Tillman's brand of pensive, self-interrogating fiction."
	www.elizabethmerrick.com /media.html (861 words)

	Chick Lits - Literature for Women
		But seriously, when we strip away all the instinctive motives and literary politics and look at chick lit's basic structure, it comes down to what Robert McKee calls the education plot, or the maturation plot, or if you want to get academic, the Bildungsroman.
		Whether she's twenty, thirty, forty or more, the chick lit heroine goes through an age-old rite of passage into a new phase of adult female consciousness.
		This is chick lit in its ur-form, a female rite of passage.
	www.squidoo.com /chicklit (1123 words)

	Technorati Tag: chick lit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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	technorati.com /tag/chick+lit (393 words)

	USATODAY.com - Chick lit menu goes beyond standard fare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Their books focus on the heroine as her own entity — with or without her man. We look at which chick lit you might want to toss in your purse and which you might just want to toss.
		In what is certain to become a subset of chick lit, The Wife of Reilly by Jennifer Coburn (Kensington, $12.95) and Dress You Up in My Love by Diane Stingley (Downtown Press, $12) offer I Love Lucy-inspired plots.
		Note: If you're not sure you're reading chick lit, ask yourself if the heroine has a gay best friend, bluntly honest girlfriends and/or a mother that is the bane of her existence.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/reviews/2004-04-21-chick-lit_x.htm (790 words)

	Chick lit is the romance novel's newest home wrecker
		Chick lit is the romance novel's newest home wrecker
		Explosive growth in the market for women's fiction, particularly in newer genres like chick lit and women's thrillers, has been drawing readers away from traditional romance novels, those formulaic bodice-rippers stocked with hunky heroes and love-conquers-all endings.
		The unfortunately named genre of chick lit often employs characters that are as stock as those in traditional romance: single women in their 20s or 30s, usually in an unpromising job and with a litany of relationship problems.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/18/DDGRI899LA1.DTL#BTG (1524 words)

	Bookreporter.com - Feature - Chick Lit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Chick Lit focuses on twentysomething and thirtysomething women who are dealing with that time in life when a woman looks for the perfect guy, apartment, job or, yes, shoe.
		Along the way these women question everything from the way they were raised to the the quality of their lives.
		Do note that when the books focus on male characters, it's Lad Lit.
	www.bookreporter.com /features/chicklit.asp (82 words)

	Redeeming "Chick Lit" - Women
		So when Neta Jackson, author of best-selling The Yada Yada Prayer Group, a lighthearted Christian novel about a group of churchgoing women, discovered her book helped launch chick lit into the Christian market, she was surprised.
		What Neta—and her readers—discovered is that chick lit really is about women's hearts and the incredible friendships that can grow between them as they struggle with the ordinary issues in life—men, work, stress.
		The sense of fun that pervades Christian chick lit almost as much as its core of faith may allow this genre to do something few other books written for the Christian marketplace have done: cross over to the secular market.
	www.christianitytoday.com /tcw/2004/005/3.50.html (1648 words)

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