tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post7357642045869755163..comments2024-02-23T05:16:12.783-05:00Comments on VOICES FROM THE HEART: As a DoornailMona Riskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-50862041551523679022010-10-08T18:41:25.394-04:002010-10-08T18:41:25.394-04:00Hi, Mageela, thanks for mentioning my book, Nancy&...Hi, Mageela, thanks for mentioning my book, Nancy's Theory of Style. I wrote this under my pen-name Grace Coopersmith and blogged a lot about the supposed demise of chicklit. Bookstore marketing folks invented the term to sell books -- a good thing we can all agree. Unfortunately publishers jumped on the trend and flooded the market with badly written, unfunny nonsense about women obsessed with shoes. It's a pity because I love funny books by women.<br /><br />I posted the draft of Nancy's Theory of Style as a free read at Scribd. Anyone can download it to e-readers or computers. It's the unedited version, but quite amusing and I hope readers will want to buy the finished book.<br /><br />Please feel free to share with your friends:<br /><br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/37115908/Nancy-s-Theory-DraftMartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16853249783973964978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-22369197293383402832010-09-29T20:29:45.892-04:002010-09-29T20:29:45.892-04:00Markets are always evolving and what works today m...Markets are always evolving and what works today may not work tomorrow. I have never been a fan of chick-lit, but readers will always find a good, well-written story, no matter the genre.Josiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930730661273079224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-51403301954261741012010-09-29T17:29:37.420-04:002010-09-29T17:29:37.420-04:00I never was a fan of "chicklit", simply ...I never was a fan of "chicklit", simply because it seemed so empty. It talked the martinis, the shoes, and the clothes, with little substance in most case. I did love The Devil Wears Parda, because there is the substance and characters that were intelligent, fun, and layered. That is I think the death of the term or the genre as we knew it. The layering. I can survive if and be successful with intelligence and layering the characters so we can care more about them, than the shoes.Lee Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129905865561311106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-77824469033616004882010-09-29T15:54:15.402-04:002010-09-29T15:54:15.402-04:00Mageela, I have always disliked the term chicklit....Mageela, I have always disliked the term chicklit. Right up there with chick flick and female writer. As if being a chick or female is somehow less. I love the term romantic comedy. I loved Sophie Metropolis. To me that is a romantic comedy. It isn't about the shoes and the accessories, it is about an attitude towards life and sometimes you just have to laugh at life and at yourself.Jill Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754506629717417267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-81674061344590031962010-09-29T15:19:53.980-04:002010-09-29T15:19:53.980-04:00I don't read chick-lit, but hate to see genres...I don't read chick-lit, but hate to see genres leaving the market. Hoping you can continue to have plenty of them to read.Paisley Kirkpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401039126457210324noreply@blogger.com