This Week in Chick Lit
~ By Melina Kantor Happy Friday, chick lit fans! Hope you’re all staying warm. Looking for something to read this weekend? Here are some wonderful blog posts I came across this week. Enjoy! Romance at Random had this post on reading goals for 2012. What are your reading goals? Heroes and Heartbreakers had this post […]
This Week in Chick Lit
~ By Melina Kantor Hello Fellow Chick Lit Fans, How’s your week been? Any writing successes or book recommendations to share? If so, leave us a comment. Chick Lit News: Vintage chick lit? Hmm. Blog Posts of Interest: Eileen Rendahl wrote this wonderful post about what NOT to say to a writer. Amen! Then there […]
Writing Goals for 2012
~ By Melina Kantor Hello Chick Lit Fans! Happy Friday. And more importantly, Happy 2012! We here at the blog hope you got some rest over the holidays and have started off the year with lots of energy to read and write. Speaking of energy to write. . . Any of you have writing goals? […]
Happy Holidays!
~ By Melina Kantor Hello Chick Lit Fans! We here at the blog wanted to take a moment to wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season. We hope your year has been filled with wonderful books (both read and written), and that 2012 will bring great things. We’ll be back on 1/4/12 with […]
This Week in Chick Lit
~ By Melina Kantor Hello There Chick Lit Fans! Hope you’re managing to stay warm. I, for one, am planning a weekend full of tea, hot chocolate, and books. Maybe even a little writing. But first, it’s time to catch up on what’s been happing in the world of our favorite genre. News: This Huffington […]
This Week in Chick Lit
~ By Melina Kantor Hello Chick Lit Fans! Happy December! Especially to those of you who participated in NaNoWriMo. Congratulations to all of you. Here’s hoping that December is full of wonderful naps and fun movies. One thing I’m always pondering after NaNo (besides the fact that my apartment is a mess but I’m too exhausted […]
Friday Writing Inspiration
~ By Melina Kantor So it’s just about Week 3 of NaNoWriMo. Anyone else feel like this? Anyway, I came across this NaNo pep talk, and even if you’re not doing NaNo, it’s good inspiration: One more thought: “Be like Mae West, brash and bold and brave.” ~ Anne Stuart Have a great weekend. Write on, […]
Live From a Write-In!
~ By Melina Kantor On Sunday, I went to a fabulous NaNoWriMo write-in, and, just for fun, asked fellow Wrimos to share some of their thoughts about NaNoWriMo. * * * I want to see if I’m capable of writing 50,000 words. And even if I’m not, whatever I write this month is more […]
This Week in Chick Lit
~ By Melina Kantor Well, dear Chick Lit Fans, what can I say. This hasn’t exactly been a drama free week. Have you heard the complaints about a certain author’s lack of complaints? Yes, I’m talking about Jennifer Weiner. Check this out: Yeah. . . (Thank you to lovely chapter member Kwana Jackson […]
This Week in Chick Lit
~ By Melina Kantor Hello Chick Lit Fans, and TGIF! What a week it’s been. Storms, Halloween, and of course, NaNoWriMo. Here are a few chick lit related stories that caught my eye this week: 1. Some people have been striving to redefine “chick lit” for a long time now. But chick lit written by […]
Friday Writing Prompt
~ By Melina Kantor Hi Everybody! Happy Friday. I thought we’d change things up this week with a writing prompt. As I mentioned, Missed Connections, by Sophie Blackall, is a wonderful source of writing inspiration. So, I went to Craigslist and chose an actual missed connection (a woman looking for a man) to use as a […]
NaNoWriMo Tips, Tools, and Support
~ By Melina Kantor Well. It’s October 19th. My guess is that for a vast majority of people in this world, today’s date, 12 days before November, isn’t a cause for panic, or mad dashes to the store to stockpile coffee. Unless of course, you’re a Wrimo, in which case my reminding you that there […]
