How could I not link this article from NPR, with such an awesome headline (title of this post)?!? I would be thrilled to have any of the books I’m working on (three different series for adults, in addition to the YA stuff) be considered ‘Chick Lit’…so that I would be at the level to argue about it and people would care 
…but what a frustrating term (oh, see, I’m arguing it now anyway). The implication being that women writers write only for women while men write for everyone, and that by the way, the books women read/write/are interested in are sub-par. I think maybe it’s just the idea that masculine stuff is standard and “feminine” stuff is below standard that makes me uncomfortable. I’m already getting a taste of this with the Petalwink series…when we have ample proof that boys (who, as I’ve pointed out in previous posts, don’t “know better,” ie, their parents haven’t told them they shouldn’t like Petalwink because it’s a concept only for girls) LOVE Petalwink. Just some interesting stuff to consider as books, publishing, and reading are taking on whole new, exciting dimensions! What a fabulous time to be a reader and a writer–male or female!
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