Is Shalla still writing Chick Lit?

Uh-uh, no, no, as you may notice, Shalla has switched to writing literary works.

(John Steinbeck, Milan Kundera, Kate Chopin, Toni Morrison, etc. are Shalla's favorite authors afterall.)

You know, Pulitzer Prize winners, Nobel Prize Laureates etc...

 

But, what's Chick Lit?

It's a hip women's lit and the fastest emerging literary and TV/film genre and Shalla de Guzman writes it--GIRL POWER!

Chick lit's everywhere. It's how urbanites speak, move and how the most stylish dresses and talks. It's fads, liposuction, nose jobs and boob jobs.

It's Sex and the City meets Will and Grace that stumble into Desperate Housewives and turns into The Apprentice, Michael Jackson's trial and Martha Stewart's stocks skyrocketing to the heavens.

Look for what's hip, who's in and what's hot. That's chick lit. Mix that in with an equal serving of multi-cultural stuff and you get my super duper multi-culti chick lit.

My Multi-culti Chick Lit:

Yeah, speaking Tagalog fluently really helps. Plus, having spent seven years of schooling there adds to my knowledge of the Philippine culture.

It's a beautiful culture, growing, changing, always evolving. I love being Filipino-American. And my novels comes from the heart. Funny, witty, insightful with endearing characters (even one's you'll love to hate).

Chick Lits in First Person-Present:

Kiss My Tiara : How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess
by Susan Jane Gilman. The Rules and backlash books like In Defense of Modesty. Designed to help women 18-35 catch a life, not a husband, it's funny and politically irreverent, with chapters such as "Nevermind a Penis, We'll Take a Paycheck" and "How to Deal with Lunatics, Perverts and Right-wing Republicans."

Bare Necessity by Carole Matthews "Have you ever seen one of those weepy films where the distraught and usually lovelorn heroin cries silently and beautifully, tears coursing down her perfect... "

Honey Moon by Susan Elizabeth Phillips "All that spring Honey prayed to Walt Disney... " Phillips's new novel, a psychology-driven tale of tortured yet shallow characters, can't touch her earlier, delightful Hot Shot.

Chick Lit Self-Help in First-Person, Present

The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics: A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind and a Fabulous Body
by Jessica Porter "In this chapter, we explore the first three laws of change... "

The Go-Girl Guide : Surviving Your 20s with Savvy, Soul, and Style
by Julia Bourland A woman's 20s are a roller coaster of highs and lows, unseen twists, and frustrating turns. Irreverent yet helpful and information, The Go-Girl Guide covers everything from dating to climbing the career ladder to dealing with a body that has packed on some pounds, exactly what girls just entering or already swimming in this brave new world need to know.

Books on Writing Kick-ass heroines:

The Action Heroine's Handbook
by Jennifer Worick, Joe Borgenicht, Jennifer Worick , Larry Jost (Illustrator) "AN ACTION HEROINE might, at first blush, look like an innocent ingenue, a damsel in distress, or a high-maintenance high-heeled diva..."

The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What You Want by Cameron Tuttle, Susannah Bettag (Illustrator) "Being a girl is your ice cream sundae-being a bad girl is the cherry on top..."

 

Stay tuned!

 

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