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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5088358" data-attributes="member: 54707">What is Women's Literature, what does it mean to you, and what would you like to see it contain or cover?I've never much cared for Romance or writings specifically geared towards what might be called women's issues. I've got a wife, and daughters, and in some respects we have many things in common, and in other ways they have their female stuff and I have my male stuff. And those kinda things don't much intersect or intermix in most ways. Lara Croft is more my kinda woman when it comes to fictional matters. I've never really watched a soap opera in my life, and have no desire to ever start. If it's fiction I'd rather see Kirk in a fist fight for the hundredth time.But lately I've come to understand that there is a whole field of literature (or at least a commercial field of writings) called Chick Lit, or Female Literature, or Women's Literature. I have no real idea what it is about. I suspect it has a lot more of the romance and that kind of thing in it than the stuff I like to read which is mostly man stuff. But that's just really a suppose. Military, Detective, Westerns, Frontier, Action, Adventure, some fantasy and sci-fi. That's my bottle of beer. I'm just generalizing of course but for the most part I like stories where things blow up and mysteries get solved and people get shot and there is a good deal of danger and a real struggle to survive. I like big dogs and horses and guns and bears and dark forests and knife-fights and knights and monsters and naval battles and history and sneaking around where you're not supposed to be and manhunts and barely living through it. In one way or another I've lived many of these things and they feel natural and enjoyable to me. That's me and that's the way I like it. I'd generally call that man-stuff and stories about that kinda thing man writings. I'm mostly Hemingway and almost no Capote.But as I said, and maybe it's because of what I'm naturally like, I know next to nothing about Chick Lit. I'm hoping it's not just another term for feminists and political writings, as I got no real interest in that kinda thing, and I'm also hoping the category might be a good deal more expansive and less limited than just that. But that being as it is, if any of you guys or gals are familiar with Chick Lit or Women's writings then tell me what they are and suggest some good reading in the subject. I could Google this whole matter of course, but I'd rather see what real people have to say on the subject.I've been thinking lately about writing a Romance book targeted specifically at the female audience, but it wouldn't be like a kissy-kiss, long-haired, wind-blown ruined castle type of thing where the whole story is about love and sex. Or sex and love. Take your pick. The book I'm considering writing would be primarily a romance, but more like an Arthurian Romance. But before I got started fleshing out the basic idea I thought I'd investigate Chick Lit and see what it's about. I'm assuming it is generally writings of interest to women because otherwise why call it Chick Lit or Women's Literature. But I don't know any of the details and it occurred to me that one or more folks here would have some experience in the matter.Now over time I have come to like some women author's really well. As well as nearly any man I read. Some even better. Ladies like Rowling, and Susanna Clarke, and Cecelia Holland. 'Course I'd read what they wrote anyways cause they write the kind of things that strike my fancy. We have many common interests.But all that being said I'm really interested in exactly what is Women's Literature? Is it Chick Lit just because a woman writes it? Does it have to be about a certain type of subject matter? If so what is that subject matter? Anything else about the subject I should know? What are some good women's lit writers that maybe I should read?What does women's lit mean to you?If there are any females reading and ansering this thread then what would you like to see a book of women's lit contain? For instance if I wrote a book geared specifically towards a female audience then what would you like to ee it contain? What would interest you to read about as a female?I appreciate your advice, suggestions, and ideas.Personally I hope this thread does not devolve into a mere argument on feminism (as a political matter, you wanna discuss feminism as what interests a female, please enlighten me) or political matters or political correctness any of that crap. I'm not really interested in those subjects at all, they bore me brain dead. And that's not the point of this thread anyways. Even if the site allowed it I wouldn't have any interest in discussing those things. So personally I wanna steer clear of em.The point(s) of this thread is for me to get some idea of what Chick Lit is, what it's compose of, who reads it, who I maybe should read that writes it, and what you as a woman or a girl would like to see such literature cover as subject matter? What as a female wants to make you read a book or a story?Course men can answer too, especially if you know anything about or have experience with the subject. But primarily I'm interested in the opinion of the ladies on this one fellas. Leastways, first and foremost.So if you got anything for me to consider then I'll certainly listen.And thanks in advance for the help...</blockquote>

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