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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 5088845" data-attributes="member: 20187">I think there is some confusion over which genre you are targeting.Chick Lit is generally characterized by the tone of the writing. Very modern, first person, very breezy, somewhat sarcastic.  It's the kind of book where there's lots of eye rolling.  Also tends to have the protagonist often distracted by "trivial" things such as fashion or men's look.  It can be fantasy, for example, Mary Janice Davidson's [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Betsy-Vampire-Queen-MaryJanice-Davidson/dp/0739461397"]Betsy, Vampire Queen[/ame]. But it doesn't necessarily have to be.  I would say it's more a style of writing than an actual genre.Urban Fantasy, on the other hand, tends to be a bit more serious. It often features a female kick-ass protagonist.  But here it often depends more on the author and her world, just like Urban Fantasy written by men. Then there's Romance and all it's sub-genres.  I don't read a lot of Romance, but I like Regency's. These are novels set during 1800-1825, when Prince George was Regent for King George III.  They tend to feature English society with very rigid rules and rather outlandish customs, and the fun is seeing the protagonists negotiate their way around society's rules.Personally, I don't really understand what you are aiming for.  Would it be something like Guy Gavriel Kay's work (Fionavar, Tigana, etc)?  That generally fits the bill of Arthurian romance, but not so focused on on the trappings of the Romance genre.</blockquote>

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