ASN: What is your definition of women’s fiction?
LM: To me, women’s fiction is all about the journey, either external or internal. Women have so many roles in their lives, so many challenges and choices, it seems like a constant act of reinvention. Women’s fiction captures that. It’s not necessarily about a happy ending (although I love it when there is one!) it’s about what happens along the way.
-from this interview with author Liz Michalski
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM CHICK LIT?
The difference between women’s fiction and chicklit.
DO WE REALLY NEED A SEPARATE GENRE CALLED WOMEN’S FICTION?
I don’t think genre is that useful really. I agree with this post, about seeing genre not in Boolean terms but as fuzzy logic. Originally, genre must have been invented to help audiences find their books, but is it possible that the over-genrefication of everything is stopping people from finding their favourite books?
Much Ado About Women’s Fiction from Women’s Fiction Writers
WTF Is Women’s Fiction? from Australian Women’s Writers Challenge
It’s time for an end to “women’s stories”: The never-ending parade of features about college hookup culture and other “women’s” topics is hurting everyone from Salon
