Questions, questions ...

[CaroleService]

Is 70,000 words enough for chicklit?

And does there HAVE to be romance?

(I'd be graeful for views ...)

'grateful', bah

Well, chicklit is a sub-genre of romance! I think 80-90,000 is what they're looking for, really.

rats, might have to crank up a love affair then, to fill my deficit if nothing else ...

What's the story about? What makes you sure it's chick lit? Which chick lit writers do you like?

School gate bitchery and one-upmanship.

School gate bitchery and one-upmanship It sounds like an AIBU thread. I'd definitely read that!

Me too! Have you read Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies, OP?

Nope, but I will ... Any others?

Heck of a title for a novel: 'AIBU?'

I wonder how fast the MNHQ legal team would move on that!

heh heh

You might get away with 'Am I unreasonable?' or 'Is she being unreasonable?'

Most debut novels are between 80k and 100k, so at the moment you're probably a bit light.

"Chick-lit" would generally imply it's about relationships, but I don't know if have to be romantic as such? If it's about school-gate bitchery and one-upmanship, I'd think more about dreadful dysfunctional marriages and joyless affairs. ;-)

Oh I have, Outrageous, I have ...

(Thanks, all, for the advice)

I think The Helicopter Mums would make a good title.

There has to be a romantic interest in chick lit:)

As for school gates - the urge to reply when someone ( yes, this really happened) snipes " you're looking very foxy, what are you doing today?" To look them up and down ( yeah, I wear raybans at drop off) and say " lunch with your husband, actually"

But I don't:) I smile nicely and say " it's nice to look nice"

You've got to be careful she wasn't just being nice, lavenderhoney!

I know, Imperial, it's just her tone of voice that makes me think she doesn't mean well!. But I err on the side of caution always:)