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All I can say is I'm sick of smart-talking, butt-kicking pseudo-tough girls, be they P.I.s or cops or bounty hunters. I miss style and restraint. I miss subtlety. I miss romance and sophistication. Heck, I miss women in negligees tripping over confounded tree roots while pursued by a faceless menace over the moors. At least I can relate to that. (No, seriously.) I miss wit. By wit, I don't mean slapstick or smart-ass or whatever passes for wit now days. I miss sparkling repartee, but I'd settle for some really smart dialogue. But, as the man says, I digress... "Chick Fic" consists of my informal thoughts on some of my favorite women writers of the past. Some of these writers were girlhood favorites, some I discovered as an adult. I don't think any of them would be universally classified as "important" writers; they all penned "popular" fiction. I think that each, in her own way, demonstrates a skill-call it craftsmanship-which continues to entertain and instruct me. I hope someday someone will say as much about my own work. THE AMERICAN GIRL BOOK THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR: Mabel Seeley BACK IN BLACK: The Little Sisters LET'S GO SLEUTHING: Nancy Drew |
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