2009 has been pretty successful for the site but we want to be the best chick lit review site ever and we’re always coming up with new ideas. Here are a few ideas we’ll be trying in 2010:
What It Takes To Become A Published Author
We’ll be posting 12 posts, one a month, from a fantastic top secret author on what it took to become a published author. I’ve read one of their pieces and it’s going to be a fab series. We’re also hoping to get some guest posts from other authors telling us how their books were made into books.
Interviews With Those Working In The Book Industry
One of my favourite ideas over the past month was to interview multiple publicists/editors/whoever for your reading pleasure so you can see just how much work goes into making a book publishable. We also plan to re-interview all of authors and catch up with them and see what’s happened in the last year.
Writing Competition
This new feature is pending people sending their writing in and if it was anything like our short story fiasco, I’ll be gutted. We want your stories - be it a chick lit book, a YA (young adult) book or a women’s fiction book, we want to read it. The book doesn’t have to be finished but it needs at least 5 chapters. We can’t promise a publishing deal but people working in fiction do visit our site so who knows what will happen? Send your works to our usual email address: [email protected]
Interview With The Editors
We’ll be looking for someone to interview us. Kind of turning the tables on us and have us answering your questions. If you’re interested in being Chloe and I’s interviewer, leave a comment!
Sophie Kinsella Week
In September we will have a week dedicated to the fantasticness that is Sophie Kinsella. Every single one of her books will be reviewed and we’ll (hopefully) be chatting to one of her biggest fans if she agrees. I’m hoping to also have a few surprises for that week also so stay tuned!
Ratings Change?
Currently we rate all our reviews between 1-5/5 but were thinking about changing our system to 1-10/10. It would take a while to re-think our previous ratings but it could easily be done. However - as always - we want to know what our readers think. So let us know your opinions and then Chloe and I will discuss the idea before deciding for sure!
Since November 2009
Roxy feels over-whelmed with being a mother for the first time. At the age of nearly 40, she feels a lot older than many of the mums she spots around the town, and isn’t taking to motherhood quite as easily as she would have hoped. Her daughter Joey is constantly being mistaken for a boy because of her short hair and she’s also getting too heavy for a 1 year old. 
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