Laura Castoro

I just read an article in the May issue of The Writer by Laura Castoro entitled "Chick lit grows up." I met Laura last year at the Arkansas Writers Conference and look forward to seeing her there again this year. The article made several interesting points about the current wave of "chick lit," but the one that reached me was that the heroines no longer have to be 20-something, or even 30-something. As a 50-something woman I can appreciate a mature heroine (or even a secondary character). The world is not all 28-year-olds with perfect bodies and unlimited resources, as so many popular novels/stories would have you think.

Kudos, Laura, for telling it like it is!