I’m meeting Jennifer Weiner tonight at her Toronto signing. EEEEK! I’m meeting Jennifer Weiner, the queen of chick lit and women’s contemporary fiction! I’m going to bumble over my words because I have so much to tell her. I’m very confused as to what to thank her for most:
- For inspiring me to write.
- For championing women’s fiction and chick lit.
- For writing incredible books.
- For writing one of my favourite books, Good in Bed.
- How the first-ever review at my book blog, Novel Escapes, was Certain Girls five years ago last Friday.
- For the writing advice she gave in an interview when Certain Girls released about how quickly pop culture references become dated, and how readers like physical descriptions of characters.
- For the break up with a (not-so-lovely) boy after we fought when I’d purchased the hard cover copy of Good in Bed when I struggled to pay my rent at the time. It was the best “Book Investment” I ever made as I describe in THIS post.
- How a book of hers made it to my wedding with “the one.”
Do you think she’ll grant me that much time!? How I wish we could go out for a dinner. I have so much I need to tell her. #fangirl
Lydia Laceby 