OK - where to submit my short story...?

[JayEss]

I've written a short story about a woman that realises she is not in love with her partner, and that the only thing they share are the meals they eat together... Well, it's a bit more serious than that, but food recipes is a theme throughout it and is what gives it some style.

It's supposed to be inspirational, so I was looking for places that are seeking the more serious side of "chick lit" (maybe I'm not sure if this even fits into the chick lit genre) but yeah: woman, unloved, inspired, self-love. Hopefully someone out there gets it!

Thanks in advance...

Jen.

[MacAllister]

Find a market that publishes fiction similar to yours. Contact 'em for guidelines, and you're off to the races. :)

It's going to depend a lot on your style and tone--how "literary" versus how mainstream, and so on.

[veinglory]

If you want to explore chick lit options there is a good forum of chicklit writers at romancedivas.com that might be able to help.

[JayEss]

Thanks for your comments!

[write4details]

Of no help to your marketing quesion, but I would recommend two stories to you. Como Agua Para Chocolate, a Mexican novel has recipes and similar themes to your own.
Tampopo is a wonderful Japanese film that takes some very wild tangents to deal with what is essentially a movie about the relationship between food and love.

[Jamesaritchie]

Of no help to your marketing quesion, but I would recommend two stories to you. Como Agua Para Chocolate, a Mexican novel has recipes and similar themes to your own.
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More commonly known, and most widely sold, in English as "Like Water For Chocolate."

It was also a pretty good movie.

[JayEss]

Thanks again... Geez, I totally forgot about that story - which is silly cause I have the book stashed somewhere and I have seen the film. Yikes.

[Tiger]

Loved "Tampopo", except for the parts that made me hungry for ramen. I wouldn't name the film's non-food theme, "love".<G>

The first scene in the movie, where the young man, "Gun", is reading a story about a master eating noodles seems an interesting study in food writing.

-T

[Mike Coombes]

Check www.ralan.com (http://www.ralan.com) or http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/ for markets.