Stephanie Lessing on Writing, Publicity, and Chick Lit

Stephanie Lessing's book, She's Got Issues appeared this summer to great reviews (the New York Post described it as "A lively chick-lit exploration of modern social manners"); I recently had the opportunity to interview her via email. Her thoughts on writing and on being marketed as a chick lit author are illuminating, but what really caught my attention was her belief that writers must market themselves: "In-house publicity departments don’t have the time or the money (unless you’re famous) to spend on making your book a bestseller. It’s up to the author to go out there and make things happen, to get the word out and get the book noticed." For more of this, click through to the interview with Stephanie Lessing.