The Top Six chick-lit cliches! and how "The Comedy Diva Diaries" toys with them

Here is a primer on the top six Chick-Lit cliches, for all the dudes - and dudettes - who have never read classic Chick Lit novels like "Bridget Jones Diary". And how the humour novel "The Comedy Diva Diaries" turns the genre on its ear.

1) Protagonist - She is young, single, adorkable, clumsy yet loveable! (Diva is pretty darn unlikeable, being so self-involved and deluded)

2) Glamorous Job - She always has an entry level job in a glamorous field like Fashion Magazines or Interior Design or Event Planning (what could be less glam than hanging out in grungy comedy clubs? or posing for pictures in a dumpster?)

3) Fabulous Friends - She is surrounded by gay men and gorgeous single female friends who adore her and will do anything for her! (Diva has no idea her friends barely tolerate her)

4) Bad Habit - She either eats too much junk food and is obsessed with dieting, or she spends too much money on clothes and ignores her credit card bills. See: "Shopaholic" series. (Okay. Diva does both, to the extreme)

5) The Enemy - might be the older female boss who keeps her downtrodden (see: "The Devil Wears Prada"); or a female colleague who uses her back-stabbing ways to get that promotion. (Although Diva is surrounded by many rivals in her mysogynistic world - she really is her own worst enemy)

6) Mr. Right vs Mr. Wrong - The entire plot revolves around romance: will she choose that Rich Snob, or will she finally realize the Boy Next Door is the true love of her life? (Diva has no time for romance and takes her BF for granted, because all she cares about is her so-called career...)

As she strives towards her one-year deadline to get famous, will Comedy Diva learn to be a (barf) better person? And more importantly - will her journey make you laugh really hard along the way?

find out! Available in paperback and e-book formats through most major book retailers.

www.comedydivadiaries.com