So much has been going on lately I hardly know where to begin. So to narrow things down (and keep this post under seven billion words), I’ll try sticking to book related news. Like: Did you know the Mediator series got optioned by FremantleMedia? You didn’t? That’s okay. I know you’ve been busy. If you  Read more »

1. I’m left handed. 2. In order to correct a speech impediment, I was taken out of class a few times a week during elementary school to visit a speech and hearing specialist (just like in the movie The King’s Speech. Except I was never in line to inherit a throne). When I’d come back  Read more »

Well, the Oscars are this weekend so I interviewed some of my characters to find out what their picks are for Best Movie of the Year. Their choices might surprise you … or not: Princess Mia Thermopolis, heroine of the The Princess Diaries series: It’s really hard to say which was my favorite movie this  Read more »

This isn’t the blog entry I was hoping to write to start off the new year, but life doesn’t always go the way we plan. As many of you have already learned via Twitter and Facebook, Lady Fussypants, also known as Henrietta, passed away peacefully in her cat bed two weeks ago. Cause of death:  Read more »

Best of 2012 I can’t believe the holiday season has already snuck up on us. I’m not prepared at all! Although it was nice to get that extra week in this year between Thanksgiving and the alleged Mayan Apocalypse, so at least I got to catch up on all the books I’m late turning in.*  Read more »