Hello. I was deep in the throes of writing my next novel–which I'm not telling ANYONE about, not even my nearest and dearest, except that it's not a sequel to anything–when suddenly it occurred to me: I have a book out today. Well, not really a book. It's an engagement calendar. A totally cute one.  Read more »

Oh my gosh! You all are so worried about my cat! I didn't mean to alarm you with that photo I posted. I know she looked stressed, but wouldn't you be if you were on a pink leash in an airport? Anyway, to soothe the worries of those of you who wrote to me expressing  Read more »

So since I haven't posted in a while I thought I would take this opportunity to expound on the meaning of life for a minute or so. I hope you don't mind. I just realized I never told you guys what it is (at least, I don't think so) and I thought you might be  Read more »

So it's summertime, and you know what that means: yes, re-runs. And not just on TV, but, it turns out, online as well! Because I'm swamped finishing up All American Girl 2, I've decided to re-run a few of my more popular (or not so popular) blog entries. So here, in its all its glory,  Read more »

So I've been back in Florida the past few days, after an extended stay in New York and a weekend in Chicago, and I'm sorry to have to tell you that Mary, our resident ghost, is back. I say back because she last put in an appearance several months ago, then disappeared, and I actually  Read more »

So I just got back from Chicago, where I was attending Book Expo America. Book Expo America (or BEA) is this giant book conference for independent booksellers, and the publishers send their authors there to mingle and give away free advanced reader copies of their books. So people go around with these wheelie suitcases from  Read more »

Hey! So I'm hoping by now all of you have had a chance to look at my new online reading room club at www.megcabotbookclub.com!. At last count, we had something like 750 registered users, which is, um, pretty good, considering the site only went live on Friday morning. I'm glad there's been such a positive  Read more »