Tcha
So Princess Diaries Volume 5, Princess in Pink, is out in paperback today, along with Princess Diaries Volume 6, Princess in Training, in hardback, and everyone wants to know: What does TCHA mean? The answer is: Tcha means Yes, as in “tcha = Yeah. Popularized by Mike Myers in the “Wayne's World” movies. Example: Q: […]
PRINCESS DIARIES 6, IN US STORES MARCH 29
Hey. Hope you can put down the candy-coated malted milk ball eggs (oh, yes. I couldn't resist buying a bag, either, just like you) long enough to join me for another live online chat Monday, March 28, at 7PM, on the latest book of the month, one of my all time favorite YAs, HEAVEN TO […]
THIS JUST IN!!!! THIS JUST IN!!!! THIS JUST IN!!!!
Meg Cabot to Play Fairy GodmotherFor A Cinderella Affair While touring to promote Princess Diaries VI: Princess in Training in April, Meg Cabot has decided to add some sequins and taffeta to her book signings: she's asking her fans to bring a gently used prom dress to the bookstore for donation to A Cinderella Affair. […]
SPRING BREAK SHARK ATTACK
It is Spring Break here in the Keys. What does that mean to me? Long lines at Diner Shores, my favorite breakfast spot, for one thing. Also girls who walk in groups of six side-by-side across the bike path—MY bike path—to the beach, and no matter how many times I ring my bell or yell […]
Housekeeping
I like to keep things tidy, so today is a blog housekeeping day. The following things are on the tidy-up agenda: * Ice Princess: Did you see it yet? Well, you should. And, okay, it is not exactly the way I wrote the original screenplay (there are some minor differences).But a lot of it is […]
Trouble in Parisdise
So I had a nice weekend visit with my mom in Maryland. Her boyfriend, my former teacher (yes, just like Mia and Mr. Gianini, only “The Princess Diaries” is of course a work of fiction and any resemblance between Mr. Gianini and my mother's boyfriend is purely coincidental, as anyone who knows him is fully […]
You know you’ve made it when….
…you've been spoofed by Nickelodeon magazine:
AUNTIE MEG
I just spent the day with three boys under the age of five. When I say my day, I mean my ENTIRE DAY, from when I woke (at the unheard of—to me, anyway, unless I have to catch a plane–hour of seven am) to their plaintive cries of “More Cheerios, Mommy!” until now, just slightly […]
CEER
So I was watching some news show the other day (while I put stamps on the 100 copies of the Princess Diaries engagement calendars the Meg Cabot Book Club gave away last month, and no, in fact, I don't have an assistant here in Key West to do these kinds of things, and yes, in […]
Paris—No, not the city, silly!
Oh no! A bunch of my private correspondence with Paris Hilton got posted all over the Net because someone hacked into her Blackberry! I am so embarrassed! But since you're just going to read it about it, elsewhere, I figured I better post our REAL emails here, in case someone, you know, tries to doctor […]