2005 was a very eventful year. To commemorate it, I've asked my celebrity friends to comment on what they consider the year's most important events: LINDSAY LOHAN: I know some people will say that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were the most important events in 2005, along with the war in Iraq. But I'm afraid they  Read more »

Reminder: There's an online chat at the Meg Cabot Book Club in 3 hours! Come chat about our book club pick of the month, HOLIDAY PRINCESS; read dishy behind-the-scenes stuff about my new releases; learn about your chances of winning an advanced reader copy of Princess Diaries 7; discuss how hurt and confused you feel  Read more »

It's the holidays again, which means a lot of authors are visiting with family members right now, many of whom may, while trying to be helpful, say the wrong thing, and hurt the author's feelings. So I think this is the perfect time for a refresher course in the Care and Feeding of Your Author.  Read more »

BUSTED! The guilty party was duly chastised, and the bird restored to her rightful place (on a higher branch). In other news, ONE DAY UNTIL SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT and AVALON HIGH OFFICIALLY GO ON SALE!!! Alert readers have already spotted copies in airports and bookstore shelves across the nation!!!! Some readers who managed  Read more »

It's happened again. MURDER AT CASA CABOT!!!! The victim this time:This innocent bird was found ripped from its perch! Oh the humanity! Here is the crime scene exactly the way we discovered it this morning. Nothing has been touched so that you can use your deductive reasoning to try to solve this senseless crime. It's  Read more »

Welcome to Megcabot.com! No, really, you're in the right place! The site just underwent a little makeover. Well, okay, a BIG MAKEOVER–the mother of all Extreme Homepage Makeovers. You would not believe what hard-working Colleen and her crew went through in order to get this site up and running in time for AVALON HIGH and  Read more »

Go here if you are feeling low on holiday cheer. Then click on TV ads, turn up your sound, and enjoy. Yes! Now you can download my favorite Christmas ad, called The Countdown! And yeah, okay, it's an ad. But it's so fun and pretty! And the song is so great (you can download it,  Read more »

I just had a holiday breakdown at the vet's office. I went in to get thyroid pills for Henrietta and the lady at the counter couldn't give me any because I was supposed to have brought Henrietta in for blood work after 30 days, and it's been 33 days. So, naturally, I BURST INTO TEARS  Read more »

I don't know what's happening to me. Last year at this time I was SO not in the holiday spirit. And this year, I've basically gone mental. I keep buying things like this…. Look what happened to my front porch. The hideous (and dusty) cherub wall sconce cannot escape my holiday decorating mania…. Even Mrs.  Read more »

But how good was the Chrismukkah Bar Mitz-vahkkah episode of THE OC last night? Just when I start to feel like bailing on that show, they pull out all the stops, and I'm hooked all over again. I mean, Michael Nouri as Summer's dad? We get to see what Jennifer Beals's love interest from FLASHDANCE  Read more »