Puerto Rico Signing

Hey all you residents of Puerto Rico who keep asking why I've never had a book signing there… Book signing in Puerto Rico! Be there or be square! Wednesday, November 86PM-7:30PMBordersPlaza las Americas525 F.D. Roosevelt Ave. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918 I'll be there. How about you? In other news…the antibiotics didn't work. I am […]

PET PARADE

Nobody does Halloween quite like Key West, Florida…. (…or Key Weird as it turns into this time of year). And I'm not talking about its annual Fantasyfest celebration, which will be going on this weekend. No, I'm talking about my favorite local tradition, the… Pet Parade! This year, I went armed with a digital camera, […]

Why I Don’t Outline

There is a war going on, people. It may not have affected you yet, but it exists. It's a battle between two factions of people, some of whom feel strongly that their belief is the only correct one, whereas the rest of us…well, we feel we should have the right to choose. Have you guessed […]

The Sickies

It's time to give thanks where thanks is due: I'd like to present the first annual Sickie Awards to the following people who came to my aid during my bout with strep throat. In case you're wondering, Sickies are like The Poundies, the awards I gave out after I discovered I'd gained twelve pounds in […]

SIZE 14 IS NOT FAT EITHER excerpt

Because I'm still too under the weather to blog (but getting a little better every day)… I am posting this excerpt from Chapter Four of SIZE 14 IS NOT FAT EITHER, in lieu of an entry today. Enjoy! It's the first day of spring semester at New York College, and assistant dorm director Heather Wells […]

SICK DAY

Driving lessons are cancelled for the time being: I have strep throat. I've been prescribed bedrest, Zithromax, codeine cough syrup, and as many JUDGING AMY reruns as I can find. I think my feelings about this would best be summed up by the epitaph on this tomb in the Key West Cemetery: More later, when […]

VITAMIN TV

Okay, who gave me the chest cold? Well, whatever. At least now I have an excuse to quit studying for my learner's permit and stay in bed all week, absorbing Vitamin TV. In between hacking my lungs out, I mean. I thought I'd be able to watch all those shows I missed while I was […]

Coming Soon and In Stores Now

It's been a while since I gave any updates on what's new around here, writing-wise, so here goes: COMING SOON:Did I mention I have a short story (well, a novella, really) coming out in an anthology Harper Teen is doing called PROM NIGHTS FROM HELL? Well, I do. This book will be out in April […]

Practice Test

Okay, maybe it's just me, but considering all of the really bad drivers on the roads, I always thought it must be pretty easy to get a driver's license. In Indiana when I first applied for (and received) my learner's permit (and okay, that was seventeen years ago, but whatever), the test seemed reasonably fair. […]

VROOOM

CHAT!!!! On Sunday, October 8, at 2PM, Eastern Standard Time, I will be chatting with author Rachel Vail about her new book, YOU, MAYBE right here at the Meg Cabot Book Club! Be sure to join us! You don't even have to have read the book to come—anyone with questions about writing, other books of […]