I’m on Jezebel! I never thought it would happen, but I’m on one of my favorite fashion/gossip/feminism (and also, on Fridays, YA lit) sites, Jezebel. I guess I’m not the only one feeling a lot of John Hughes nostalgia these days. The fuss is all about this: Although truthfully my favorite John Hughes movie was  Read more »

I am writing this from Minnesota where I just gave a speech to like 400 fantastic, enthusiastic, hilarious librarians. Go librarians!!! If you haven’t done so already, hug your librarian today. I’m giving another speech tonight at the Hennepin County Library in Minnetonka. It is true what they say about Minnesota…cold country–but very warm hearts!  Read more »

So, guess what? If you’d like a FREE, ADVANCED READER COPY of my new May release, AIRHEAD, all you have to do is email your name and home mailing address to thisispoint@scholastic.com, and you’ll be eligible to win! It’s first come, first serve, but there are 200 copies to give away! Quite good odds, if  Read more »

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I am especially qualified to wish this to you, being half Irish. Well, at least a quarter. Erin go bragh! This weekend was very hard on everyone. Clearly, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you must not own a TV, or if you do, you probably didn’t turn  Read more »

Quick update: It’s official….There will be two more Heather Wells books! No titles to announce yet for the new books. The books themselves won’t be out until next year. The fourth one will take up soon after Big Boned (Size Doesn’t Matter in the UK) left off. It will probably take place over summer break  Read more »

I know this is supposed to be a journal about my most private thoughts but it’s not really, because if it were no one would speak to me ever again, especially vis-à-vis my views re: baby showers, which match this girl’s completely–minus the sports part (I can’t even get my cell phone to show me  Read more »

I could not be more bummed about Patrick Swayze and his cancer. However, at least according to his publicist, he may be around a bit longer than the National Enquirer would have us believe. In other Hollywood-related news, thanks to all your hard work, Friday Night Lights is saved (Eonline quotes the network higher ups  Read more »

It’s a new month, and you know what that means…. A Meg Cabot novel! Ha, I’m kidding. I’m not that quite prolific. This month Avon’s put out a trade paperback edition of an oldie but a goodie of mine, She Went All the Way — This was actually my first ever contemporary romance! Now it’s  Read more »