Happy Galentine’s/Valentine’s Day! Look Up Edition
I don’t know about you, but last year had so many ups and downs, I thought I was on a roller coaster. Some of those downs included: Heart valve surgery. Canceling book tour/events (due to heart valve surgery). Elderly family members getting sick. Two books due (that I still haven’t finished yet due to all […]
Holiday Giving
I had the best time at the Miami Book Fair! Thanks to everyone who joined me there, especially ALI HAZELWOOD, who I was thrilled to meet. She’s as funny and smart and good-hearted as her books! (Thank you to Michael Blades for the photo.) If you weren’t able to make it to the fair this […]
Miami Book Fair
Join me at the Miami Book Fair! I’m doing TWO WHOLE PUBLIC EVENTS! (Less than six months out from heart valve surgery, two events in two days is a LOT for me! But I love the Miami Book Fair, and books and libraries in Florida are under attack! So I couldn’t miss the MBF. I […]
Thank You
Thank you so much to everyone who helped make the launch of Enchanted to Meet You such a success! You’ve all kept the staff at Books and Books in Key West busy with signed/personalized orders. I love that so many of you are supporting indies! And I love that so many of you are supporting […]
My Experience in NYC on 9/11
Every year during the week of 9/11 I post a personal essay about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11. My husband was working in a building across the street from the Twin Towers when the planes hit. I post this essay because it’s […]
Enchanted To Be Here – LITERALLY!
I had so many plans for this summer. I was going to: Attend speaking engagements. Visit friends and relatives. Write books. Instead, what I got to do was: Have Heart Surgery. I’ve had a leaky heart valve for more than a decade (your doctor can detect a leaky valve with their stethoscope during your yearly […]
New Book and Movie News
Happy Memorial Day (to those who celebrate)! Although of course Memorial Day is officially about honoring and mourning those who gave their lives in service of their country, it’s also come to symbolize the unofficial beginning of summer here in the US. If that’s true and summer is here (even unofficially) I’m exhausted already because there’s […]
Summer Reading
Summer is still a couple months away (how do these seasons and holidays keep sneaking up on us like this?) and there’s already so much great stuff to look forward to! But before we get into that, I have to give all of you a great big thank you: Thanks to all of you who purchased […]
Quarantine Queen
It’s barely a month into the new year – and almost a month until The Quarantine Princess Diaries is released – and so much has been happening, I can’t even keep track of it all. Fortunately I still have this blog, which has served as a calming anchor (and To Do list) to me for all […]
Holiday Book Gifting 2022
I can’t believe the holidays are here already, but it’s true. Which it means it’s time to talk about holiday gift giving. And what makes a better gift than a tiara book? Look below to see how you can gift the book lover in your life a signed book (or book plate!) by me. But before I tell […]
Princess Diaries 3 Confirmed
We’re going back to Genovia. A new Princess Diaries movie is in the works at Disney. via GIPHY That’s all I can tell you right now! Look for a new installment in the Mia Thermopolis book universe, Quarantine Princess Diaries, in March 2023. 10% of my proceeds go to VowForGirls.org, the charity founded by […]
New Princess Diaries novel coming in March 2023
Coming in March 2023! From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of Meg Cabot, the […]
Summer Reading 2022
I can’t believe it’s summer already! Normally this time of year I would be hard at work doing PR for whatever new book I had coming out. But for a lot of reasons (helped my mom move; got a new cat; got distracted by Stranger Things 4), my newest book won’t be out until Spring 2023 […]
Happy Galentine’s/Valentine’s Day!
Well, we’ve done it. We made it through the holiday season. This is a huge accomplishment because this particular holiday season was a little rough, what with omicron and all the various snowstorms and Britney Spears (rightfully) feuding with her sister Jamie Lynn, etc. Not that things are looking tremendously better now, but at least […]
Holidays 2021
How can the holidays be here already? It feels like it was summer only a few weeks ago! But there’s no denying it: the snowbirds are flocking back to Key West, there’s a cat warming my toes as I write this (more on that below), and holiday movies are beginning to stream. I’m particularly excited to see […]
New Pub Date for No Words!
By now you’re probably used to hearing about how “supply chain disruptions” due to Covid are causing delays in getting goods into the hands of us consumers. Well, now one of those delays has hit the publishing industry! So my new book for adult readers, No Words, which was supposed to come out on September […]
9/11 20th Anniversary
This year on 9/11 is the twentieth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. Every year during the week of 9/11 I post a personal essay about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11 (my husband was […]
20 Questions about the 20th Anniversary of The Princess Diaries
I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the premiere of the first Princess Diaries movie! August 2001 was such a simpler time. We were all so young and innocent (some of you reading this were so young, you might not have even been born)! We didn’t have smart phones, and social media (at least […]
New Book and New Normal
It’s beginning to look as if many of us are journeying out of the darkness . . . And into the light! Spring is here at last, and so many good things are happening: Here in the US, we’re entering a new normal… (Part of entering the new normal is remembering not to wear see-through […]
Happy Galentine’s/Valentine’s Day!
Wow! We made it through 2020 all the way to February 2021! February is obviously the best month because: Aquarius/Pisces rules Black History Month (in the US) Leap Day (every four years) Groundhog Day Galentine’s Day Many snowstorms Superbowl My birthday (along with Princess Stephanie of Monaco, and many others) As long time readers know, […]
Gift Giving Guide to 2020 #ShopEarly #ShopLocal #ShopIndie
We made it! 2020 is almost over, and soon we’ll be ushering in 2021 and sealing up forever this burning hellmouth of a year. The Hellmouth, courtesy of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Before we do that, however, I think it might be nice to take a moment to remember all the things we have to […]
Princess Diaries 20th Anniversary Edition
Let’s face it: 2020 has been the worst. But there is one bright spot in a year that has otherwise officially sucked: 2020 marks the 20thanniversary of the release of The Princess Diaries Volume I! And to celebrate, Harper Collins is re-issuing the first three volumes in the series with all new covers, […]
Mediator Movie News
For years many of you have asked “When is there going to be a movie (or TV series) about The Mediator?” Well, I can finally answer: SOON. The Mediator series has been in and out of option many times with many studios. One reason things never got very far is because of YOU, the fans. I […]
9/11 2020 edition
This year is the nineteenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. Every year on this day I post an essay about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11 (my husband was working in a building across […]
Bookstore Romance Day! Plus, A New Book
Hi! I’m interrupting my regularly schedule Corona Princess Diaries (don’t worry, new updates from Genovia will be back shortly) to bring you this important announcement: I, yes, I, Meg Cabot, have been named 2020’s Bookstore Romance Day Ambassador! What does that mean? Well, it means that it’s my job to let you know that August […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 100
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 16
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 15
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 14
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 13
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 12
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 11
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 10
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 9
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 8
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 7
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 6
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 5
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 4
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
Corona Princess Diaries Day 3
Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]
How to Shelter in Place aka Work from Home in the Age of Corona
Well, 2020 has proven to be quite a year already! I thought nothing could rival 2019 (or 2018) for craziness, but here we are, stuck in our homes thanks to a deadly virus. As a writer, staying home is something I already do. You might say that I do it professionally. I’ve been doing it […]
Happy Holidays! And some news
I can’t believe it’s already that time of year again. But the proof is all around us, in the form of Christmas carols already being played in the shops, holiday decorations on homes that are better organized than mine, and of course the Hallmark Movie Channel already running Christmas movies non-stop (I even saw a […]
Fall Book Tour!
I can’t believe how fast the summer went by! I went to the beach one time, and then it was over. Now it’s Fall, and I have not one but TWO books coming out (first my adult book, No Judgments, and then in November my middle grade graphic novel with DC Comics, Black Canary Ignite). […]
9/11
This year is the eighteenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. Every year in remembrance I post this essay about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11. I think it’s important that we don’t allow the memories […]
Summer in Gotham City!
Happy Summer! I hope you’re all having a great time. I’ve been in New York City since May and it’s been a blast. I got to meet some GREAT people at BEA, ALA, and ABA. I hope I didn’t infect any of them with the cold I picked up at BEA that is only just […]
BEA, Book Con, Bridal Boot Camp, And Royal Baby!
So much is going on that I don’t even know where to begin: New royal baby (in no way affects my life but: HOW CUTE)! New books! Book Cons! I guess I’ll just dive in…. So obviously we all know there’s a new royal baby, Prince Harry and Meghan’s son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. YAY for […]
Princess Diaries Rumor Control
So some rumors have been going around about a possible Third Unauthorized Bio Pic of Princess Mia’s Life (aka third Princess Diaries movie). “Is this really happening?” people like the Dowager Princess of Genovia keep asking me. As Princess Mia’s royal biographer, all I’m permitted to say is that a script has been written, the cast seems willing, […]
Happy Holidays!
It’s that time of year again! If you’re thinking “the holidays,” you’re almost right . . . . Throw in “deadlines” and you get 100%! I’m busy finishing up the manuscripts for books I have coming out next year (more on those below) but ALSO finishing (okay, starting) my holiday shopping. How about you? Have […]
What I Did For My Summer Vacation
Hi! When you’re an adult you don’t really get summer vacation, or at least you don’t when you’re a writer, because you usually have a book due, as I did this summer . . . a book that I still haven’t quite finished. But it’s ALMOST done! With luck, it will be out August 2019 […]
9/11
This year is the seventeenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. Every year in remembrance I post this essay about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11. I think that now more than ever it’s important we […]
Summer Events
Well, summer is here which means that SUMMER BOOK FESTIVAL/CONFERENCE SEASON IS HERE! I’m lucky enough to have been asked to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans this week (where the guest of honor is Michelle Obama. I’m dying – DYING – of excitement). Oh, but wait. What will […]
It’s Going To Get Better
So I wanted to take a break from our regularly scheduled programming of princesses and super heroines to talk about depression and suicide. I know these aren’t the most pleasant topics to discuss, but I feel like there’s been a lot of judginess and disinformation floating around out there, and I want to see if […]
Royal Wedding Central
We’re just a few days away from Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry, and if you’re anything like me, you’re looking forward to watching it. Don’t we deserve a little break from all the bad news we’ve gotten lately (erupting volcanoes, slow decline of democracy as we know it, etc)? And although I’ve never actually been […]
Top Five Fave Things
Hooray! If you’re reading this it means you made it through 2017 to 2018! Pat yourself on the back. I’m hoping 2018 is going to be the best year ever. I know it probably won’t be. But we can hope, right? With that in mind, I’m posting my list of Top Five Favorite Things of […]
The Cone Life
Wow. From my book tour for Royal Crush to a hurricane to getting ready for NY Comic Con, where I’ll be participating in a panel on a certain Star Wars book that’s coming out next week, things have been cRaZy. But things have finally settled down enough for me to update this blog (plus, I […]
Royal Crush Tour
Did you not know I have a new book coming out on August 1, 2017? Well, I do! I wrote and even ILLUSTRATED it myself! More details (and events) to be added soon, but in the meantime, mark your calendar because I just got my tour schedule for this book, and I would LOVE to […]
May the 4th Be With You
It’s true! https://hellogiggles.com/meg-cabot-star-wars-anthology/ Well, I’m not writing a whole book. But I was asked to submit a short story to an anthology celebrating Star Wars A New Hope‘s 40th anniversary – 40 stories celebrating 40 years of Star Wars! I was so honored! Of course I said yes. Some of you have probably seen the […]
Valentine’s Day: The Purge
Well, it’s that time of year again: VALENTINE’S DAY! Every year I try to ignore this holiday, and every year I can’t because commercials start appearing, urging me to go to Jared’s (an American jewelry store for those of you who don’t live in this country) or buy a gigantic teddy bear (like John McLean in […]
2016 – A happy ending
Well, I’m back from my book tour in France, where I had a GREAT time. I met readers old and new, visited places I’ve never been before, celebrated the publication of a new book, and ate some FANTASTIC food. Bookstore in Toulon! Allie in Paris, a novella in French! Meg in Paris, a photo about cheesy mashed […]
Giving Thanks (in France this year)
Well! I don’t know about yours, but quite a lot has gone on in my life since we last chatted: I had a new book come out (The Boy is Back). Ironically (considering it’s a story told entirely by characters using electronic devices) said book’s electronic version had some problems. The publisher has since fixed those […]
The Boy Is Back
Can you believe summer is over? I can’t. But I guess I’m glad if it means 2016 is going away. Not that parts of it weren’t great. Remember how much fun we (okay, I) had when Remembrance came out? And Royal Wedding Disaster? And the Rio Olympics? And the Rizzoli and Isles finale? I WILL MISS YOU […]
Happy Summer Reading
Happy Official Start of Summer (in the US, at least) and welcome back to the blog! What are your goals for the summer? (If it’s summer where you are.) Mine are to finish writing and illustrating the THIRD Princess Olivia of Genovia book (yes, I know the second book just came out last month, but […]
Back to Genovia!
Greetings! Royal Wedding Disaster, the second book in my new series for middle grade readers, is almost here, and I’m SO EXCITED about it. And it’s not just because once again, I wrote and illustrated it myself, or because Book #1 is going to be out in paperback at the same time (May 10). No, […]
Spring Break and Book Signings!
Well, it’s March, which means a lot of different things people. To some, March means the beginning of spring, which means Spring Break (which of course to me will forever mean my Significant Objects short story about getting my wisdom teeth removed). To others (okay, to He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog), March […]
Mediator Madness
Exciting news for all you Mediator lovers (and even those of you not familiar with the series): There’s a book trailer for Remembrance . . . the first ever book trailer in the Mediator series! And it’s AMAZING (even if I do say so myself): [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo9m2MO1cSI[/youtube] Okay, okay, I know it’s not quite as long as […]
Best of 2015, TV edition
Happy new Year! 2015 is finally making its way out the door, and I don’t know about you, but I’m not too sorry to see it go, kind of the way I feel about house guests who’ve over stayed their welcome. But there were definitely some good things about 2015, am I right? Remember this? […]
Brazil, Books, Paris, and Giving Thanks!
This has been the craziest fall so far here at Casa Cabot. First of all, I just got back from Brazil, where they released Royal Wedding and a new version of The Princess Diaries with a brand new forward (by recently married Brazilian author Paula Pimento, who invited me to her wedding! How fofinha is […]
9/11/01
Every year teachers let me know that the post below about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11 has become part of their classroom curriculum, so I continue to post it annually. Recent studies, however, have shown that many classrooms don’t teach about 9/11 at all, due […]
The Royal Wedding Day is Here!
Today is the official wedding day of Mia and Michael (according to the royal invitation in Princess Diaries #11, Royal Wedding). To celebrate, I’m drinking trying to be a little kinder to everyone I know (including myself). As Mia mentions in the book, the reason people love weddings (and brides) so much is because they’re symbols of hopefulness […]
Spring! Contests! New Books!
Spring is here! I know because these have arrived . . . . Oops, no, not those. Silly me. I meant these: Advanced reader copies of Princess Diaries #11, Royal Wedding, and From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess! I’m so excited it’s finally here…the 15th Birthday of the publication of The Princess Diaries […]
2014: The Year in Review
Happy Holidays! If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I’m pretty honest. There are some things I can’t say online because I try to be princessy, and princesses aren’t rude (to people’s faces). But I think we can all agree that 2014 was a pretty terrible year. Borrowing from kids’ book author […]
Give a Gift of Books!
The holidays are upon us! If you want to give the gift of a Meg Cabot book, and you would like an autographed bookplate to put inside of it (plus fun bookmarks and flyers and postcards etc), for FREE, now is the time you should be sending your self-addressed stamped envelope to my PO Box, […]
New For 2015 From Meg Cabot
You: “Hey, Meg, why don’t you have any books coming out in 2014?”
Me: “Because I’ve been so busy on a couple secret projects!”
Thanks to this exclusive story from the Wall Street Journal, they aren’t so secret anymore.
The 95%, or Where the Rest of Us Went to College
Well, it’s that time again: High school seniors have found out where they’re going to college next year, and are either celebrating, or filled with despair (or maybe somewhere in between). I certainly hope you (or your loved ones) fall into the celebration category. But if you don’t, you aren’t alone. Thanks to the easier […]
1O Tips for an Amazing Spring Break
I love Spring Break so much that I moved to Florida so I can have Spring Break every time I step outside (except during hurricane season, of course). But that doesn’t mean I had great Spring Breaks as a kid/teen/twenty-something! Quite the opposite. That’s why I’m posting some tips on how to make the most […]
Valentine Haters, Romance Lovers, And Other Important Things
Well, it’s that time of year again. Whether you love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is around the corner! Lots of people have been asking what I’m doing for Valentine’s Day, what to do about their crushes, what I’m working on now, and other important questions. So below are some of your questions, along […]
Best of 2013
Everyone else is posting their “best of” lists for 2013, so here’s mine. Please note these are my own opinions. They aren’t shared by any of my characters (that I know of) (so far). Best movie of 2013: I haven’t seen all the movies that came out in 2013, but the movie at which I […]
Happy Holidays!
This is my favorite time of year. I love the lights and good tidings, not to mention all the crazy shows on TLC and HGTV about Christmas-themed weddings and competing with your neighbors to decorate your house (which I like to watch while gorging on peppermint bark). (A festively decorated Key West house, with a […]
Literary Death Match
I’ve got four (4) book events this week! Mostly all writers do is sit around and write (or sit around and not write, in which case, we can usually be found watching Law & Order reruns, fretting that we’ll never write again, or write anything as good as Law and Order, especially the SVUs). But […]
On Bon Courage and Whether or Not to Kill Off Your Characters
So I spent most of last month in ANOTHER COUNTRY (France)! It was only my second non-book related trip outside of the US since I first got published. I felt a little guilty about it (proof you are a workaholic: when you feel guilty for taking non-work related trips), but it was for a good cause: […]
Official Book/Trailer Release!
It’s here! The new Heather Wells mystery, The Bride Wore Size 12, is in stores (and available as an e-book) in the US and Canada now! And you know what that means: Not only is justice once again being served by fiesty former teen popstar (turned assistant resident hall manager and soon-to-be bride) Heather Wells, […]
Bride Wore Size 12
They’re here! My copies of The Bride Wore Size 12 arrived! On September 24, you’ll be able to get your own copy! Or even sooner if you come to one of my events on my Bride Wore Size 12 tour (click on the link, or see below for more info)! (You can win a copy, […]
9/11 Post
Every year teachers let me know that this post has become part of their classroom 9/11 curriculum, so I will continue to post it every year. Here it is, for those who weren’t around that day: Meg’s 9/11 Diary 9/11/2001 was one of those rare days where sloth was rewarded. I know several people who […]
The Bride Wore Size 12 Bridal Tour!
I can’t believe summer is over already! This would be super depressing if there weren’t so many fun things to look forward to this fall, such as wearing stylish boots (for those of you who don’t live in Florida), the return of Scandal (the dishiest show on television right now), and of course the return […]
Meg Cabot Day/Reader Mail
It’s the end of July, and as many of you know, July 31 is Meg Cabot Day (as declared by the mayor of my city of birth, Bloomington, Indiana). On Meg Cabot Day, everyone is encouraged to do their favorite things (so long as they’re legal). My favorite legal things to do are writing, hanging […]
What’s YOUR Inspiration?
It’s summer! Well, for many of us. And you know what that means: Pool time, beach time, and reading-books-by-the-pool-and-beach time! But if you’re a writer with a new book coming out — mine’s Awaken, the third and final book in my Abandon trilogy, which will be out July 2 as both a hardcover and e […]
Book News for May: Mediator, An Auction, A Contest, A New Title, Good New Reads
So much has been going on lately I hardly know where to begin. So to narrow things down (and keep this post under seven billion words), I’ll try sticking to book related news. Like: Did you know the Mediator series got optioned by FremantleMedia? You didn’t? That’s okay. I know you’ve been busy. If you […]
25 Things You Don’t Know About Me
1. I’m left handed. 2. In order to correct a speech impediment, I was taken out of class a few times a week during elementary school to visit a speech and hearing specialist (just like in the movie The King’s Speech. Except I was never in line to inherit a throne). When I’d come back […]
Meg Cabot’s Characters Pick Their Oscar Favorites
Well, the Oscars are this weekend so I interviewed some of my characters to find out what their picks are for Best Movie of the Year. Their choices might surprise you … or not: Princess Mia Thermopolis, heroine of the The Princess Diaries series: It’s really hard to say which was my favorite movie this […]
Report from Downton Cabot: Life Goes On
This isn’t the blog entry I was hoping to write to start off the new year, but life doesn’t always go the way we plan. As many of you have already learned via Twitter and Facebook, Lady Fussypants, also known as Henrietta, passed away peacefully in her cat bed two weeks ago. Cause of death: […]
Best of 2012
Best of 2012 I can’t believe the holiday season has already snuck up on us. I’m not prepared at all! Although it was nice to get that extra week in this year between Thanksgiving and the alleged Mayan Apocalypse, so at least I got to catch up on all the books I’m late turning in.* […]
Letters from Friends and Fans
I get a lot of mail. Here are some letters* I’ve received, as well as my responses. *All of these letters are guaranteed real. Only some of the names have been changed to protect the identity of the senders. Dear Meg: Hi. I hop you have a nais Halloween. What are you goin to be? […]
Sophia’s Baggage
Two weeks ago, I packed a bag and boarded a plane to go to New York City to do some work. Midway through my journey, the flight attendant leaned over to say, “Miss Cabot, I just have to ask—” Am I the same Meg Cabot who wrote The Princess Diaries? Why yes, I am . […]
Coffin Night/Back to School
It’s back to school time! I know because they just celebrated Coffin Night here in Key West. What’s Coffin Night, you ask? Well, it’s a Back To School ritual uniquely Key West . . . and also a subplot of the Abandon series, in which a teenage girl discovers that beneath the cemetery of the […]
9/11/2001
So, every time I don’t re-post this entry about what it was like on 9/11 in downtown Manhattan for average New Yorkers (well, me, my husband – who worked across the street from the World Trade Center – and our friends – including our friends who had kids in schools next to the Trade Center), […]
Book festival! New book! Contest Winner! More!
Many things are happening this week that don’t necessarily involve going back to school, tropical storms, and politics (it’s an election year here in the US for those of you who are reading this from overseas and don’t follow the news in the US. Honestly, I wouldn’t either if I didn’t have to). Here is […]
100% Not Fake
Here are some things that have been going on in the swinging cocktail lounge that is my life and mind (vodka martini, very dry and very dirty). 1) Apparently there is a new show on TLC called Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. A lot of reviewers are saying this show is the equivalent of the […]
What I Learned On My Summer Vacation (Book Tour)
I just spent the past two weeks crisscrossing the US (well, mostly just the Midwest. I did West coast and East coast last summer, so it was the Midwest’s turn) on my book tour to promote Size 12 and Ready to Rock . . . which, just to get this out of the way, you […]
Heather Wells is Ready to Rock
It’s been a crazy week! Between the wildfires in the west, the storms in the northeast, and Tom and Katie, it’s starting to look like the Mayans might have been right about 2012. But the Mayans didn’t count on brave firefighters, power company workers, and Katie’s crack legal team. So we shouldn’t pack our bags […]
Ready to Rock Tour, Book, Giveaways, etc
It’s here! The very first copy of the first Heather Wells mystery in five years, Size 12 and Ready to Rock, is in my hands! Unfortunately, I only have this ONE copy. The rest won’t be released in the US/Canada until July 10. But you can read the first three chapters (and find out why […]
