Happy Easter and Passover! And of course to those of you who celebrate the NCAA (as at least one person has been doing in my house all weekend), happy that, too! For those of you who missed it, on April 1 I celebrated my 17th wedding anniversary (obviously, I was a child bride). Many have  Read more »

I finally turned in all my revisions (and the copyedits of those revisions)! While I’m adjusting to life back on Planet What Passes For Normal Around Here, I’d like to take a few moments to say:

Thanks to everyone who emailed, Tweeted, and sent me birthday greetings today! You’re all the best! Seriously, that was so sweet of you! I was going to celebrate by going see Avatar because I’m the only person in the ENTIRE WORLD who hasn’t seen it yet and I feel like I’ve fallen behind on my  Read more »

When I was a kid, and things like this horrible earthquake in Haiti would happen, I would get really mad at God. Because I used to think God was a kindly old man with a long white beard who lived up in heaven (just like they told us in Sunday school), and who, like me  Read more »

…Meg and Christmas! 1. My favorite Christmas movie is A Christmas Story. Luckily for me, they show this movie all day on December 25. 2. But I also love It’s A Wonderful Life. 3. And Die Hard!

Some of us love experiencing new things, while some of us (okay…me) prefer the comfort of the familiar. Example: When my best friend told me on the bus to school that her dad had bought this machine that played something called “video tapes”—movies that you could watch at home!— insisting that this was going to  Read more »

Remember how the Wonder Twins (helpers to the Super Friends) would get together and save people? Well, it seems like whenever my brother and I get together, instead of saving people, we make people fall down. And break something. Take the last time my brother and I got together at my house: My grandma fell  Read more »

It’s perfect stay-indoors weather here because of pesky Tropical Storm Ida–windy and rainy, with palm fronds flying everywhere! And while I hope it clears up in time for the book fair in Miami this weekend, it’s kind of a good opportunity for us to dip into Meg’s Mail Bag, since it’s been a while. So  Read more »

A while ago I was asked to be part of the Significant Objects Project. This is a fun project you might have read about where authors are sent a photo of an object and asked to write a story giving the object new meaning (in under 500 words). Then the story and photo are posted  Read more »

Guess who’s going to be on Voice of America? That’s right. Me. (And Diana Gabaldon. And Shannon Hale. And Kristin Cashore. Yeah! The theme for the show is Strong Female Characters, in case you didn’t notice.) I know you totally want to listen to it, and you can, by going here. The show will air  Read more »