23 Skidoo

I have so much to blog about, I guess I better get straight to it. Drum roll please…. Thanks to all of you, Big Boned debuted at #23 on the New York Times Bestseller List (adult)! You guys rock! Seriously, I am stunned. If that isn’t inspiration enough to write a fourth book, I don’t […]

Black Friday

It’s Black Friday, the day when everyone in America is supposed to go out and shop, or, as I like to call it, the-day-I’m-supposed-to-go-back-to-working-on-my-book, but-I’m-still-too-stuffed-with-pumpkin-pie, so-instead-I-do-all-the-things-I’ve-been-been-putting-off-forever, such as cleaning out Henrietta’s ears. This would explain why she’s currently hiding from me behind the toilet. Too late though, I already got both ears. Score! Positive reviews […]

Pub Day!

Everyone always asks, what do authors do the day their new book comes out? Most people think we spend the whole day getting shuttled around in limos from talkshow to talkshow. And that’s probably how Jessica Seinfeld did spend her pub day, in between eating yummy spinach and chickpea brownies. But I prefer to take […]

T-Minus One Day and Counting!

One day until Big Boned is in stores (officially. Word is its already been spotted on shelves)! To celebrate its release, Avon/HarperCollins has launched a new author page for me! Check it out, it has tons of little links you can click on to find out all sorts of weird stuff about me. Meanwhile, you […]

Book Reviews/Author Photos/The Office Strikes

Big Boned comes out in less than two weeks and the reviews are pouring in! Here’s a snippet of one from Booklist: ….Versatile and popular Cabot has written another clever and funny installment in her Heather Wells mystery series. And here’s another snippet from a review which will be posted at this site on the […]

Beauty Blog

Greetings, gentle readers. There’ve been many goings on since I last blogged, none the least of which is that, as I write, I am waiting for my Clairol Nice ‘n Easy Root Touch Up to soak in. This is what happens when your hairstylist goes on vacation for the month of September. You are left […]

Weekend Wake Up Call

For those of you who’ve been asking, here are back cover blurbs to accompany the covers you’ve seen posted here on the homepage of my Fall 2007 releases, Big Boned and Princess Diaries 9, Princess Mia. Actual webpages for these books are coming soon! Meanwhile…Kathy Griffin has been banned! As a fellow (fake) red-head and […]

Big Boned Sneak Peek

Here’s a sneak peek at the cover and synopsis of the third (and final) installment of my Heather Wells mystery series, due out this November! You’re not fat Though you could get toned. But it’s not your fault— You’re just big boned. “Big Boned” Written by Heather Wells (Yes. That is Heather in the wedding […]

Good Dog!

This is my favorite news story of the week so far. It’s a good thing for those folks they had Velvet along! Still, I can see why mountaineering experts advise leaving pets at home while climbing. My own pets did not exhibit anything like Velvet’s heroism when temperatures here in Key West plunged dangerously low […]

Tidying Up

It’s Friday! In my house that means it’s time to do some tidying up for the weekend, which is generally when the houseguests show up. As you can see, we’ve been doing lots of tidying up on this site. There are new links on the Meg in the News page under Cool Stuff… And be […]

Goodbye Forever, My Love

What I am about to tell you is something so shocking, so mind-blowing, that you, like me, probably aren’t going to believe it at first. In fact I hope you are sitting down. What follows is a tale of betrayal so sinister and heart-breaking that if there are young children in the room, you might […]