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 […]

Twitter and Facebook Qs Answered

I love reading all your comments and questions on Facebook and Twitter. But some of them require answers that are too long to write in 140 characters. And let’s face fact: I write 55,000-100,000 word books for a living. It’s hard for me to write anything in 140 characters. So I thought I would try […]

Q and A

I’ve been getting tons of questions recently—everything from “Should I go to the prom even though prom sucks?” to “Does my liking Taylor Swift make me not a feminist?” to “Can I get a copy of your new book Insatiable to review for my book site?” to “Is it true that blond girl from Life […]

Meg’s Mail Bag

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 […]

Win Prizes! Vital Writing Questions Answered! BEA video

Happy 4th of July (in advance)! 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays because it involves eating delicious grilled foods, explosions, and water sports (depending on where you live, of course). In fact it was a year ago this 4th of July that I was snorkeling and my snorkeling partner purposefully woke up […]

Read Our Lips #5, In Which We Ask For YOUR Help!

Would I ever leave you without something to read/watch over the weekend? Of course not! I’m answering reader questions about writing over at seventeen.com this month in honor of Being Nikki being out on Tuesday (and some readers have already gotten their hands on copies, so it’s in some stores NOW)! And if you’re interested […]

Contests and Read Our Lips!

Yes! Another episode of Read Our Lips is up! Michele and I tackle some important issues in this one, such as what to do if you’ve never been kissed (we hear about this problem a lot). We also hear from a young lady who fears that she acts like a ditz around boys. And I […]

Idea Cemetery

My house got struck by lightning, causing me to lose my wifi connection! It only got back and up and running now, so my apologies for the lack of blog posts. I was, however, posting things to Twitter whenever I could find a wireless hotspot, which turned out to be practically never since I don’t […]

Read Our Lips #2: Boys You Hate, and Michele’s Ugg Prejudice

I had the most amazing time at TLA (the Texas Library Association conference) and at my signing at the Blue Willow Book Shop! Seriously, it was so fun. Although I must admit, I’m exhausted. I’m crashed in my hotel room right now, barely able to move, listening to Vampire Weekend and eating M&Ms given to […]

Read Our Lips

Hey! Here’s something Michele Jaffe and I have been working on, with the help of my friends Brian and Lisa (Lisa was my first boss at Hayden Hall, the dorm I worked in at NYU. You won’t find a character based on Lisa in the Heather Wells mystery series though…at least not yet!)… …and we […]

Tiara Madness

Happy New Year everyone! What did you do to celebrate the ringing in of 2009? I, like everyone else, watched a drag queen get dropped from the roof of a bar in a big red shoe. Did you see her? Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper interviewed her live from Key West on CNN! Piece of […]

Free Stuff/The Book of the Passion

You read that right. We’re giving away free stuff! What kind of stuff, you ask? The kind of stuff that is free. Just email Allie with your name, age, and home address (the address at which you receive package deliveries) and Allie just might send you an advanced reader copy of the latest installment of […]

Cats ‘n Contests!

I told you we’d have some opportunities for you to win copies of Princess Mia…and here’s one now…. We’re having a T-shirt design contest! Click here for details. You must be under twenty-one to enter. We’re looking for original designs/drawings that tie into the themes of Princess Mia. Some past T-shirt designs (if you’re looking […]

TGIF

Congratulations to Caitlin, Anna Karima, Corey Lee, Shermila, and Jessie, the winners of this month’s Meg Cabot Free Book Give Away! Your copies of The 2008 Princess Diaries Annual are winging their way to your homes as I write this (winners have been notified by email). For everyone else, there’s a NEW contest! Click here […]

Mail Bag

It’s been a while since we dipped into the old mail bag to see what some of you readers had to say, so let’s do that now, shall we? Letter #1: Dear Meg, Madeline L’Engle, celebrated author of A Wrinkle in Time and many other favorite novels, died on September 6! Just letting you know, […]

MAIL BAG

Well, Paris Hilton is going to jail, Gilmore Girls has been cancelled, and David Hasselhoff’s daughter has gotten the ultimate revenge any child of an alcoholic can get on her parent–although she claims she didn’t leak the tape (to which all I have to say is: Drunk Parents Everywhere–You Have Been Duly Warned). You know […]

Mail Bag

Greetings, blog hoppers! It occurred to me today that it's been ages since we dipped into the Meg Cabot mail bag, so let's take a peek, shall we? Hey, I'm a big fan, I pretty much HATED reading intell i found your books and know i would radther read then watch T.V., which is suprising. […]

PARTY PRINCESS CHAT

Wanna chat about your favorite princess and mine? Well, show up to the Party Princess Online Chat this Sunday at 7PM Eastern Standard Time, where you can ask Mia Thermopolis's creator (that'd be me) anything you want to know about the one girl in the world who DOESN'T want to wear a tiara. Here is […]

WE’RE LISTENING

Check it out: Got something you need to get off your chest? Got a problem but NO IDEA what do about it? Or did you just happen to read this month's Meg Cabot Book Club Pick of the Month, BAD KITTY by Michele Jaffe, and are dying to talk about it with other readers…maybe even […]

Reader Good News

ACK! I am crazed at the moment with revisions for Princess Diaries 8 (now officially titled PRINCESS ON THE BRINK); proof pages for HOW TO BE POPULAR (proof pages are the actual book pages the publisher sends you to check over for mistakes before they go to press); various other author-ly chores, like recording a […]

THE GOOD DOCTOR

The Doctor is in….permanently. Yes! Dr. Michele Jaffe will now be hosting an Advice Column on her newly updated website, www.michelejaffe.com, where she will be dishing out daily (or at least almost daily) pieces of wisdom while answering your many, many letters requesting advice. In fact, answers to some of your letters to us may […]

THE DOCTOR IS IN

Okay, so I know I said no new advice blogs for a while since Dr. Jaffe has been very busy lately writing the sequel to her soon-to-be-published book Bad Kitty, but we broke down and did one anyway because, let's face it: you begged. So here, without further ado, is the first official Advice Blog […]

Meg’s Out Box

*Dear Keira Knightley, Okay, so I'm really sorry I said all that mean stuff about you in my blog a few entries ago. I didn't know you were cool, okay? I DIDN'T KNOW. Then I read that article about you in last month's ELLE or whatever it was, and you said you're a feminist and […]

END OF THE WORLD

After the devastating news about Paris and Paris splitting up (why, God, why? If those two crazy kids can't make it together, can anyone?) then Jessica and Nick (are they breaking up or aren't they? Why won't Jessica just wear her wedding ring when she goes out? And is this all just a publicity stunt […]

Mail Bag

There's been a lot of mail lately. Here are some of the highlights: Apparently in my last entry, I wrote Ocean County instead of Orange County, which seemed to offend a lot of people. Obviously, I know OC stands for Orange County. I wasn't thinking…perhaps because I was busy working on the book I have […]

Advice

It's that time again. Yes, Dr. Michele Jaffe, Harvard PhD, and I both have books due soon. So of course, we just HAD to dip into the mail bag and answer some of your pleas for advice. Shhhh–don't tell our editor! And don't forget to stop by here at 7PM EST tonight for a LIVE […]

MAIL BAG

Hi! I'm back from San Antonio, which, in case you didn't know, is the home of the Alamo. San Antonio is really pretty. My hotel was located on this thing called the Riverwalk, which is like this river you can walk along the side of, past all these pretty restaurants and cafes. And they have […]

Housekeeping

I like to keep things tidy, so today is a blog housekeeping day. The following things are on the tidy-up agenda: * Ice Princess: Did you see it yet? Well, you should. And, okay, it is not exactly the way I wrote the original screenplay (there are some minor differences).But a lot of it is […]

PRINCESS DIARIES 6 EXCERPT

So I was going to post a written excerpt from PD6 here for the people who can't download the new audio excerpt from Princess Diaries 6, Princess in Training that just got posted here. But my publisher beat me to it! There's already a written excerpt posted there! So instead I will just have to […]

EXCELLENT MAIL

I spend so much time in the blog dwelling on my crummy mail, I figured it was time to post some of the sweet, touching, informative, and hilarious letters I get, as well. You know, equal time, and all of that. Obviously, I didn't post any of the senders names/email addresses, since I'm sure they […]

BECAUSE NO ONE CAN GET ENOUGH ADVICE

Well, I made it back home after my long, looooong book tour. I am still coughing—hacking up a lung is more like it—and I seriously have like 40 hours of TV shows to catch up with on my TiVo, not to mention about four feet of mail to get through. Not that TiVo is more […]

ADVICE for the NEW YEAR

Hey. So, first off: JOIN ME FOR AN ONLINE CHAT TONITE AT 7PM here. Second: Mediator 6, TWILIGHT, should be US stores everywhere December 28. Call your local bookseller and ask them to reserve a copy for you today! Third:If you've already read Twilight, and you are planning on coming to the online chat and […]

CRUSH

Okay. So we here at the Meg Cabot blog have been inundated with requests for advice. And most of those requests ask for advice about—you guessed it—crushes. I would like to mention something I read this weekend in a book called The Full Cupboard of Life, by Alexander McCall Smith (from the No. 1 Ladies […]

MORE ADVICE

One more thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving holiday: Another advice column! Yes! You sent in your requests for advice, and Dr. Jaffe, Harvard PhD, former sex ed counselor, and charm school instructor for MIT, delivers (with commentary by me, Meg). Let's get to it: *** Dear Meg and Michele,Everything seems to be falling […]

The Big Apology

So, many, many people are currently angry with me. I know because of all the emails they've been sending to me, telling me all about their anger, and how they won't be buying my books anymore, etc. That is why I am making it official. Right here, right now, in my blog. That's right. I'm […]

MORE ADVICE

OK, you asked for it. MORE, yes, MORE advice. These are just SOME of the pleas for advice we've received these past few months. More of your letters will be answered soon, never fear. In the meantime, Dr. Michele Jaffe, Harvard PhD, sex ed counselor, and MIT charm school instructor, fearlessly tackles these difficult issues: […]

Ask Meg’s Mom

Hi. I'm Barb, Meg's mom. Meg wanted me to let you know that she is safely back from her book tour in England. However, she contracted a nasty virus there, from which she is still in bed recovering. I'm sure it is not SARS, as she keeps insisting. But as a mom I know that […]

Email Crisis

I am so tired. So, so tired. I got up sooooo early to go on BBC Breakfast. And it was very fun, don't get me wrong, but not as fun as going on Blue Peter yesterday, where I got to hang around with seven St. Bernards, four of which were puppies. Puppies really keep you […]

Frequently Asked Questions

So I'm taking a break from my elephant eating (see earlier entry, below) to answer a few of your most frequently asked questions. Please pay attention to the answers as you WILL be quizzed on them later. ***Meg, why can't I find your new book Princess Present in any stores? I've looked everywhere!*** Princess Present […]

Mail Call

I figured I better blog again soon because who knows when my online service will conk out thanks to Hurricane Frances! Right now they are projecting that it might not hit the Keys, but who knows where it will end up heading in the next few days? Anyway, I got a lot of mail about […]

SUPER SUMMER ADVICE BLOG

Yay! My good friend Dr. Michele Jaffe, through the extreme goodness of her heart, took time out of her busy book-writing and fringe boot-shopping schedule to answer some of the pleas for advice that have been piling up in my Inbox. So if you've written in during the last few months, asking for advice, Dr. […]

More Mail Bag

Hello! I am back from Indiana. It was very fun to visit everyone and celebrate Meg Cabot Day. I am a bit exhausted from it all, and need a few days off to recuperate (I also have to spend quality time with Henrietta, who missed us so much that she has not stopped talking since […]

EVEN MORE MAIL

YES! MORE MAIL!!!! I don't know if it's because it's so hot out or what, but I am getting tons of mail. Not to bring anyone down or anything, but some of the mail I've been getting has been a little crabby in nature. In my opinion, we all need to go grab some iced […]

MORE MAIL BAG

So as usual the letters I posted from the mail bag generated EVEN MORE MAIL, so I will quickly answer a few of the more urgent messages I received, then return to my regular blog next entry: ******************************************************************************** Meg, why don't you ever talk about your husband in your diary? Is everything OK between you […]

MAIL BAG

Well, it's that time again. Even though I started www.megcabotbookclub.com thinking it would cut down on the amount of reader mail I get, since I could answer people's questions on the message boards, I was wrong, wrong, wrong. If anything, I get even MORE mail now—only now I get it through the book club's Contact […]

RERUN BLOG

So it's summertime, and you know what that means: yes, re-runs. And not just on TV, but, it turns out, online as well! Because I'm swamped finishing up All American Girl 2, I've decided to re-run a few of my more popular (or not so popular) blog entries. So here, in its all its glory, […]

Friendship/Life Advice

Hello! Dr. Michele Jaffe and I are back to tackle your burning friendship and school/career-related problems. Remember, we cannot possibly answer ALL of your pleas for advice, as there are simply too many of them. But I'll let you know when we're doing our next advice blog, and you can try resending them then. Maybe […]

Guy Advice

Regular readers of this blog know that periodically I devote entries to answering reader emails—many of which, I've discovered, are requests for love, career, and friendship advice. While I do not consider myself in any way qualified to offer advice on these subjects, I have enlisted the aid of my friend and fellow author, Dr. […]

Crush Quiz

Okay, so we're working on the Advice Blog, and we couldn't help noticing that a lot of you seemed to write in asking the same question: I Have A Crush: How Can I Tell If He Likes Me Back? Since so many of you asked this question, we're not going to answer each and every […]

ADVICE

So, I'm on my way to Naperville, IL, where I have a book signing tomorrow. Then I'm off to Vancouver, BC, which, for those of you who don't know, is in CANADA. Yeah, a whole other COUNTRY. The country were DEGRASSI is filmed. Yay! I am extremely jet set these days. Actually, I'm not the […]

PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Days 10-11-12

ER IS TRYING TO KILL ME Really. I want to know if you guys feel the same way I do about the show ER. Because last night I staggered back to my hotel after my book signing and collapsed into bed and ER was on and it wasn't one I'd seen before and since that […]

Rerun Blog

PRINCESS DIARIES 5, PRINCESS IN PINK, and PERFECT PRINCESS, an illustrated guide to princesses past, present, and pretend, narrated by Mia Thermopolis, ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE IN THE US (and Canada) TODAY! And what am I doing to celebrate? Promoting PD5 on TV and radio this week, while frantically trying to finish my next book. […]

MORE ADVICE

For some reason, a large number of you seem to think I am the appropriate person to ask about your love-and-life difficulties. I am still perplexed by why this is, since I have never professed to excel in this arena. However, since so many of you seem to feel differently, I am dedicating this diary […]

MAIL BAG

Hi! I hope all of you had a good Valentine's Day, whether you spent it with your one true love or throwing Gummi Bears at the screen during 50 First Dates with your friends. I myself spent Valentine's Day in seclusion, working on a Princess Diaries surprise for all of you. Only I can't tell […]

ADVICE

So, people are always writing to me and asking for advice. Not just writing advice, either. Lately people have been asking me for dating advice, as well. I have no idea why since I have never professed to be an expert in the romance arena. That is why for today's blog, I have asked a […]

Well, it’s a new year, and you know what that means:

It's mailbag time again!!!!!!!! Also Book Tour time!!! The following are actual emails I have received lately. Signatures have been left off to protect the senders' anonymity. Also, there's a list of places I'll be appearing in January on my Boy Meets Girl book tour. If I'm coming to your town, I would LOVE to […]

Mailbag

Hi, everybody! Thanks so much for all the supportive emails you sent last week, commiserating with me on the untimely demise of my PC. I love my new Mac (and my new iPod and my new digital camera)* and the writing is once again flowing smoothly. Well, as smoothly as can be expected, anyway. Since […]