Awesome Gifts, Some of Which You Can Win

If you’re like me, you’re panicking right now, realizing how behind you are in everything, including your Christmas shopping (if you’re shopping for Hanukkah, you’re basically screwed). So here are some ideas for you (for gifts. If you, like me, had a book due last week, all I can say is, welcome to the club […]

Survivor

What a crazy couple of weeks! And not just because of the Health Care vote, or because I have a new book out, or because of what’s happening to poor Sandra (though I’m still crossing my fingers that the rumors aren’t true, and maybe this is all just one of those celebrity shakedowns that have […]

Your Valentine’s Day Mission

Happy Valentine’s Day! So that’s one Valentine you’ve just gotten. And not to give anything anyway, but if you subscribe to my e-newsletter, I know of at least one more you’re going to be getting (it’s not too late to sign up)! I’m always torn about whether to participate in February 14th festivities. Valentine’s Day […]

Keeper Shelf Monday: Fat Cat by Robin Brande

A while ago I started hearing all this buzz about this book, Fat Cat by Robin Brande. Full of romance and comedy and cool science….OK, I’ll bite. But then I heard that it also involved a heroine’s experience being “the fat girl” as well as her experience trying to get healthy. That’s when I REALLY […]

Cake

I know, right? Everything is going wrong! Your hair looks terrible, you haven’t finished the chapter you have due, and you made the mistake of weighing yourself. And why is the tip of your nose always so red? But don’t worry. At least you haven’t missed the latest episode of Read Our Lips. It’s still […]

Good News/Bad News

Okay, so the bad news is: There will be no new Read Our Lips (my advice vlog with Dr. Michele Jaffe) this Friday. The good news is: Instead, I will be putting up a sneak peek to Being Nikki, due in stores May 5! The reason there will be no new Read Our Lips is […]

Made of Suck

Wow! Lots of requests for Being Nikki Advanced Reader Copies. Keep them coming! We’re still sorting through the requests and seeing how many copies we can get from the publisher. We (by we I mean myself or Nancy, my indefatigable assistant) will let you know if one is headed your way. And, um, we (by […]

Did you see it?

Were you there? Don’t worry! If you missed it, you can go here and watch the whole thing…and register to win the bedroom set, which is SUPER CUTE, as you can see here: (You win both beds and the bedding and the night stand and the lamp and the alarm clock and the green polk-a-dot […]

Holidaze and a Book Trailer Contest

It’s nearly here! I’m talking about Christmas, of course. I love Christmas and everything about it—the carols, the food, the lights, the food, the TV specials, the food, the excitement in the air, the food, Santa, the food, the Christmas newsletters, just everything about it, especially the food, in case I forgot to mention that. […]

The List

Okay. How can Christmas be NEXT WEEK? I’m not ready! There were all these things I was going to do—like make a video of all my favorite books of the year and put it up on YouTube and urge you to buy them for your loved ones. But there’s no time for that now. Christmas […]

Happy Day Before Thanksgiving!

If you’re a typical American, today you’re either a) traveling b) cooking frantically c) finishing your work so you can go home to get ready to start traveling or cooking. If you aren’t American, you’re scratching you’re head, going “What’s Thanksgiving?” It’s just a non-religious national holiday in America where everyone eats a WHOLE LOT. […]

Books, Blogs, and Rumor Control

I had so much fun at the Distinguished Alumni event at Indiana University this past weekend! It was great to visit with old friends, make cool new ones (I met Josie Bloss, the author of Band Geek Love, which I haven’t read yet, but I’m going to!), and hang out at my old campus. It […]

What inspires you?

Guess what time of year it is? If you said the time of year when Brach’s releases all their fresh bags of candy corn, then you would be correct! I’m eating mine now. I LOVE IT. Some people (such as those who prefer not to be named in this blog) don’t like candy corn, claiming […]

Airhead Sneak Peek/The Pee Jug/More Free Books

There’s a sneak peek to the first two chapters of my May release, Airhead, up now! Click here to see it (this link is guaranteed a pop-up so you won’t have to worry about getting back to this page) (Yes, I’m still very proud of myself for learning how to do this)! And be sure […]

The C Word

I won’t lie to you. I’m a little depressed. And it’s not because I keep getting emails from people who are angry with me because they ran out to buy my new books and it turns out they’ve already read them…. To those people, I just want to say, I’m very pleased you enjoyed my […]

Back/Birds/Brazil

I’m back in Florida (regular readers of this blog will be aware that I spent the past few weeks in my husband’s scary country lair), and I’m paying the price for all those cupcakes I ordered and sent to myself, since all of my shorts appear to be kinda tight. Many thanks to those of […]

Buh-Bye

“All my bags are packed. I’m ready to go. I’m standin’ here outside your door. I hate to wake you up to say goodbye. ‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane. Don’t know when I’ll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go….” (Sound familiar? Most readers are probably thinking of Chantal Kreviazuk from […]

Paris

24 hours before I leave France, and I thought those of you who’ve never been here (or haven’t been here since 1987, like me) might appreciate a quick tour of the highlights of the places I’ve been. Oui? On y va! Just follow the pink coat…. First stop, this gold leaf-covered statue of Joan of […]

Bonjour!

Guess where I am. Go on…. Guess! If you said Paris, France, you would be correct! I have been at signings at the Furet Du Nord bookstore in Lille, and at the Salon du Livres (Book Fair) in Paris. It has been fantastique and I am tres fatiguer (did I mention I only speak un […]

Marvelous Munich!

Guten Tag again! I am winging my way back to Germany after a fantastic trip to Poland. The signing in Krakow was amazing. Here’s a photo of the very well-respected Matras Bookshop before the signing: Here’s a photo DURING the signing… …taken by He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog, before fleeing for […]

POLAND ROCKS

Greetings from Poland, where I am currently on the first part of my three country European book tour! So far, it couldn’t be going better, from the moment I stepped through customs at the Warsaw airport to be greeted by paparazzi, as well as many readers seeking autographs–check out the photographic proof: Note my befuddled […]

Guten tag!

Greetings from Germany! I’m writing this from beautiful Cologne, Germany, or Koln as they spell it here. I am in a hotel across from the big cathedral, where the bells go off about every five minutes or so, particular at night right as you’re about to go to sleep, which is refreshing, because who doesn’t […]

THE POUNDIES

Hello, and welcome to the first annual Poundies Award Ceremony. I know what a lot of you are wondering…what are the Poundies? Let me explain: The Poundies are special awards given out to the various factors that contributed to the twelve pounds I, Meg Cabot, have gained in the twelve months since the last time […]

R.I.P., Pinky

My back-up bike, Pinky, got stolen. I blame Kathy Griffin. If she hadn't been eating mini-tacos on her reality show the other night, I would not have been craving them. And since you can't get mini-tacos here, I had to settle for taquitos. Which is why I was at Salsa Loco, eating taquitos, when the […]

STUFFed

Oh my God, I have eaten SO MUCH since coming to New York. It's a good thing I'm going back to the land of grilled fish and salads (not to mention my bikes, Purple Heat and Pinky—did I mention Pinky? She's the backup bike for guests), because I can barely fit into my jeans, I've […]

OUTBACK

So last night my husband and I did something we have never done before: We went to Outback Steakhouse. I mean as a couple. Let me point out that I have been to the Outback many times. For one thing, my brother is a fan of the onion blossom, so I have been to the […]