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 […]

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 […]

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.* […]

Best of 2011

Happy New Year! By the time you read this, it will most likely be 2012. How could another year have passed so quickly? I don’t know. All I know is that 2011 went by like lightning. Like most writers, I am a person of deep reflection (mostly when it concerns the lives of my characters, […]

Which 80s Film Heroine Are You?/Hurricane 101

So roughly half of the coastal US is under a hurricane watch or warning right now (except, strangely, the parts of the US that are used to it, such as Florida, which is where I am right now). Having been through numerous hurricanes since I moved here in 2004, I feel qualified to give some […]

Dog Days

Right now we’re in what is commonly referred to as the Dog Days of Summer. I used to think people called this time of year “the dog days” because it’s so hot, even dogs don’t want to move from their nice comfy spot in the shade. But it’s actually because historically, August was when Sirius, […]

Gleeful

Thank you, Golden Globes. We needed that. Just out of curiosity, have you spent the past twenty-four/thirty-six hours asking yourself the same question I have been asking myself?

It’s On

I had this whole big post written out for today to let you know that we’re discussing The Mediator Books One and Two (Shadowland and The Ninth Key) on the Meg Cabot Book Club this month, and that you BETTER stop by here to join the discussion with me because I’m going to be all […]

Rapture or Reckoning?

As some of you may know, certain theologians argue that at some point in the future there is going to be either a big party (known as the Rapture) . . . . . . or those of us who have been naughty are going to be in bit trouble (which will be called the […]

Resolution: Have More Grit

I just saw True Grit starring Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges and Josh Brolin. It was fantastic. But it made me realize how lacking I am in grit. Could you, like Mattie Ross (played by the amazing 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld, the true star of the movie), endure hangings, gunfights, stabbings, having to sleep next to […]

Best of 2010!

Abandon series

Sure, 2010 had its downsides: the horrible economy, the earthquake in Haiti, the BP oil spill, just to name a few. The weather certainly could have been better. And what was with all those bedbugs? But in what other year has something touched all of us as deeply as the miraculous rescue of those Chileans […]

The Princess Thing

I went to see Tangled this weekend! It was really fun, but of course with the holidays and everything, it got me reflecting on “the princess thing.” Now that I have nieces and a lot of friends who have daughters, I’m always hearing about “the princess thing” from someone. “Please don’t get my daughter any […]

The Mark Ruffalo Effect

If you’re like me, you probably spent the holiday weekend eating, shopping, and watching movies. I have to send most of what I bought back because of course I bought it online and it’s way too small (this probably would not be the case if I hadn’t also bought ten boxes of peppermint bark from […]

Combating the Crazies

First everything sucked. Now everything’s crazy! Case in point: Every time you turn on the news, there is some story about how at the airports, they want you to go through one of those X-ray scanners that take a picture of your naked bits! In my opinion, the fact that there might be a nude […]

Fight The Suckage

I’m going to make a general statement that some of you might not agree with, but I don’t care. Lately, things seem to suck. Maybe they’re going great for you and if that’s true, fantastic. But if you’re like a lot of people I know, it’s the opposite.

Bullies!

While I was on vacation last week (it turned out to be super nice, by the way) I had a lot of time to think about all this bullying going on. And I started wishing someone would do a poll to find out how many authors were bullied as kids. I bet the number would […]

Johnny Has Feelings

So while I was busy not keeping my promise to blog every day (ha, THAT was stupid) some stuff went on. Here’s what: I saw the movie The Ghost Writer, in which very bad things happen to not one, but TWO writers who are hired to write ghost write a politician’s memoirs. Though I’m not […]

Reviews

This past weekend He Who Shall Not Be Not Named In This Blog found out his father has to have open heart surgery. Then the US got knocked out of the World Cup (but congrats, Brazil)! Then I couldn’t remember where I was when Michael Jackson died, and everyone on the news kept saying NO […]

Grandmas Have Taken Charge

He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog took me to see Killers the other night. (I’ve been feeling a little down about the oil. Who hasn’t been? It’s not here yet in Key West, but according to this map, it’s coming eventually). To my surprise, I left the movies feeling less horrible, which […]

Cool Stuff Moms (and you) Will Like

Whether you’re a mom, have a mom, support a mom, or just act like a mom by bossing all your friends around, Mother’s Day is a good day to remember all the comforting things that make us feel happy and good inside, the way moms do (unless they’re that horrible mom from Precious who tried […]

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 […]

Best Movie Of All Time, Oscar Edition!

How many of the 10 nominees for Best Picture have you seen this year? I’ve seen nine out of ten (that’s because I belong to the Screenwriters Guild, so I get sent some of the DVDs for the best original and adapted screenplay category). Which movies did I vote for? Well…

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 […]

Crisis Intervention

When your husband has a mystery illness (first the broken ankle, now the kidney stones…come on, all you amateur Camerons from House: get to work and figure out what he has!), plus you have multiple manuscripts to edit, you need a little something to take the edge off. And obviously, we’ve seen on Intervention what […]

Sometimes, Bad Can Be Good

This past week He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog has been passing a bunch of kidney stones. He already has a broken ankle. So, living with him has been a little bit like living with one of those monkeys at the zoo. You know, the ones who look all cute and cuddly […]

Robert B Parker

Robert B Parker, one of my favorite writers and creator of the Spenser series, just passed away (rumor has it at his desk, writing) at age 77. If you’re a Spenser fan, you know why I’m so bummed about that. No more Spenser, Hawk, and Susan to look forward to.

Making Fetch Happen

I’m so out of the loop trying to finish my next Allie book, I actually can’t keep track of anything anymore! Like, I didn’t even realize this book was out yet. But it is!

Precious, District 9, and Alice, I Have Been

It’s cold. Seriously, even the iguanas here in Florida are going into hibernation and falling out of the palms trees onto unsuspecting people’s heads. (OK, it’s not really that cold in Key West. But tomorrow it’s supposed to be going down into the 40s at night!) Obviously, since many Floridians don’t even have heat, during […]

One Minute Movie Reviews

What did you do during this past holiday weekend? Go to the movies? Me, too! I haven’t seen Avatar yet because there aren’t any 3-D screens in my area, and all my friends who’ve seen it say you have to see Avatar in 3-D (on an Imax screen). But I DID see the following:

Goodbye 2009!

Is anyone really sorry to see 2009 go? If you ask me, 2009 acted like a bad houseguest, staying way too long, and leaving only chaos in its wake: Too many people died too young; too many married men proved to be cheating horndogs; and too many babies were found running around along the side […]

25 Things You Don’t Know About…

…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!

Fa La La La Lifetime

So I turned in Insatiable and have been incapable of doing anything since but watch TV. I know I have a husband with a broken ankle who needs me. I know Christmas is coming and there’s holiday decorating (and shopping) to do. I know I have other deadlines.

Shadow of a Doubt—Best Movie of All Time?

One of the Best Movies of All Time has been on a lot lately: Shadow of a Doubt I know some of you are probably like, um, no, sorry, I don’t watch old black and white movies.

Bloopers, Brothers, Brazilians, and Boyfriends

So I didn’t see any movies at all this weekend—except Rachel Getting Married, but that was on Starz or HBO or something, and it’s been out forever, so that doesn’t count. I have to say, if Kim (Anne Hathaway’s character) was my sister, not only would I NOT have invited her to my wedding, I […]

Sandra Bullock Divorce Custody Battle!

NEW MOON!!! AHHHH!!!! Ha, no, I didn’t go to New Moon last night at 12:01. I was doing what I’m always doing lately at 12:01AM: waiting for my Ambien to kick in and going, “Why don’t they have Say Yes To The Dress on On Demand?” If you’re doing NaNoWriMo right now, you were probably […]

2012–Best Movie of All Time?

I went to see 2012 over the weekend. As a disaster movie junkie—seriously, I LOVE a movie in which human beings are (pretend) killed by any sort of natural disaster, be it:

Giada/Mercy/Glee/Miami

I’m leaving now for Miami for my event tomorrow, and I’m so excited because I get to stay in a fancy hotel in South Beach instead of my house (which still smells like a rotting mouse corpse. How can such a small thing take so long to decompose?), eat room service, and…. …I get to […]

The Watchmen

I finally saw the movie of The Watchmen! I’d tried to read the graphic novel, but somehow I could never finish it. I have no idea why. The book has everything…sex, naked people, romance, sex, mystery, pirates (there were no pirates in the movie)! I think I got bogged down with the pirates. So I […]

New in November….

It’s November…. And you know what that means! No, not pumpkin pie! (Although it means that, too!) It means, among other things…. The Glee cast album is out! Finally! I thought I was going to go crazy if I didn’t get that cast version of Bust a Move. But now I can relax. November is […]

Nights in Rodanthe vs. Rambo 4

Warning: SPOILERS So we’ve been trying to relax by catching up on the recordings on our DVRs. He Who Shall Not Be Named On This Blog doesn’t want me to tell you this, but in addition to long documentaries about Icelandic rock groups (no, really…sometimes they play music with rocks), HWSNBNITB loves to record romantic […]

Some Things I’ve Been Reading* And Watching

Since getting home from Brazil I’ve been really tired, as you can probably imagine. Who wouldn’t be after all those crazy but fun signings; the party bus; the monkeys… …then coming home to get a flu shot that has caused my arm to inflate like a piñata; all the work I have to catch up […]

The Proposal

In my quest to see the Best Movie of all time, I saw The Proposal the other day. (Full disclosure: I saw it with one of my gay husbands: my hair stylist.)

The Incredible Hulk

I seriously did NOT want to watch The Incredible Hulk. The Incredible Hulk is so stupid, and also, he’s green.

Center Stage/Tina the Ballerina/Fame

I can’t get anyone to go see District 9 with me because “it looks too scary” (why are all my friends/relatives such babies?) but this morning at breakfast I turned on the TV and they were showing Center Stage, one of the Best Ballet Movies Of All Time! Of course I couldn’t NOT watch it, […]

Beowulf

I didn’t want to watch Beowulf. There was no way I was going to watch Beowulf because first of all, they forced us to read Beowulf in school and OMG it was such a YAWN. And second of all, Angelina Jolie is in it. No offense against Angelina, but I am Team Aniston. But then […]

Knowing and The Day the Earth Stood Still, plus The Best Cat Video Ever

I had a LOT of people write in with suggestions since I posted that I’d be writing about my search for the Best Movie of All Time. I just want you to know that I’ve seen most of the movies you suggested and yes, you’re right: they’re all very good, and definitely BMOAT contenders. But […]

Best Movie of All Time

It’s true. I watch a lot of movies. Don’t we all? I’m basically looking for The Best Movie of All Time. I’ve seen a lot of really good ones (who can forget Why Me? The Leola Mae Harmon Story starring Armand Assante and Glynnis O’Connor as a brave plastic surgeon and nurse who fight to […]

Contest and a Confession

Tonight is part one of the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion, and I. Cannot. Wait! Why do we (okay, I) care about these people? Why do I care about Bethenny and Jill Zarin and Susan Boyle and her cat Pebbles and Jon and Kate and their divorce? Because watching them battle with their problems […]

Second Worst Movie In The World

So I think I saw the second worst movie in the world (after Benjamin Butthead, of course). It’s kind of a toss up because the other day I was feeling a little down (my grandma has been sick and things have been a little sad in my family. After I posted about my dad last […]

Book Lovers Unite!

Do you love books? Of course you do! Then you should know about this online book auction for a young YA author/teen librarian who has cancer. I’ve bid on a book (one of my faves, Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman).… Stop by and check the auction out! You might find some of your favorite […]

Grey Gardens, Jackie O, Emma, and Me

Well? Have you taken the Which Jane Austen Heroine Are You Quiz yet? Take it now, and find out who you are! I was a tiny bit disappointed (but not very surprised) to learn that I am an Emma. Not that there’s anything wrong with being an Emma (I personally love her. Emma is probably […]

Level 5 Alert

It’s been the craziest week already, hasn’t it? The World Health Organization has raised their alert level to 5, the second-highest level, because of the swine flu…. …and yet, more people die every year of ordinary flu than have ever died of this one, and they’ve never raised their alert level before. Go figure. Here’s […]

Teenage Zombies

As I’m writing this I’m watching the worst movie I’ve seen in a while (but nowhere near as bad as Benjamin Button), Clive Barker’s The Plague. But I can’t turn it off because it stars James van der Beek, who is in two of my favorite teen movies of all time, Varsity Blues and Angus. […]

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 […]

Battle in the Forbidden City

I’m in the Miami Airport American Eagle Lounge on my way to Chicago for my signings this week. It’s all fancy in here and everyone is drinking white wine and tapping on their laptops (except me, I just have sparkling water and a laptop)…. …except this one kid, obviously just getting back from vacation on […]

Royal Send Off

Happy Groundhog’s Day! I hope none of you are reliving the same day over and over like Bill Murray…. …or that if you are, it’s a really good day! My birthday yesterday was a day I wouldn’t mind reliving over and over (well, except for the part where I ate something that had peanut sauce […]

Books, Tiaras, and Surprise Babies

So many books that I actually read this year (okay, well, last year) are getting awards! The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman just won the Newberry (yay, Neil!), and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart and Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway are being nominated for or basically just winning everything. This is […]

The Worst Movie of the Year (So Far)

It’s finally here! The second to last day of the year. What a year it’s been, right? Thanks so much for sticking through it with me! We’ve been through so much together this year, haven’t we? Britney’s long recovery from her breakdown…. So many housewives…. Some of us having to go gluten free…. That icky […]

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. […]

Thanks

Wow. So, I don’t know about you, but I found out I had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving…. …and not just that, unlike Real Housewife of Atlanta Kim W., my hair isn’t falling out…at least, not anymore. (When I had lyme disease, hair loss was one of my symptoms. So if you’re […]

Zero

Greetings diary readers! Sorry for the recent lack of updates. I’ve been busy finishing (and handing in—ALLELUIAH) my revision of BEING NIKKI, as well as traveling back to Key West from Indiana (I got to use the brand new Indianapolis airport—on the first day it opened! There was a band! And free wi-fi! And the […]

World Wide Book Tour, Part Three—Bath, Bristol, and Swindon

I saw Jane Austen! I know you don’t believe me but okay I did sort of see her since there were all these people dressed up like her in Bath as the Bath Children’s Book Festival was going on at the same time as the Jane Austen conference. The Janeites were busy going to the […]

Hurricanes, Ideas, and Sharks

I hope those of you whose Labor Day wasn’t ruined by Hurricane Gustav had a nice one. And I hope those of who you found yourselves in its path managed to ride it out safely. I was totally minding my own business watching eighty thousand movies in a row that I missed earlier in the […]

Cats and Dogs

I don’t know which made me feel more weepy, Tori Spelling’s memorial to her beloved pug Mimi La Rue on Tori and Dean, Home Sweet Hollywood, or CuteOverload’s tribute the other day to The Cat House on the Kings, California’s largest no-cage, no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary and adoption center. The Cat House on the Kings […]

Barbara, Hugh, and Me

So much to blog about! Really, lots has been going on–aside from the usual stuff, like trying to make my deadline and attempting to avoid my summer nemesis: bugs. I hate them. They love me. There are a lot more of them than there are of me. They are winning–mostly involving the amount of (not […]

Dr. Horrible started this week

Go here before it disappears forever (well, I mean, except on iTunes and DVD. It’s free on this site until July 20 only). Joss Whedon! Neil Patrick Harris! Together at last…. And it’s a musical! Hooray! More later. Much love, Meg

Zombies, Queen Bees, and Hellboy

I got many supportive emails about my last entry concerning “age banding,” for which I’d like to thank all of you. But none summed up the situation better than Kathryn, who stated, “Any mother who writes to you complaining about the content of your books not being appropriate for her child has abrogated her job […]

Queen of Babble Gets Hitched

It’s here! Queen of Babble Gets Hitched, the last book in the Queen of Babble series, is in US stores everywhere today! In case you missed it, I made a little video about my own obsession with brides (which matches my heroine’s—although she has an excuse, being a professional wedding gown restorer, and all). I […]

Read At Your Own Risk

Congratulations to Ellen B, Amanda L, Haleigh L, Brittani Y, and Amy L, all winners in last month’s megcabot.com contest! They were just supposed to win copies of Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Moving Day, but because I’m in such a good mood, they each got a copy of Airhead and an American Apparel Airhead […]

Sexy Time

Well, you know what time it is: That’s right! Sex and the City the movie time! It’s finally here! I’m so excited… Can you tell? These photos aren’t from the movie, though…. …they’re from the current issue of Vogue. Here’s a link to the article (it also features a video of the photo shoot with […]

Meg Previews the Summer Movies

It is really freaking boring here in the country, and since I know you’ve already gotten your copies of Airhead since the online retailers all started selling them this weekend, and you’re probably busy reading, I decided to compile this guide to the summer’s big new movies for you…or at least the ones I felt […]

Corporal Cuddling

What a week it’s been already! First off, I’m done with Princess Diaries 10…. Well, okay, I’m done with the first revision. We’ll see if I need to do more. If so, it’s cool. I’m up for it. Because…. I’m feeling MUCH better! Although according to: Don’t laugh, beginners need books like this. I’ll move […]

Jinx! You owe me a Coke.

Get ready! Jinx is coming to your TV screen. Karen Glass, one of the producers behind The Princess Diaries and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (and sister to This American Life’s Ira Glass) has optioned Jinx for a TV movie for ABC Family. No word on casting yet, but the script is underway, so I’ll […]

You Can Never Go Too Far

I’m on Jezebel! I never thought it would happen, but I’m on one of my favorite fashion/gossip/feminism (and also, on Fridays, YA lit) sites, Jezebel. I guess I’m not the only one feeling a lot of John Hughes nostalgia these days. The fuss is all about this: Although truthfully my favorite John Hughes movie was […]

Read This If You Want to Live

I am writing this from Minnesota where I just gave a speech to like 400 fantastic, enthusiastic, hilarious librarians. Go librarians!!! If you haven’t done so already, hug your librarian today. I’m giving another speech tonight at the Hennepin County Library in Minnetonka. It is true what they say about Minnesota…cold country–but very warm hearts! […]

Luck of the Irish

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I am especially qualified to wish this to you, being half Irish. Well, at least a quarter. Erin go bragh! This weekend was very hard on everyone. Clearly, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you must not own a TV, or if you do, you probably didn’t turn […]

Noooooooooo!

I could not be more bummed about Patrick Swayze and his cancer. However, at least according to his publicist, he may be around a bit longer than the National Enquirer would have us believe. In other Hollywood-related news, thanks to all your hard work, Friday Night Lights is saved (Eonline quotes the network higher ups […]

Millionaire Matchmaker vs. Lady Executive

It’s a new month, and you know what that means…. A Meg Cabot novel! Ha, I’m kidding. I’m not that quite prolific. This month Avon’s put out a trade paperback edition of an oldie but a goodie of mine, She Went All the Way — This was actually my first ever contemporary romance! Now it’s […]

SATC movie

I totally forgot to tell you that last week I saw the new extended Sex and the City movie trailer and it required me to have like a half hour counseling session–I mean conversation–with my friend Beth. So watch it at your own risk! Our conversation was like this: “Why did they even have to […]

Climb Aboard

Last night was a really difficult night for many of us, because it was the Grammys…. …but they were also showing the Colin Firth version of Pride and Prejudice on Masterpiece! vs. How were we to choose? But before I get to that, I totally have to mention that Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls: Moving […]

Super Fat Tuesday

Today is like the craziest Tuesday in all of history or something. It’s Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras in New Orleans) and Super Tuesday (tons of people in the US are voting in a super important election) and…. …also the day of the huge ticker tape parade in New York City for the Superbowl winners! I […]

Bad Boys

There are only four days left in the Princess Diaries 9 T-shirt design contest, and I must say, the competition is getting fierce! As a judge, I am already sick with indecision. Some of the entries are so good! If you’re planning on entering, better do it soon…. Anyway, how many of you saw Mansfield […]

Why Tim Riggins Didn’t Ask You Out

From Blue Monday (the third Monday in January is, apparently, the gloomiest day of the year) to the crazy ride on Wall Street, to the terrible news about Heath Ledger, this had been a sucky week. I don’t know about you, but I could use a little “Sugar High” from Empire Records to cheer me […]

Is It Possible….

…to read too many novels? That was the question posed by the hero of last night’s Masterpiece production of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, which I loved, loved, LOVED!!!! Did you see it? Mr. Northanger Abbey. Hot or Not? I do think, in Cathy Moreland’s case, it wasn’t a case of her reading too many novels, […]

Blog-caytion!

OK, while I was recuperating from getting my ovary and twenty years of endometriosis yanked, I got really behind with work (which I was kind of behind with before). So now I’m REALLY behind. So I need to buckle down and focus– –even though I’d love to chat with you instead about how I’ve developed […]

Happy 2008!

I can’t believe it’s a whole new year already! I’m writing this with a heating pad on my stomach and a pillow over that and my laptop on the pillow. I guess I will personally always remember 2007 as The Year That They Took Out My Right Ovary and Burned Off All My Endometriosis, Which […]

Princess Mia

Check out what I just got in the mail yesterday…and no, it wasn’t a Christmas present! Author’s copies of Princess Mia! Two giant boxes of them! But that’s not all. I got these, too: For once, the paperback of the last Princess Diaries installment (Princess on the Brink) will actually be in stores at the […]

Still Ow, But Getting Better

Thanks to everyone who wrote in with get well wishes and reassurances for my surgery last week! I’m happy to say it went really well, although there were some surprises (no cancer though, which was my biggest fear, of course) that are going to make my recovery longer than expected. The ginormous cyst ate my […]

Legend

I don’t know about other writers, but when I’m towards the end of writing a book, I am completely unfit for human companionship. Like, I pretty much stop bathing and I can’t speak in complex sentences anymore. This is pathetic, but true. It’s a good thing I write books in short intense bursts. When I […]

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 […]

News

There’s a new feature on this site that you may not have noticed–Meg Cabot News. This is the first link under Cool Stuff (at the top of the Homepage), and will now be the quickest way for readers to find out what’s happening in Meg Cabot Land…. …as opposed to having to scroll through tons […]

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 […]

Thank You

You guys are seriously the best. Why? Because after my sad previous post, many of you rushed to cheer me up, letting me know that I could view the Gossip Girl episode I missed this Sunday (thanks, Danielle!), and that it’s OK to hate the Miami Airport (thanks, Erika)! But then things got even better. […]

My Head is Exploding

Why didn’t anyone tell me that Judy Blume has a blog? Do you realize how awesome and groundbreaking this is? This is JUDY BLUME, who wrote BLUBBER, one of my favorite books ever, and one of the most banned books of all time! She has a BLOG! I’m so happy! In other book related news, […]

Can We Talk?

Oh my God, I had so much fun on the Today Show! Those ladies were a riot. Rosalind Wiseman is so funny and nice (although she might have seemed serious on the show). If you want to watch the segment, click here) and then keep clicking the word Next under Video from Today until you […]

Film Rights/Today Show/Readergirlz

Wow, things are exploding here in Meg Cabot world. First off, yes, my dark auburn Clairol Nice ‘n Easy Touch Up roots matched. Thanks for asking. That little brush it comes with is useless, though. You’re much better off just getting down and dirty (like Nigella Lawson does with food. The new season of her […]

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 […]

Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls/Advice/Oracles

Thanks for your sympathy on my kitchen debacle, but as many of you pointed out, I do have a barn in Indiana I could go live in. I guess I could leave my husband’s cat behind with the carpenter, who would take really good care of her, and then she wouldn’t get eaten by coyotes. […]

Woof

We’ve entered the dog days of summer, but fear not: I’ve got tons of suggestions on how to keep cool…. –Why not visit the authors of Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume who’ll be chatting here at the Barnes and Noble on-line book club? Join me, Jennifer […]