WRITER DO’S AND DON’T’S
The Princess Party Pack contest is over! Thanks to all nine point seven million of you who entered. Unfortunately, only the first ten of you won. All winners have been notified with a message saying CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON. If you did not receive this message, you did not win. But stay tuned to this blog […]
Book Signing Do’s and Don’t’s
Don't forget: I'm off to the Lee County Reading Festival this weekend, so if you live in the Ft. Myers, FL area, please stop by and see me: Saturday, March 18, 2006Lee County Reading FestivalHarborside Event Center and Centennial ParkFort Meyers, FLTeen Stage Interview 11AMSigning 12:30PM-1:30PMAuthor presentation (Teen Stage) 2pm-3pm I hope someone will show […]
2006-2007 Tours
Check below for my 2006-2007 tour dates and locales: Ha, I bet you thought I was going to talk about the Oscars! Well, I'm not. Except to say that I loved Jon Stewart. Also that I did not see a single one of the movies that were up for Best Picture. Oh, well. I have […]
RADIO TOUR
Often, when you have a new book (or two) out….. …your publisher asks you to do a radio tour, because you can hit tons of markets without even leaving your house. Which rocks for the publisher, because they don't have to pay to send you out on the road. And it rocks for the author, […]
Festival/Real Life Teen
So I'm back from the National Book Festival in Washington DC (well, not really. I'm writing this from the airport, waiting to board my plane back to Key West. But I'll be back by the time you read this, since this airport doesn't have wi-fi, so I can't go online). Anyway, I had a very […]
DC BOOK FESTIVAL
I'm posting this now because of Tropical Storm Rita (which people are saying may turn into Hurricane Rita overnight) since tomorrow and Wednesday I may have no power. I wanted you all to know that I'm leaving Friday (if Key West doesn't get blown away in the next couple of days) for the Washington DC […]
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 […]
Princess in Training Tour Days 9-12
SALT LAKE CITY WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Seriously. It's a city plopped down in the middle of this valley (aka The Great Basin) surrounded by all these white-capped mountains. And, unlike almost every other city I have been to in my life, there was no graffiti along the highway from the airport. I know. It freaked […]
Princess Diaries 6 Tour Days 7-8
Wow, so, whirlwind past couple of days. Let me see if I can keep it all straight. It's been kind of hard because I got the requisite Book Tour Sore Throat Accompanied by Nasal Congestion the other day, so I've been on Actifed ever since, which makes me kind of spacey, especially on top of […]
Princess Diaries 6 Tour Days 5-6
Wow, do I love New Mexico. I mean, it's true right now I'm covered with this weird dirt that was blowing around in the wind out by the pool…and everything I brought with me to the pool is also covered in it, including my iPod and can of smoked almonds. Oh, and my eyes are […]
Princess in Training Tour Days 3-4
Things are looking up! I had two excellent signings here in St Louis, which I'm leaving today for Kansas City. Both signings were well attended, even the one that took place at the exact same time as the Final Four! It was a book tour miracle. I was delighted to meet so many readers at […]
THIS JUST IN!!!! THIS JUST IN!!!! THIS JUST IN!!!!
Meg Cabot to Play Fairy GodmotherFor A Cinderella Affair While touring to promote Princess Diaries VI: Princess in Training in April, Meg Cabot has decided to add some sequins and taffeta to her book signings: she's asking her fans to bring a gently used prom dress to the bookstore for donation to A Cinderella Affair. […]
Every Boy’s Got One Tour Days 13-17
Well, my airplane cold turned into full-fledged flu, and I can't say I'm feeling all that great these days. It turns out they weren't kidding when they urged us all to get flu vaccines this year. This thing is serious stuff. And I should know. It's been kicking my ass all week. On the bright […]
Every Boy’s Got One Days 9-12
So I knew it was going to happen. It always does. I mean, ALWAYS. I tried everything I could to stop it. I washed my hands so much, my knuckles got chapped. I downed Airborne and Emergen-C every night. I went to bed early, instead of staying out drinking with all the old college buds […]
Every Boy’s Got One Tour Days 6-8
Dear Paris, Hi. You don't know me, but I've been staying in a lot of your hotels lately—well, I guess they're your dad's hotels. Or your grandpa's. I must admit, I'm not that familiar with the Hilton family tree. In any case, I just thought I'd write and say good job with the hotel thing. […]
Every Boy’s Got One Tour, Days 3-4
Dear Betty, the Lady Who Patted Me Down in the Security Line at Memphis International Airport: Hi, Betty! Remember me? I'm the passenger who asked, hopefully, “What does it mean when they punch a star into my boarding pass? That I'm going to get STAR treatment all the way to Louisville?” And your boss replied, […]
Every Boy’s Got One Book Tour, Day 1-2
Dear Delta Airlines, I was cool with it when the plane I was supposed to take to Atlanta–and then on to Memphis two nights ago for my signing yesterday–broke down, and you left us sitting on the tarmac in Key West for an hour before telling us to get off so you could fix it. […]
Things I’ve Been Obsessing About Lately
1) Geoff Ritchie. Who is Geoff Ritchie, you ask? Don't tell me you haven't heard of him! He's the guy with the huge portwine birthmark who they featured on three, count them, THREE episodes of “Extreme Surgery,” one of my favorite shows, since of course, I WANTED to be a doctor (okay, a vet) but […]
Meg Reviews Smallpox, the Made-for-TV Disaster Movie
Psych! I didn't really watch Smallpox, so I won't be reviewing it here. I STARTED to watch it, but it was all scary and good, and I got freaked out and had to turn on Extreme Home Makeover instead. Made-for-TV disaster movies are only good when they're bad. Do you know what I mean? If […]
Holiday Newsletter
It is my favorite time of year—the time when people send their annual newsletters letting the rest of us know what has gone on in their family since the last time we heard from them, generally a year ago, in the last newsletter we received from them. These are people with whom we are friends—or […]
My Trip to England
Well, as you may have gathered, I am back from my book tour in England, and am finally able to breathe through my nose again (I caught a wicked cold while I was there). Also, my voice came back (I have nodules on my vocal chords from when I did musical theater as a teen, […]
FAREWELL BRITAIN
I would just like to say that I have learned a lot since coming to England. I have learned about British culture (they all hate Posh) and British food (there is no such thing as bacon here. Here, all bacon is ham). I have learned how to properly prepare tea (milk goes in the cup […]
The Souvenir No One Wants
Yes. It is true. I have it. It started the morning of the Albert Hall appearance as a tickle. By Milton Keynes it was a full on throb. And by Cheltenham, I knew it wasn't going to go away without major medical intervention. Yes. I have it. The souvenir no one wants: A head cold. […]
CABOT RHYMES WITH RABBIT
Hi. I have about five minutes of downtime, so I thought I'd update you on a few things. 1) The message boards at Megcabotbookclub.com are back up. You may now carry on posting like mad about this month's book pick, ONE OF THOSE HIDEOUS BOOKS WHERE THE MOTHER DIES (yes, that really is the title, […]
BLACK PUDDING
Okay, so I'm the biggest loser, I'm in London, one of the biggest, most exciting cities in the world, and I have the morning off from book signing off, and instead of going to the National Gallery or Buckingham Palace or even Bond Street to shop, like I planned (well, OK, to be honest I […]
Notes from my UK Book Tour
Hallo, as they say in England (or at least, that's how it sounds)! I made it “across the pond” to London where I am typing this in front of a big roaring fire in the “drawing room” of my hotel (I am not even kidding). Anyway, it was quite a journey getting here, I had […]
Off to England
Well, goodbye, I am leaving for my UK tour now, I will be gone until mid-October. I will try to blog while I am there, but I don't really know if I will have access to Internet service while I'm there, or that if I do, I will be able to figure out how to […]
ICE WEASELS
Hey! So how was your Meg Cabot Day? Mine was okay. Thanks for all your emails of support and congratulation, and special thanks to everyone who showed up at my signing at the Bloomington Barnes and Noble. I saw lots of old friends (as well as my 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Frye, and Ida Medlyn, […]
Meg Cabot Day
So I'm on my book tour for Teen Idol in the great state of Indiana. I had a great signing in Carmel last night, and met tons of really cool readers, as well as saw some really fun people I knew in high school (and even second grade—hi, Laura, Rhea, Betsy, and Deann)! So I'm […]
DON’T BE SHY
So my Teen Idol book tour starts next week. For those of you who don't know what a book tour is, it's actually when an author's publisher sends her around to different cities to speak in front of readers (usually in bookstores) and/or go on the radio and television to promote her new book. I […]
Chicago
So I just got back from Chicago, where I was attending Book Expo America. Book Expo America (or BEA) is this giant book conference for independent booksellers, and the publishers send their authors there to mingle and give away free advanced reader copies of their books. So people go around with these wheelie suitcases from […]
Book Club/Goose/Manatee
Hey! So I'm hoping by now all of you have had a chance to look at my new online reading room club at www.megcabotbookclub.com!. At last count, we had something like 750 registered users, which is, um, pretty good, considering the site only went live on Friday morning. I'm glad there's been such a positive […]
The Early Show (again), Princess Diaries 6 (again), and Projectile Vomit
So, yeah, the Early Show. I've actually been hearing from people who saw me on it! I was kind of shocked that nothing happened to mess it up, to tell you the truth. But the car came and got me at 7AM, and when we got to the studio, I was whisked into hair and […]
CANADA, JOKES, ELLA/HELLBOY, and THE SECRET PLAN
Helloooo! I know it's been a while since I posted. I do have an excuse though: I've been laid low by jet lag. I HATE that. Although I discovered the secret to avoiding jet lag while you're away: no caffeine. Which helps for getting to sleep at night, but isn't so helpful for waking up […]
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: Day 8-9
I'm writing this from the floor of the San Jose International airport because the only seat that is anywhere near an electrical outlet is currently being occupied by a lady who is not even USING the plug, she's actually writing, BY HAND, in her journal. But what am I going to do, go up to […]
PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 7
Time Change Okay, what's up with the time change thing? I know a lot of you are used to it, because you've been doing it your whole lives. But in Indiana, they don't believe in Daylight Savings, and we just didn't have it. No. We Hoosiers did not let ourselves get pushed around by the […]
PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 6
Gap's Dirty Little Secret Okay, so I don't know how many of you know this. But are you aware that Gap's women's jeans are VANITY SIZED? That means if you wear an 8 and you go in there to buy jeans, the 6s are what will fit you best…but really, they're 8s. You didn't lose […]
PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 4-5
So you'll never guess where I am right now. Go ahead, guess. OK, I'll tell you: THE OC!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE ON THE TV SHOW (which I missed last night because I had two back-to-back book signings so don't tell me what happened, I'll watch it on TiVo when I get home April 12). Actually, […]
PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 3
What a turn-out we had at last night's Princess in Pink signing in Thousand Oaks, CA! Wow, it was a blast. And people brought me PRESENTS. I got Girl Scout cookies (how did you KNOW???) and a hilarious book, and all sorts of great stuff. But seriously, you guys, you don't have to bring me […]
PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 2
Okay, so I'm sitting on the plane to LA, and guess who's on my flight? It's a woman. And she wears a crown. No, not me…. It's MISS MINNESOTA! Yes, Miss Minnesota is on my flight from Minnesota to LA. She's on her way to the Miss USA pageant. She is very pretty and very […]
PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 1
Punk Rock Fever Hello. I'm sitting at the gate at La Guardia Airport in NYC, waiting for my flight to Minnesota to take off. It's 7:17AM on Sunday morning on the first day of my two week book tour. For anyone out there who still thinks authors lead glamorous lives, may I point out that […]
St Patrick’s Day
So I'm part Irish. I'm also part Italian, part English, part Scottish, and part Welsh, and probably part some other stuff as well. None of my ancestors were famous or anything that I know of, except for a Welsh one, who was one of the last women to be burned at the stake for witchcraft, […]
Emergency addendum to last post:
If I am not scheduled to stop in your town on my next book tour, it's not because I don't like your town. Really! It's probably because no bookstore in your area has expressed an interest in having me! Authors have NO CONTROL over where we are sent on our tours. Tours are based ENTIRELY […]
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 […]
My Bad Week
Hello. I've had a terrible week and since so many of you write to me to share your ups and downs (mostly downs…why is that, by the way?) I thought I'd share mine. First, on Sunday, my laptop died. Just died. It's been through a lot in the two years since I bought it…a half […]
