LETTER TO JK ROWLING

Dear Ms. Rowling, Hi! So, I've never actually met you, but I just read what you said about how you might have to kill off your main character in the final book of your HARRY POTTER series. I just want you to know I TOTALLY get what you're saying, and I couldn't agree more. I […]

GOOD IN BED

Wow, my signing at Harry S. Schwartz in Milwaukee was so fun! And not just because so many readers brought gifts and mementos for me.Although many thanks to Kelley, Megan, Liza, Sherry, Natalie and Katherine for the TaB! And to Monica for the Ultimate Mix! And to Nora for her autograph! And to Sammy for […]

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT

Get it while it's hot…. Back by popular demand, the folks who brought you the bestselling anthology GIRLS' NIGHT IN bring you an all new collection of short stories by some of your favorite chick-lit authors–GIRLS' NIGHT OUT! Don't miss my newest “email” story, REUNION. Check it out! (And remember, all the proceeds go to […]

Awesome Spring Reads

So many books, so little time…. First of all, for anyone who has mistakenly come here looking for a re-cap of last night's episode of 24, go to Dave Barry's blog instead. He can explain it WAY better than I can (and I agree with him about Audrey). Speaking of authors who live in Florida—ROCK […]

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 […]

GOOD NEWS

The good news is…. So I made the mistake of watching the news the other night. Could there BE more bad news? I don't think so. So I have decided to write my own news. The difference between my news and the rest of the news is that my news is only good news. Yes. […]

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED

The reviews are in for my art show: My mom: “I laughed so hard, I peed my pants.” My aunt: “I was never aware until now what an integral part saliva played in the creative process.” My brother: “You got SKILLS, just like Napoleon Dynamite.” Thank you to everyone who wrote to say they enjoyed […]

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS

There is so much book-related news today that I don't even know where to begin. First of all AVALON HIGH debuted at #3 on the New York Times Children's Chapter Book Bestseller List! So thanks, everybody! SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT didn't make any lists, but it's selling really well, despite the fact that ENTERTAINMENT […]

58% HAPPY RULE

Oh my God, so many people are so mad at me for what I wrote in my last entry about literary novelists. People, I was totally joking. I mean, I would never say anything mean about literary novelists, especially since I am actually sort of related to some (well, through my mom's boyfriend's daughter's husband's […]

LITERARY GOSSIP

Well, I'm very relieved. Many of you turn out to be bird watchers, or know ornithologists, or even ARE ornithologists (or used to work in zoos), and you all have done a splendid job reassuring me that the gigantic bird that has taken up residence in my backyard is an osprey, and that osprey's don't […]

WHY WON’T THESE CATS STOP STARING AT YOU?

Because they want you to come to tomorrow's chat with author Wendy Mass, who will be joining us LIVE to talk about her excellent book, A Mango-Shaped Space. Come here tomorrow, Sunday, November 27 at 2PM EST. Be there, or my cats will just keep STARING RIGHT AT YOU. More later. Much love, Meg

KNIT AND CHAT!

I will admit it's hard to knit and chat at the same time…if you're cyber-chatting, that is. But that's what we've got planned for this Sunday at 2PM (Eastern standard time): a massive knit-and-chat with author of the Meg Cabot Book Club's October pick of the month CHICKS WITH STICKS. But don't worry…you don't need […]

ONE HOT READ

Just a quick post to let you know that Key West is FINE after Hurricane Wilma…bruised but not broken! I will post a longer entry about it after my broadband is back up (yes! I am posting this by dial up! That is how dedicated I am to keeping you informed on the minutest details […]

Henrietta and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Remember this book?If you don't, you need to run and get a copy, pronto. This is the best book to read when you're having “one of those days.” Which I happen to be. I am having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day—but it hasn't been as bad as Henrietta's. I mean, it's true […]

Stuff You Want to Know NOW

Wow. So it turns out author Marian Keyes already wrote an essay in her new book about how it's ok to be a feminist and wear lip gloss, and she called it “The F Word” (thanks to alert UK readers for the heads up on this) just like I did in my last blog entry. […]

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 […]

It’s Here!

Please join me tonight at 7PM EST for a live online chat here at the Meg Cabot Book Club with the brilliantly talented and absolutely hilarious author Susan Juby, who will be joining us ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA to discuss her new book, ALICE MACLEOD, REALIST AT LAST. In the grand tradition of Adrian […]

Media Round Up

I'm back from my whirlwind weekend in Ohio, where we attended a college friend's wedding. It was a nice break from the grim reality of the fact that I have about a million projects that were due, um, yesterday, some of which I still haven't started yet. And also that hurricane season is upon us […]

CHAT TONIGHT

Author Photo A Originally uploaded by megcabot. ***CHAT TONIGHT*** Come to the Meg Cabot Book Club's EXCLUSIVE (but everyone's invited) live online chat with brilliant YA author Rachel Vail, to discuss her newest book, IF WE KISS! Be there at 7PM tonight–www.megcabotbookclub.com. You won't be sorry…. PS When you get there you can ask me […]

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 […]

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 […]

Princess Diaries 6 Tour Day 1-2

So who watched 14 HOURS last night, the made for TV movie on TNT based on the true story of how Tropical Storm Allison flooded this Houston hospital and they had to evacuate 539 patients, many of them in critical condition, in like 3 hours? And how many of you wept when at the last […]

Media Round Up

OK, so my TiVo erased everything I taped while I was on tour because I set it at FINE quality recording instead of HIGH and there were only 21 hours of memory left and it all got eaten up by the BBC America show, HOUSE DOCTOR, which is on like 5 times a day. So […]

POX!

Well, once again I am ringing in the New Year in a delicate state of health. Apparently it was not enough that I had to begin 2004 with lyme disease, and end it with a badly bruised/broken coccyx bone. No, now I have the pox. Okay, it isn't really THE pox, like the one everyone […]

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: […]

Chat Tonight

Hey, don't forget, there's an online chat tonight (Sunday, October 24) at 7PM Eastern Standard Time on www.megcabotbookclub.com! Readers will have the opportunity to chat LIVE with me and Sonya Sones, author of the October book club pick, the hilarious and touching “One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies”. Do NOT miss this […]

THAT QUESTION

So I'm sitting in the airport on my way to the Midwest Literary Festival, having escaped Ivan, and my flight got cancelled so I thought I'd answer some questions on the Ask Meg forum on www.megcabotbookclub.com while I waited for my new flight. I would like to commend the people who posted questions there today […]

Author In Search of a Quote

Okay, so my apologies about that last entry, obviously I've got to start leaving my laptop closed when I leave the room. Henrietta can't open it when it's closed due to her lack of thumbs (which doesn't seem to have adversely affected her typing). So that should stop anymore highjacking of my blog. I guess […]

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 […]

SUMMER REVIEWS

Summer is a good time to catch up on your TBR (to be read) list, and also to go to the movies, since everything (except on Fox—and maybe the WB and the N) is a rerun. So I thought I would tell you what I've been reading and watching, and maybe, if you're bored, you […]

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 […]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

So I know I said I would have a big announcement/surprise on June 1, but it's ready now and I can't wait anymore to share it with everyone. You guys have to see it! It's so cool (I can say that without bragging because I had nothing to do with it, really). Anyway, you know […]

CRUSHED

So I have a new crush, in addition to the ones I have on Doogie Howser, Seth Cohen, and Horatio Hornblower. This one is different though, because it's on a real person, and not a fictional character. Since I'm married and so is he, our love can never be, of course. Um, especially since he's […]

THINK PINK

Help! I've fallen behind, and I can't catch up. I'm TRYING, but it's so HARD. Do you know what I mean? Maybe some of you feel the same way. Is it that time of year, or something? Residual lyme disease? Sun spots? Who knows. I am WAY behind on my book that's due, um, next […]

Library in my Pants

So, this morning when I looked at the paper, I saw a review for a book by a guy who lived in the same town as I did when I was growing up. And then I remembered this totally embarrassing thing I once did–or tried to do—that has to do with this guy. I don't […]

Slime Disease

I've been inspired to blog more often by the book I'm reading, Why Girls are Weird, by Pamela Ribon, aka Pamie from TelevisionWithoutPity.com and pamie.com. I realize I am a terrible blogger. Susan Juby (aka author of Alice, I Think and it's sequel, Miss Smithers, due out this Spring, and hostess of susanjuby.com) and I […]