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Happy Memorial Day (to those who celebrate)!

Although of course Memorial Day is officially about honoring and mourning those who gave their lives in service of their country, it’s also come to symbolize the unofficial beginning of summer here in the US.

If that’s true and summer is here (even unofficially) I’m exhausted already because there’s so much going on. Some of it I’m not allowed to talk about (yet), but here’s what I CAN say:

BOOK NEWS

I have a new book about WITCHES coming out on September 5, 2023 – just in time for the spooky season!

Cover of Enchanted to Meet You

That’s right: I have two books coming out in 2023! The first was THE QUARANTINE PRINCESS DIARIES, and the second is called ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU.

ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU is my first book featuring witches for adults (some of you might remember my best-selling witch book, JINX, which is for young adult readers).

Like JINX, ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU is a deeply personal story to me. I have several ancestors who were, according to popular family lore, actual witches, and when I was a kid I naturally thought that must mean I’d inherited their magic powers!

Alas, this does not seem to be case (unless you count writing tons of books). Every spell I cast as a kid failed (they were mostly spells to make it snow so hard, school would be canceled). So I decided to write about someone whose spells actually work!

Unlike me, Jess, the heroine of ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU, doesn’t have any witchy relatives, but every spell she casts works–sometimes a little TOO well. This gets her into hot water (especially of the romantic variety), but especially causes trouble when a handsome stranger shows up in her small town to tell her that she is the Chosen One.

That’s the theme of ENCHANTED: You don’t have to be descended from a witch to do magic in this world! Your intentions are all that matter.

If you want to find out more about this book, read an excerpt here.

And if you’d like a free advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, sign up here! I’m not in charge of deciding who gets ARCs, but I can guarantee we’ll get your name to the people who are!

And as always, if you’d like a signed and/or personalized copies of this book when it comes out, go to Judy Blume’s independent bookstore, Books and Books Key West (here), to pre-order them!

MORE BOOK NEWS:

Thank you so much to everyone who’s supported THE QUARANTINE PRINCESS DIARIES. 10% of the author proceeds from English-language versions of the book go to Princess Mabel of the Netherlands’ charity to end child marriage. I’m so proud to be helping out such a worthy cause! And remember, if you want a signed and/or personalized copy of this book, you can also order it from Judy Blume’s independent bookstore, Books and Books Key West (here) as well!

MOVIE NEWS:

Because of the Writer’s Guild of America strike – which I wholly support! All writers (not just screenwriters) need to be paid a living wage–I don’t have much movie news, but last I heard, things were still very much on track for a Princess Diaries 3!

For fans of The Mediator series, the news is more complicated: Netflix let go of the entire division where The Mediator was under option, which means the property is now free to be picked up by another studio/producer. I’m not allowed to say much more about that right now, except that–interest is VERY high!

PERSONAL NEWS:

Finally, I’ve missed seeing those of you who live outside of Key West! While I didn’t get the opportunity to travel to any events for QUARANTINE PRINCESS, I’m hoping to do so for ENCHANTED. So maybe, if we all give it our best intentions, we’ll see each other this Fall!

Until then, I wish you a great summer. Happy reading!

Much love,

Meg

 

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