Hello again! Just a reminder that on Wednesday, September 17, I’ll be speaking and signing in Westerville, OH!
I know you don’t feel like leaving your nice comfy couch, especially in the evening on a weeknight, but I guarantee this event will be worth it. I’m going to be giving attendees an exclusive sneak peek at many of the books I have coming out in the next few years, AS WELL AS spilling a little tea about Princess Diaries 3, AND answering all of your questions about previous books.
But mainly I’m going to be enjoying being amongst so many readers while happily signing your old worn out Meg Cabot books from home (and of course you’re welcome to buy new ones at the event as well). There is nothing I love more than being with a bunch of readers like myself – except when one of those readers brings me a much loved paperback to sign, one that has been ravaged by time and many many readings and now smells like a vanilla wafer.
That being said, crisp new books purchased at the event are also nice, and signed copies make EXCELLENT gifts.
Get your tickets for the event here!
Can’t make it to Ohio? No worries! You can bid on signed books by me (and many other authors!) AND help stop violence against women at the same time by donating to the 11th Annual Read for Pixels campaign! Not to tell you things you already know, but the below would make a nice birthday or even holiday gift for a reader! Click here to find out more.
Which leads me to: AI.
Readers, I am old. I am so old that my first published book came out in 1998. I am so old that I have written and published over 100 books in my lifetime. I am so old that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE BOOKS HAS BEEN USED TO TRAIN AI. (And no, I have not yet received compensation for this.)
I am so old, I had a perm in 1985 – while watching Live Aid.
So when I overhear someone saying, “She’s written so many books, she must use AI,” it makes me kind of sad – mainly for that person, for being dumb enough to think such a thing. How did I use AI to write a book published in 1998, or 2001, 0r even 2023 when AI WAS NOT YET INVENTED/AVAILABLE?
And I’m aware that some of these people think that “proof” of a book having been written by AI is that the author uses a lot of em dashes. And weirdly, it just so happens that I use a lot of em dashes – BECAUSE I AM A NERD WHO LOVES EM DASHES.
Reader, AI learned em dashes FROM MY BOOKS (and the books of many others).
I am such a nerd, I have an R2D2 cookie jar.
So please note: I DO NOT USE AI. I do not even know HOW to use AI, nor would I ever want to because I AM A NERD WHO LOVES TO WRITE. There is literally nothing I enjoy more than writing. When someone asks me what fun thing I have planned for the weekend, the fun thing that I have planned is that I’m going to write something, because I AM A NERD WHO LOVES WRITING.
I am such a nerd that my autographed photo of Princess Leia is one of my most cherished possessions.
I hope I’m making it clear that I have always written my own books, do not use AI, and have never used a ghost writer. I don’t understand why anyone would pay someone or something else to write anything for them when writing is literally the most fun thing to do in the world.
But then, I am a nerd.
Finally, so many of you reported the fake Meg Cabot account on X that it got taken down! Thank you so much! You guys are really the best. Apparently this account was part of some fake marketing scam. Please note that though I had a Twitter account for more than a decade, I left X over a year ago, and I would NEVER offer literary advice for money! Please contact me if you ever see anything else suspicious under my name!
In the meantime – I hope I see you in Ohio! And stay strong, fellow nerds!
More later.
Much love,
Meg
