Movie News: Avalon High and The Mediator
As we gear up for Oscar night (I’ve seen 8 of the 10 Best Picture nominees, and am about to see #9! How about you? Best Movie Ever, Oscar Edition, coming to this blog soon!), I just got movie news of my very own. Read it here first… (…or not because it was already in […]
Thanks, Olympics
Dear Olympics, Now that our relationship is coming to an end, I just want to thank you. I will admit that things got off to a rocky start between us. All I really knew about you at first was that you were going to pre-empt a lot of my favorite shows (30 Rock, Mercy, etc), […]
Are you there God? Margaret’s Not OK for Tweens
Playboy! Kissing! Emerging sexuality! Would you buy a book for your eleven old you thought was about these things? Probably not. But if parents go to Judy Blume’s newly updated Barnes and Noble page for Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, that’s exactly what they’re going to find out that the book has in […]
Newsflash
I finally turned in all my revisions (and the copyedits of those revisions)! While I’m adjusting to life back on Planet What Passes For Normal Around Here, I’d like to take a few moments to say:
So You Want To Be Published
Well, now’s your chance! Because you’re going to write an original audiobook story on Twitter! And it’s GOING to get published.
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 […]
Keeper Shelf Monday: Fat Cat by Robin Brande
A while ago I started hearing all this buzz about this book, Fat Cat by Robin Brande. Full of romance and comedy and cool science….OK, I’ll bite. But then I heard that it also involved a heroine’s experience being “the fat girl” as well as her experience trying to get healthy. That’s when I REALLY […]
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 […]
Birthday Thanks
Thanks to everyone who emailed, Tweeted, and sent me birthday greetings today! You’re all the best! Seriously, that was so sweet of you! I was going to celebrate by going see Avatar because I’m the only person in the ENTIRE WORLD who hasn’t seen it yet and I feel like I’ve fallen behind on my […]
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 […]
Keeper Shelf Monday: Laini Taylor
The thing I think is so cool about the author of today’s book for Keeper Shelf Monday is that she started out as an artist making her own line of cool greeting cards (something I’ve always dreamed of doing!). And then she got a got book published! Plus, she has pink hair! How cool is […]
Picture Books by Meg!
Let’s just concede that 2010 hasn’t gotten off to a very propitious start. Haiti. Authors dying left and right. The entire world (NBC, the Internet, Wall Street, what have you) appearing to have gone insane. My husband still being on crutches. But it isn’t all bad, you guys. Because it’s just been reported that Madonna […]
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!
God
When I was a kid, and things like this horrible earthquake in Haiti would happen, I would get really mad at God. Because I used to think God was a kindly old man with a long white beard who lived up in heaven (just like they told us in Sunday school), and who, like me […]
Keeper Shelf Monday
I know you still have money leftover from all those gift certificates you got for Christmas/Hanukkah. Or maybe—like me—you have a winter birthday, and are going to be getting even MORE gift certificates soon (hint). In any case, here’s a book that you’ll want to add to your keeper shelf (in between the Agatha Christies, […]
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 […]
What A Girl Wants
Did you get what you wanted for Christmas? I didn’t. Well, not everything. I wanted a Pomeranian puppy, a pedicab, and a new swimming pool with a built-in outdoor Jacuzzi and slide (like the one they have at Atlantis in the Bahamas, complete with sharks). But then I read this essay in the New York […]
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!
What It’s Not Too Late To Get People:
I know. This is the time when I should be telling you to get people books this holiday season. But you already know this, of course! And if you read this blog regularly, you’ve already bought all the books I’ve recommended throughout the year, and wrapped them up to give to others. So now I’m […]
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.
Put Your Big Girl Panties On and Deal With It
Could this have been a crazier week? First Tiger’s wife went Carrie Underwood on him! Then my husband took a swan dive and broke his ankle!
Insatiable
Busted! I was kind of trying to keep a low profile about my adult Summer 2010 release because a) I’m still tweaking it (it’s kind of hard to finish a book when your husband breaks his ankle!), and
Too Much Awesome
Remember how the Wonder Twins (helpers to the Super Friends) would get together and save people? Well, it seems like whenever my brother and I get together, instead of saving people, we make people fall down. And break something. Take the last time my brother and I got together at my house: My grandma fell […]
Your Holiday Helper
Happy Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year! Thanksgiving is nice and all—for those of you who went home for the holidays, here’s one of my favorite Liz Phair songs to cheer you up. See? It’s not just you—but let’s face it: It’s really all about the shopping the day after. See, retailers […]
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 […]
Meg’s Mail Bag
It’s perfect stay-indoors weather here because of pesky Tropical Storm Ida–windy and rainy, with palm fronds flying everywhere! And while I hope it clears up in time for the book fair in Miami this weekend, it’s kind of a good opportunity for us to dip into Meg’s Mail Bag, since it’s been a while. So […]
Don’t Be a Book Licker!
It was an exciting weekend here in Casa Cabot. Why? Well, since I’m going to be speaking and signing at the Miami Book Festival this coming Saturday (the fair starts TODAY! Click here to see all the amazing authors who are going to be there!) the Miami Herald asked me for some advice for girls. […]
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 […]
Ghost Story
This is truly a creepy Halloween. Just in time for the spookiest night of the year, a rodent (I pray that it is a rodent and not a larger mammal, such as a human being) crawled into a wall of our house and…. Died. And we cannot find its body. Do you want to know […]
Awesomely Naked Updates
It’s Fantasy Fest Week here in Key West! You think things get crazy in your town for Halloween? Where I live for the week leading up to Halloween, people come from all over the world to party, elect a King and Queen (the two people who raise the most money for AIDs Help), have a […]
Significant Objects
A while ago I was asked to be part of the Significant Objects Project. This is a fun project you might have read about where authors are sent a photo of an object and asked to write a story giving the object new meaning (in under 500 words). Then the story and photo are posted […]
Runaway
What’s that you keep asking me? When are you going to get to see the cover to Runaway, the final book in the Airhead series? Why, that’d be today! I got the final manuscript turned in, the revisions completed, and now I’m just awaiting copy edits (a copy editor works to improve the formatting, accuracy, […]
Strong Female Characters
Guess who’s going to be on Voice of America? That’s right. Me. (And Diana Gabaldon. And Shannon Hale. And Kristin Cashore. Yeah! The theme for the show is Strong Female Characters, in case you didn’t notice.) I know you totally want to listen to it, and you can, by going here. The show will air […]
Meet Judy Blume!
I know, I know…you’ve always wanted to meet Judy Blume. Well, now you have your big chance! On Monday, October 19, she’ll be hosting a night of comedy to celebrate free speech (and benefit the National Coalition Against Censorship) at City Winery in New York City…. And you can be there! (Okay, for $50. But […]
Glitter Girls
Guess what I just got? A big box of the new Allie Finkle adventure, Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out! I know! I was like, didn’t Allie’s Rules for Girls, Stage Fright, just come out? How can the new one be here already? But this is just the advanced reader copy (uncorrected proof) for […]
I Got My Mind Set On You
Today I made a startling discovery. I was putting on my eye makeup and listening to the 80s channel on XM radio (as I do every morning) when they played George Harrison’s I Got My Mind Set On You. That’s when I realized it: This song is totally about writing a book! I know everyone […]
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 […]
Ash by Malinda Lo
I’m so excited that Malinda Lo’s brilliant retelling of Cinderella, Ash, is finally in stores! I was fortunate enough to be able to read a review copy of this book a long time ago, and couldn’t wait to be able to talk about it with you. And now here it is! Finally! Publishers Weekly says […]
Betsy Rules
Be sure to check out my piece on the Betsy-Tacy books in today’s Wall Street Journal! Just click here. If you haven’t read the Betsy books yet…what are you waiting for? The Betsy-Tacy Books by Maud Hart Lovelace have been beloved by girls and women since they were first published in the 1940s. Fans of […]
Pass the Luck
I just got home from Birmingham, Alabama, where I got to speak at a luncheon in front of a BIG audience of Books-A-Million sales managers and buyers (hi, guys)! A lot of people think being a writer is just sitting around writing books, then jetting off to sign those books for fans, and then getting […]
Separated at Birth
Don’t I know you from somewhere? I knew the cover for the new book in the YA series by Robert B. Parker looked a little familiar. I just couldn’t figure out where I’d seen it before. Then I was like, Oh yeah…. That’s where! Well, they’re a little similar. And no, you can’t find that […]
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 […]
Party Bus Goes Home
What can I say? Big love to all the Julianas, Giulianas, Juliannas, and Giuliannas, Marinas and Ana Carolinas, the Luisas, Luizas, Ana Luisas and Maria Luisas, the Andressas and Alessandras, the Isabels and the Marianas, the Helenas and Rafaelas and Raquels, and everyone in between!
Princesses and Popstars
I have a LOT to say about what happened at the Bienal. Brazilians. Love. Books. And. Authors. Really, though, words cannot describe. Except to say: WOW.
BRAZIL!
WHERE I HAVE BEEN: Rio de Janeiro! WHY I HAVEN’T WRITTEN IN SO LONG: Because I have been in Rio de Janeiro!
The Other Clarice
Thanks so much for the love, everyone who wrote me with tips on what to wear during my book tour in Brazil over the next two weeks! I think I’m going to be fine.
Brazilian SOS
Calling all fashionable Brazilian girls (which, according to my research, is all Brazilian girls):
Cancer Girl
So a few months ago, my mom is talking to me on the phone about, oh, I don’t know, her boyfriend, aka my former teacher, or whatever, when suddenly she goes, “Oh, remember that time the doctor had to pull your ovary out of your bellybutton?”
How to Foster a Hatred For Reading
There was a big article in the NY Times today about kids picking the books they want to read in school, versus assigning them reading from required reading lists.
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.)
What I’m Hating Right Now
Last week I posted about a few things I’m loving right now. To balance things out, here are a few things I’m hating at the moment:
The Incredible Hulk
I seriously did NOT want to watch The Incredible Hulk. The Incredible Hulk is so stupid, and also, he’s green.
What I’m loving Right Now
Okay, so, yeah, I went a little bananas because it’s back-to-school time and I just realized one of my nieces is starting kindergarten. She’s old enough for school supplies! So I accidentally went to the online Disney Store and accidentally bought her this: Which opens up to look like this: But how much would you […]
Sea Change
Summer’s not over yet! We still have a few weeks to go! So you still have time to enjoy a few more summer reads…. I remember a few years ago when I was trying to get The Mediator series published, all I got were rejections. That’s because the publishers were like, “No one wants to […]
Seventeen Fiction Winner and the Beast
Happy Monday! Here are some things you might want to know: The latest edition of Seventeen Magazine (the September issue, on shelves now) has the winning entry in the 2009 Fiction Contest, which I helped judge! Congratulations are in order to Kerry Reardon. ALL the entries I read were fantastic. You all made it very […]
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, […]
New Books for Fall, An Excerpt…and a Giveaway!
I’ve been so busy trying to finish up my deadlines before I leave for my book tour in Brazil—and yes, Princess Diaries 10 is out now in Brazil! Check it out–I almost forgot to offer ADVANCED READER COPIES of one the two new titles I’ve got coming out this fall! (One them is coming out […]
Psych Major Syndrome
Booksellers love it. Book bloggers are giving away signed copies in their excitement over it. Even YA librarians can’t wait to get their hands on a copy. And lucky me…I’ve already read it! Take a look at this gorgeous cover! I have to admit, I’m a reluctant reader. And I’ve only gotten pickier lately. But […]
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 […]
Is Social Networking Sucking the Life out of Romance Writing?
From an 8/3/09 PW article: Brenda Knight, associate publisher of Cleis Press’s Viva Editions, thinks she knows why the paranormal has become so dominant (in romance): “In the age of social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Craigslist, there’s less fantasy. It’s increasingly easy to find and be found,” she says. “However, you can’t […]
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 […]
Meg Cabot Day (and Wet Mr. Darcy)
I totally forgot that today, July 31, is Meg Cabot Day (as proclaimed by the mayor of Bloomington, Indiana way back on July 31, 2004)! How did you spend Meg Cabot Day? The preferred way to spend it is floating in a body of water, reading books. But really you can spend it any way […]
And Then Everything Unraveled
This weekend when you’re baking on the beach (or the pool, which is where I intend to be—ha, psych to any editors who are reading this…no, actually I’ll be inside in the AC working on the book I owe you even though all my friends are making fun of me because I’m getting so pale), […]
Life After Labor
Yes! I’ve got deadlines! I know, I know, who doesn’t? At least, all my writer friends do. We’ve been burning up the Internet, going: “How many words do you have left? What chapter are you on? Do you think I can get away with a fifty page flashback? What about a two hundred page flashback? […]
Mother-Daughter YA Reads/NPR
Check it out! I’m going to be on National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation” this Thursday, July 23, along with Lizzie Skurnick (“Shelf Discovery”), from 3 to 3:40 p.m. Be sure to tune in (okay, yeah, that’s NPR, and yeah, that’s TODAY)! We’re going to talk about YA Mother-Daughter reads! I’ve told you my […]
Shelf Discoveries and Dork Secrets
Check it out: I made it to Minnesota! Maybe you thought I wouldn’t make it here after being stranded by Delta Airlines in Atlanta (or Hotlanta, as I like to call it, after the book series). But Delta pulled through with flying—ha, get it, flying?—colors. Even my bag arrived on time (albeit on another flight)! […]
Bedlam at Gate 10
Hi! I am stuck in the Atlanta Airport (Gate E10, to be exact) after being stuck at the Key West airport for approximately four hours earlier today with an entire Cub Scout Troop. (I felt so sorry for the troop leader, I wanted to offer him a Vicodin. But then I was like, “Oh, no, […]
Be Princessy
I totally forgot that, in addition to Harry Potter 6 opening today (I’ve got my tickets! I’ll be standing in line in a few hours…I’m feverish with anticipation!), today is the day of the big national Romance Writers of America conference (and literacy signing)! So if you live in the Washington DC area, drop everything […]
Cake
I know, right? Everything is going wrong! Your hair looks terrible, you haven’t finished the chapter you have due, and you made the mistake of weighing yourself. And why is the tip of your nose always so red? But don’t worry. At least you haven’t missed the latest episode of Read Our Lips. It’s still […]
Barracuda
So both Lauren Conrad and Miley Cyrus have written* books that are in the top ten on the New York Times Children’s bestseller list this week (Lauren’s is number one)! When else has this ever happened, that two young actresses (or whatever those ladies are) were both on the children’s bestseller list at the same […]
Win Prizes! Vital Writing Questions Answered! BEA video
Happy 4th of July (in advance)! 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays because it involves eating delicious grilled foods, explosions, and water sports (depending on where you live, of course). In fact it was a year ago this 4th of July that I was snorkeling and my snorkeling partner purposefully woke up […]
Internet, I Can’t Quit You
I seriously tried to quit the Internet this past weekend because there was just too much news. I couldn’t take it! However, as you can see, I’m back. Internet, you’ve won. I can’t quit you. But this doesn’t mean I like you as much as I used to. You’re like that boyfriend who cats around […]
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 […]
Harry Potter and the Gushy Stuff
I’m keeping busy writing Runaway, the sequel to Being Nikki, and revising Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls #5 (which just had a title change—from Birthday Bash to Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out, which is more appropriate given that there’s both a great deal of glitter and girls acting fake in it). And I […]
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 […]
Romance, Trauma Porn, and Brazil Dates!
So many people have sent me this article (or the link to the original one it refers to)! Books about “dark” subject matters (like “13 Reasons Why,” about a girl who commits suicide, and “If I Stay,” about a girl in a coma) are hot in YA right now! There’s even a name for this […]
I Love New York…from my daybed
I am writing this from my new daybed in my office in NYC. It’s currently my favorite place on the planet. I decided to go Moroccan after being inspired by Bethenny’s fashion show on Real Housewives of NYC, as opposed to going French Chateau style like Theresa on Real Housewives of New Jersey. French Chateau […]
Julie Andrews: The Inside Scoop!
The Hills Are Alive…. …with the sound of zillions of books being given away at Book Expo America (the largest book trade fair in the US), which was opened this year by none other than…. Julie Andrews! If you’re in New York City this weekend, you’ve probably noticed the place has been taken over by […]
Start Spreading the News….
I’m busy getting ready for my big trip to New York City for Book Expo America, where I’ll be speaking and signing this Friday (click here to see my complete schedule)! I’ll be speaking at the Children’s Book & Author Breakfast with authors Tomie de Paola and Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Julie Andrews will be the […]
Boys Who Act Like Butts
It’s that weekend! Officially the first weekend of summer, the one where you go into your closet to get last year’s shorts, pull them on, and…they don’t fit. Or if they do, you look in the mirror and freak out because: a) you’re so pale you look like Edward Cullen (and not in a good […]
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 […]
Commencement Speech
It’s commencement season. I got asked to make a few commencement speeches this year, but I couldn’t, due to scheduling conflicts. I thought a lot about what I would have said if I could have made them though, and the following is one of the drafts I came up: I often talk about how one […]
Thank You….
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’m so grateful to all of you for making Being Nikki a New York Times bestseller! Really, this was the nicest gift any of you could have gotten me. You’re the best readers a girl could have! Traditional Chinese character for love! It’s been the most hectic week ever […]
The One Where Nikki Makes Out With…???
Check it out! Here’s the latest video in my Being Nikki Walking Tour of New York City! It’s the building where Nikki/Em and Lulu live! It’s the old Police Building on 240 Centre Street, between Broome and Grand Streets. Yes, it’s a real building, and people actually live there (including Nikki). I love it because: […]
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 […]
Being Nikki Book Trailer Bloopers!
No Read Our Lips advice vlog this week so that we can bring you this very special presentation instead: Yes! Another episode of my Being Nikki book trailers and New York City walking tour! This one is extra cool because it has bloopers and a special guest spot by my publicist slash personal hair stylist, […]
Are You There Judy? It’s Me, Meg
My mom and many of my friends were super excited to get a letter in their inboxes from Judy Blume the other day. It looked like this (only it had their names where this says “Friend.” For my mom’s the subject line said “Are you there Barb? It’s me, Judy”): I didn’t know anything about […]
Tori Spelling Headed to Rehab!
Or at least that’s what it said on the cover of the Star Magazine that I snagged on my way out of CVS yesterday. Tori eats only 130 calories a day, you know. Then when I got home and read the article, I found out the Star came by their math from Tori’s book, Mommywood, […]
Read Our Lips #5, In Which We Ask For YOUR Help!
Would I ever leave you without something to read/watch over the weekend? Of course not! I’m answering reader questions about writing over at seventeen.com this month in honor of Being Nikki being out on Tuesday (and some readers have already gotten their hands on copies, so it’s in some stores NOW)! And if you’re interested […]
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 […]
Fun ‘n Flu
Okay…don’t lie: How many of you woke up today convinced you had swine flu? (Hand raised.) What it is it about international pandemics that brings out the total hypocondriacs in (some of) us? Seriously, I woke up with a pounding head and burning eyes and was like, “This is it. I’m dying.” I didn’t even […]
Contests and Read Our Lips!
Yes! Another episode of Read Our Lips is up! Michele and I tackle some important issues in this one, such as what to do if you’ve never been kissed (we hear about this problem a lot). We also hear from a young lady who fears that she acts like a ditz around boys. And I […]