Idea Cemetery
My house got struck by lightning, causing me to lose my wifi connection! It only got back and up and running now, so my apologies for the lack of blog posts. I was, however, posting things to Twitter whenever I could find a wireless hotspot, which turned out to be practically never since I don’t […]
Being Nikki Sneak Peek
As promised, here’s an exclusive sneak peek excerpt of Being Nikki, the sequel to Airhead, due in stores May 5! Click here to read it (and scroll down). And don’t forget, Airhead is new in paperback in stores this week! Enjoy! More later. Much love, Meg
Good News/Bad News
Okay, so the bad news is: There will be no new Read Our Lips (my advice vlog with Dr. Michele Jaffe) this Friday. The good news is: Instead, I will be putting up a sneak peek to Being Nikki, due in stores May 5! The reason there will be no new Read Our Lips is […]
Amazon Fail Sunday*
I finally finished the book I’ve been working on (Allie Finkle #5, Birthday Bash), and I slept till noon today! I had breakfast for lunch and I’ll probably have lunch for dinner, and now I have to get started on the next book (Airhead #3) I have due. It’s all just crazy. But not as […]
Read Our Lips #3: Trash Talking, Boys who are just using you, and Meg’s jelly belly
Do you ever have one of those days where you wake up and go to put on some jeans, and maybe they’re jeans you haven’t put on in a while, but they used to fit, and now you can’t even button them anymore? And so you decide maybe they shrank in the wash. But just […]
Teenage Zombies
As I’m writing this I’m watching the worst movie I’ve seen in a while (but nowhere near as bad as Benjamin Button), Clive Barker’s The Plague. But I can’t turn it off because it stars James van der Beek, who is in two of my favorite teen movies of all time, Varsity Blues and Angus. […]
Read Our Lips #2: Boys You Hate, and Michele’s Ugg Prejudice
I had the most amazing time at TLA (the Texas Library Association conference) and at my signing at the Blue Willow Book Shop! Seriously, it was so fun. Although I must admit, I’m exhausted. I’m crashed in my hotel room right now, barely able to move, listening to Vampire Weekend and eating M&Ms given to […]
Sweet Sixteen
Happy April Fool’s Day (also happy wedding anniversary for those of you who got married on April 1st, which, hello, I did)! And so, of course, I’m headed for Texas (no joke). I can’t wait! I’m going to be in the Houston area, where I once spent a summer when I was in college. It’s […]
Read Our Lips
Hey! Here’s something Michele Jaffe and I have been working on, with the help of my friends Brian and Lisa (Lisa was my first boss at Hayden Hall, the dorm I worked in at NYU. You won’t find a character based on Lisa in the Heather Wells mystery series though…at least not yet!)… …and we […]
Made of Suck
Wow! Lots of requests for Being Nikki Advanced Reader Copies. Keep them coming! We’re still sorting through the requests and seeing how many copies we can get from the publisher. We (by we I mean myself or Nancy, my indefatigable assistant) will let you know if one is headed your way. And, um, we (by […]
No Blue Wieners (or Zombies) Allowed
Guess what? Her Royal Highness Princess Mia Thermopolis has updated her blog (finally…it’s hard to be a student princess/romance novelist). There’s Ransom My Heart in France and Spring Break news! Mon Dieu. And if you haven’t voted for Airhead as your choice for Teen Book of the Year at the Children’s Choice Book Awards, what […]
The Day After
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I hope you’re wearing green, even if you’re not Irish…it’s lucky, you know. And we all need as much luck as we can get these days! I had my Friends of the Library event last night with Judy Blume and though I do say so myself, I think it went pretty […]
Did you see it?
Were you there? Don’t worry! If you missed it, you can go here and watch the whole thing…and register to win the bedroom set, which is SUPER CUTE, as you can see here: (You win both beds and the bedding and the night stand and the lamp and the alarm clock and the green polk-a-dot […]
It’s Slumber Party Day!
I’m getting ready for my slumber party with comedian Caroline Rhea tonight (although technically, we’re not actually sleeping over anywhere, but we’ll be wearing pajamas) and I haven’t even washed my hair yet. Although it’s pretty exciting (not the hair part) because kids sent in their own rules and tonight they find out if their […]
Publication Day!
I can’t believe it! This day totally snuck up on me. I only got off the plane for New York City (yes! The Big Apple! Actually, I hate it when people call it that, because, whatever, there really aren’t that many more apples here than anywhere else) yesterday, and next thing I knew—Allie Finkle’s Rules […]
Advice, Please!
Whenever I was feeling sad because a boy had said something mean to me or dumped me or asked some other girl to the prom and not me, my mom would make me a cup of hot cocoa in a special Mary Englebreit mug we used to have that looked like this: It had this […]
Lunch with Judy Blume! And I’m Late For It!
I have to make this short and sweet because I’m leaving in a few minutes for lunch with Judy Blume! You’ve heard of Judy Blume, right? She’s the one who taught you all about sex in her book Forever (page 95!) and about God and having your period in Are You There God It’s Me […]
Live Webcast and Bedroom Set Giveaway!
Hey! Check it out…. On March 12th at 7:30PM EST tune in to see the amazingly funny and bubbly Caroline Rhea (yes! The aunt from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, who had her own talk show and does such hilarious stand up!) chat with me – LIVE – at Allie Finkle’s Super Sleepover right here! Anyone […]
Writing: Exercise for Your Mind
It’s the last week of February! You know what that means: Yes…the final romance give-away from megcabot.com! But before I get into that I want to talk about the #1 question I got while I was on my mini-tour this past week. And that was, surprisingly, not “Where do you get your inspiration?” but “Where […]
Allie Finkle 3 Sneak Peek
I’m writing this from a location of mystery. Yes, I’ve gone rogue! The plane I took from Chicago to Miami was late, thanks to de-icing (but de-icing is good…we like de-icing), so I missed my connecting flight to Key West. Then the airline tried to put me in a shuttle with a bunch of other […]
Battle in the Forbidden City
I’m in the Miami Airport American Eagle Lounge on my way to Chicago for my signings this week. It’s all fancy in here and everyone is drinking white wine and tapping on their laptops (except me, I just have sparkling water and a laptop)…. …except this one kid, obviously just getting back from vacation on […]
Bike Accidents and Book Giveaways
The Valentine Day Contest is over! Just letting you know because for some reason I’m still getting entries even though the contest ended at midnight on Valentine’s Day. Also just to let you know, I think it’s likely that due to the Friday the 13th bike accident sustained by He Who Shall Not Be Named […]
Valentine’s Day Book Give Away!
Yes! It’s that time again! February is the month of romance–which can sometimes stink, I know, if you don’t have a Valentine. That’s why I’ll be giving away romances all month! The books (yes, that says books, plural) I’m giving away this week are: Tommy Sullivan Is a Freak This the UK paperback version of […]
How to Get an Agent
I’m home from my signing in Miami—it was such a blast! I met a ton of fantastic readers, as well as the incredible team from Yathenaem (which I’m pretty sure I spelled wrong in both of Books and Books guest books—sorry, you guys! I’ve gotten a little too reliant on Spellcheck). I never did get […]
Weevil Report
I’m off to Miami tomorrow for my signing at Books and Books!* I hope I’ll see some of you there! *Just added–I’ve just received word there will be a DJ…and a chocolate fountain. Thank you, Books and Books! I’ll be sure to let those of you who won ARCs of Best Friends and Drama Queens […]
Free Books—Allie Finkle 3
Yes, it’s February, the month of romance…. So naturally, I’m giving away romances here at megcabot.com! First up: All right, the first book I’m giving away isn’t technically a romance, but there’s kissing in it (even if the boys who get kissed don’t like it). You so know you want an Advanced Reader Copy of […]
Royal Send Off
Happy Groundhog’s Day! I hope none of you are reliving the same day over and over like Bill Murray…. …or that if you are, it’s a really good day! My birthday yesterday was a day I wouldn’t mind reliving over and over (well, except for the part where I ate something that had peanut sauce […]
Tiara Auction Ends Tonight!
Only a few hours to go in the tiara auction to raise money for the NYPL teen programs, and bidding is getting heated! Sarah Dessen’s tiara! Be sure to get your bids in if you haven’t yet already! Lauren Conrad’s tiara The auction ends at 11PM tonight!!! Bobbi Brown’s, Tommy Hilfiger’s, and Vera Wang’s tiaras […]
Sad News
Last night I received the very sad news about the untimely deaths of Kate McClelland and Kathy Krasniewicz in a hit-and-run automobile accident on their way to the Denver airport from ALA. Both librarians at the Perrot Memorial Library in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Kate was also vice-president/president-elect of the Association for Library Service to Children […]
Books, Tiaras, and Surprise Babies
So many books that I actually read this year (okay, well, last year) are getting awards! The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman just won the Newberry (yay, Neil!), and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart and Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway are being nominated for or basically just winning everything. This is […]
A Weekend in the Life of Meg Cabot
The one question I always get from interviewers is, “Tell us what a typical day for you is like.” I know I posted a Day in the Life of an Author video not too long ago, but you know the exciting thing about being an author is that no two days are ever the same. […]
I’m obsessed with Twitter. I tried to resist for a long time, because I don’t need another thing (like Facebook and Myspace) to distract me, but it finally happened. I can’t stop thinking in Twitter postings for my Twitter page. I want to write a book in Twitter but I think someone in Japan has […]
Brad Pitt’s Secret Diary, Eating Sandwiches, and the Inauguration
It’s here, it’s here! Inauguration Day is finally here! But do you know what I’m really excited about? Little girls! Moving into the White House! There are going to be playdates! And slumber parties! Light As A Feather/Stiff As a Board in the Lincoln Bedroom! It’s going to be SUPERFUN!!!! The girls’ Secret Service Code […]
Chats, Chesley B., and PD10 Trailer Winners!
How glued to your TV were you all afternoon yesterday? Having three New Yorkers visiting me (and He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog and I being displaced New Yorkers–though not by birth since we’re both Hoosiers), we could not take our eyes off the live coverage of Flight 1549’s landing on the […]
The End…or a New Beginning
It ended exactly where it all started…at the library, of course! I mean, I spent HOURS as a kid and teen at the library, escaping into a world of books. Everything was just BETTER at the library (besides fantastic books, the library had air conditioning, candy–from vending machines–and bathrooms where no one pounded on the […]
Tonight is the Night….
…of my big New York Public Library signing! If you’ve seen the Sex and the City movie (or any movie about New York City which featured the big library with the giant stone lions outside), you know where my signing tonight is going to be, so even if you can’t be there, you can picture […]
Pub Day!
Forever Princess and Ransom My Heart are out today! (I know a ton of you have found them in stores already…but today’s the “official” pub date! They should be available EVERYWHERE now!) I’ve spent all day in a tiny TV studio, talking to news journalists I can’t see from all around the country! Maybe I’ll […]
Tiara Madness
Happy New Year everyone! What did you do to celebrate the ringing in of 2009? I, like everyone else, watched a drag queen get dropped from the roof of a bar in a big red shoe. Did you see her? Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper interviewed her live from Key West on CNN! Piece of […]
The Worst Movie of the Year (So Far)
It’s finally here! The second to last day of the year. What a year it’s been, right? Thanks so much for sticking through it with me! We’ve been through so much together this year, haven’t we? Britney’s long recovery from her breakdown…. So many housewives…. Some of us having to go gluten free…. That icky […]
Forever Princess Sneak Peek
Holiday greetings, merrymakers! I’ve just gotten back from my traditional Christmas Day bike ride along the beach, trying to work off some of that peppermint bark (now I can eat more of it!) before I veg out in front of Scrooged, and as promised, I’m going to gift you all with the sneak peek of […]
Holidaze and a Book Trailer Contest
It’s nearly here! I’m talking about Christmas, of course. I love Christmas and everything about it—the carols, the food, the lights, the food, the TV specials, the food, the excitement in the air, the food, Santa, the food, the Christmas newsletters, just everything about it, especially the food, in case I forgot to mention that. […]
For UK Readers Only
If you do not live in the UK, do not read this. US readers (and the rest of the world who does not live in the UK and its territories), look away. Go read Cuteoverload instead! OK, has everyone who doesn’t live in the UK gone away? Yes? Good! Shhhh, UK readers–Do not tell anyone […]
The List
Okay. How can Christmas be NEXT WEEK? I’m not ready! There were all these things I was going to do—like make a video of all my favorite books of the year and put it up on YouTube and urge you to buy them for your loved ones. But there’s no time for that now. Christmas […]
Oh, Mo!
Poor Mo Rocca! He’s having a lot of trouble with the tiara he’s making for my auction to raise money for the New York Public Library’s teen programs, as he describes in his blog here. He even made a video about it! I’m very proud of Mo. I know a lot of us (I’m not […]
Tiaras ‘n Tweets
Oh my God, you guys. So many of you RSVP’d for my NYPL event, it’s already sold out (and we haven’t even sent out the snail mail invitations we had printed up)! I guess word got out via Sarah Dessen’s blog about a certain celebrity emcee who will be in attendance….or are you all just […]
Books…and a Tiara Auction!
I can’t believe it. But there’s less than a month until the last Princess Diaries book ever comes out! Is that even possible? But widgets don’t lie: It’s really strange to be approaching the holidays and not have a Princess Diaries book due! This is the first time in over ten years. It’s making me […]
Bratz vs. Barbies; Zombies vs. Unicorns; Miley vs. Spaghetti Cat; etc.
Okay, so there’s a lot going on. I don’t even know where to begin. First off thanks to everyone who wrote to say they were touched by the story about how He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog worked two jobs to pay off my debt. He WAS very sweet to do this. […]
Thanks
Wow. So, I don’t know about you, but I found out I had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving…. …and not just that, unlike Real Housewife of Atlanta Kim W., my hair isn’t falling out…at least, not anymore. (When I had lyme disease, hair loss was one of my symptoms. So if you’re […]
Happy Day Before Thanksgiving!
If you’re a typical American, today you’re either a) traveling b) cooking frantically c) finishing your work so you can go home to get ready to start traveling or cooking. If you aren’t American, you’re scratching you’re head, going “What’s Thanksgiving?” It’s just a non-religious national holiday in America where everyone eats a WHOLE LOT. […]
Free Books
Who wants free books? You do? Then your wish is my command. For the next thirty days, HarperCollins is offering the ENTIRE first Princess Diaries book FREE online to anyone who wants it–no strings attached! Just click here. And here’s where you can pick up the widget, if you’d like to tell all your friends. […]
10,000
No, that’s not how many words I have in my NaNoWriMo book (although I’m getting close). 10,000 is actually how many hours it takes people to achieve expertise in their field… …at least according to Outliers, the new book by Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell. He quotes a neurologist who says: “In study after study […]
Zero
Greetings diary readers! Sorry for the recent lack of updates. I’ve been busy finishing (and handing in—ALLELUIAH) my revision of BEING NIKKI, as well as traveling back to Key West from Indiana (I got to use the brand new Indianapolis airport—on the first day it opened! There was a band! And free wi-fi! And the […]
Books, Blogs, and Rumor Control
I had so much fun at the Distinguished Alumni event at Indiana University this past weekend! It was great to visit with old friends, make cool new ones (I met Josie Bloss, the author of Band Geek Love, which I haven’t read yet, but I’m going to!), and hang out at my old campus. It […]
State of Blue
Gah! So much has happened since I last updated this diary, I don’t know where to begin. First of all, we have a new president elect! Yes, we DID! Is it just me or does this entire country just seem…happier? I mean, I had to get on two airplanes the day after the election (from […]
Quick Update
Do you like Miranda Cosgrove (she plays Megan in Josh and Drake, Carly on iCarly, and was Summer, the bossy girl in School of Rock)? Of course you like her! Who doesn’t? Well, on Wednesday, November 5, at 4:00, Miranda will be at the Scholastic Store in downtown Manhattan to read aloud from her favorite […]
One More Day….*
…until we post an excerpt from Forever Princess on megcabot-staging.htnwbil5-liquidwebsites.com (and Mia Thermopolis posts an excerpt from her book Ransom My Heart on www.miathermopolis.com). The posts will go up on Wednesday, November 5. Yay! Well, what did you THINK I was going to say it was one more day until? VOTING? HA HA HA! I […]
Fairies Rule!
Well, I did it. I met the Scare-a-Thon Dare issued to me (and numerous other YA authors) by Lauren Myracle and conquered one of my biggest fears in time for Halloween. That’s right: I actually wore a fairy costume. In public. Not just in public, but to my neighborhood Halloween parade! And then to a […]
Revisions vs. Fairies
UGH! I am in the middle of revisions. Seriously, I hate revisions more than any other part of the writing process. Some writers like revisions. I don’t understand why. All revising is is being told you have to change something that you thought was perfectly fine just the way it was! I’ve actually heard that […]
Scary Fairies
Today has been insane! (Actually, this whole week and the entirety of next month is going to be insane with all the work I have to do, which I got behind doing when I was away and then I got even more behind doing when I was trying to watch all the Exileds and Gossip […]
What inspires you?
Guess what time of year it is? If you said the time of year when Brach’s releases all their fresh bags of candy corn, then you would be correct! I’m eating mine now. I LOVE IT. Some people (such as those who prefer not to be named in this blog) don’t like candy corn, claiming […]
Me? Distinguished?
So I’m home now recovering from my world tour (more on my re-entry in a later post), but I just want to let you know that I won’t be home for long. I’m going to be taking off soon to accept a really big honor from my college, Indiana University, which is giving me…wait for […]
Home!
I’m finally back in Key West after nearly a month of book touring, and boy, is everyone glad to see me…in fact, someone had to have a couple of time outs in the laundry room when they got too out of hand with the affectionate greetings. I meant the cat, not He Who Shall Not […]
World Wide Tour Part Six, Singapore and Thailand
Guess where I am? If you guessed the place in the photo below you’d be correct. I’m actually writing this on the last day of my last stop on my world wide book tour! I can’t believe it’s gone by so fast. Well, okay, I can. It was a lot of hard work, though it […]
World Wide Tour Part Five, Johannesburg and Hong Kong
First of all, happy birthday to He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog, who will never read this. Yes, it’s my husband’s birthday on October 5, and I’m halfway around the world! I did try calling him but the first time it wasn’t his birthday yet (it wasn’t until twelve hours later in […]
World Wide Tour, Part Four, Sweden, Cape Town, and Johannesburg
I’ve made it all the way to Africa! South Africa, to be exact. Too bad my luggage can’t say the same. My bag and I parted ways in Sweden. Ah, Sweden! What a time we had. Me at the Gothenburg Book Festival in Sweden. Cecily von Zeisegar (who tells incredibly funny stories and is also […]
New Look
Hi! You might notice (if you’ve emptied your cache lately) that there’s a new look around here. That was my rockin’ web crew over at Hanee Design. I had nothing to do with it. I’m in SWEDEN. People here speak a different language, but if you go, “Do you speak English?” they’ll switch right over […]
World Wide Book Tour, Part Three—Bath, Bristol, and Swindon
I saw Jane Austen! I know you don’t believe me but okay I did sort of see her since there were all these people dressed up like her in Bath as the Bath Children’s Book Festival was going on at the same time as the Jane Austen conference. The Janeites were busy going to the […]
World Wide Tour, London Part Deux—Also, YA for Obama
Oh my God, I’m so tired. Not to complain, because it’s been lovely meeting so many of you (actually, that’s the best part). But there’s no jet lag recovery time on book tour. As you might have observed while watching Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List or Tori Spelling: Home Sweet Hollywood, they […]
World Wide Tour, London
I’m now on my world (by which I mean London, Sweden, South Africa, and parts of Asia, all in twenty-seven days) book tour! Today I did so much, I’m reeling from le tiredness (pardon me if I start speaking in French but you know I AM right across the Channel from there). First I got […]
Princess and the (Green)Peace Press Release
I’m off to my world tour today but I want to make sure you hear this here first since the press release went out today: THE PRINCESS AND THE (GREEN)PEACE Bestselling Author Meg Cabot Reveals that Princess Mia Thermopolis Will Pen Historical Romance Debut, RANSOM MY HEART: (Avon A/an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; ISBN 9780061700071; […]
Meg TV
Y(ike)s! over Ike. I spent a summer in Houston once and used to go to Galveston for the delicious seafood there (and saltwater taffy). Such a beautiful island! I hope both Houston and Galveston and all the areas affected by Ike will be back on their feet soon. But until then, we’ll have our memories […]
9/11/08
I can’t believe it’s the seven year anniversary of 9/11. Every year on this day I try to post this link to the story of what that day was like for us in lower Manhattan, with He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog working across the street from the World Trade Center when […]
Premature Evacuation
I know I promised to live blog Hurricane Ike, but it’s pummeling poor Cuba and leaving the Keys alone. They even cancelled the evacuation! The whole thing must be very heartbreaking to all these news crews gathered on the main street downtown, as you can see…. They are disconsolate there isn’t more drama! In fact, […]
Don’t Be Like Me
Okay, so I know there was a mandatory evacuation for the Florida Keys in expectation of Hurricane Ike. But I didn’t go. It’s a good thing I don’t write for Random House! There are numerous reasons why I didn’t leave, and not all of them have to do with the totally cute shoes I ordered […]
Covers and a Contest
To celebrate the release of The New Girl in this country and Airhead and The New Girl in the UK, (and to distract myself from the fact that there is a Category 4 Hurricane bearing down on South Florida, and also that it’s an election year–who can write under these conditions?) I’m having a contest! […]
Hurricanes, Ideas, and Sharks
I hope those of you whose Labor Day wasn’t ruined by Hurricane Gustav had a nice one. And I hope those of who you found yourselves in its path managed to ride it out safely. I was totally minding my own business watching eighty thousand movies in a row that I missed earlier in the […]
Cats and Dogs
I don’t know which made me feel more weepy, Tori Spelling’s memorial to her beloved pug Mimi La Rue on Tori and Dean, Home Sweet Hollywood, or CuteOverload’s tribute the other day to The Cat House on the Kings, California’s largest no-cage, no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary and adoption center. The Cat House on the Kings […]
Lefties
I was shocked to learn yesterday that both Barack Obama and John McCain are left handed, which means whoever wins the upcoming election, our next president will be left handed. This is freaky because Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush senior, and Bill Clinton were all lefties as well (so was Ross Perot, but he […]
Celebrity Sightings
Okay, so I saw so many celebrities when I was in Manhattan on my way to Maine from Florida and then back again. Not at the airport (you don’t even want to know about how many of my flights got cancelled/delayed, or how long I sat on how many tarmacs, etc), but just randomly on […]
Media Alert
So many things have happened while I’ve been on vacation and “offline” (which I still am, but I’ve snuck online for a quick update) I don’t even know where to start! How about with the obvious…. –The Olympics! I’m so mad I missed it (especially the swimming and gymnastics). But there’s no TV where I’m […]
Princess Diaries 10 Sneak Peek
Journal entries may be sporadic as I attempt to vacation…without access to the Internet! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! So I’m posting this sneak peek to Princess Diaries 10, the last (for now—sob!) book in the Princess Diaries series, for people to enjoy in between reading my latest release, The New Girl! Check it out! Princess Diaries Sneak Peek: […]
Announcements:
It’s here! The New Girl is in stores at last! And to celebrate Allie finally getting her kitten (maybe), Scholastic has created some adorable virtual pets just for you: Just go here and you can pick your own cute puppy or kitten, name it, and give it cute toys and baths, and pet it all […]
The Horror
We finally have photographic proof of the heinous criminal behavior enacted on our property over a week ago! View the shocking truth and share the horror. As you can see, the evidence is clear: Someone—or something–threw themselves upon the striped chair in an aggressive and/or gaily madcap manner while running wildly through the house in […]
Contests ‘n Kittens
Hey! Congratulations to Maliha, Heather, Ren, Emily, and Menisha, all of whom won free copies of Airhead (and one grand prize winner received Queen of Babble Gets Hitched, as well) from megcabot-staging.htnwbil5-liquidwebsites.com! It’s not too late to sign up to win free books for next month’s contest! And look out for free copies of The […]
Barbara, Hugh, and Me
So much to blog about! Really, lots has been going on–aside from the usual stuff, like trying to make my deadline and attempting to avoid my summer nemesis: bugs. I hate them. They love me. There are a lot more of them than there are of me. They are winning–mostly involving the amount of (not […]
Things With Happy Endings/Writing Tips
Thanks to everybody who came to my online chat! You asked such great questions, I was blown away. And if you missed the chat, never fear…the transcript will be going up here (click on where it says CHAT TRANSCRIPTS at the top of the page) soon! And you can always join me for another virtual […]
Psycho Kitty
Don’t forget, I’m doing a live chat this Sunday, July 20, at 2PM EST, right here! I’m really bummed right now, because even though the elements have stopped attacking me (part of it might have been my fault…I like to poke this palm tree outside my bedroom window with a metal broom handle because the […]
Dr. Horrible started this week
Go here before it disappears forever (well, I mean, except on iTunes and DVD. It’s free on this site until July 20 only). Joss Whedon! Neil Patrick Harris! Together at last…. And it’s a musical! Hooray! More later. Much love, Meg
The Four Elements Hate Me
The rumors are true! Sometimes I do feel down. Especially after a crummy day like yesterday turned out to be. I know people don’t believe it, because I am so naturally sunny and upbeat. Even the emergency room doctor who had to deal with me when I broke out into all those hives that one […]
Zombies, Queen Bees, and Hellboy
I got many supportive emails about my last entry concerning “age banding,” for which I’d like to thank all of you. But none summed up the situation better than Kathryn, who stated, “Any mother who writes to you complaining about the content of your books not being appropriate for her child has abrogated her job […]
Free Stuff/The Book of the Passion
You read that right. We’re giving away free stuff! What kind of stuff, you ask? The kind of stuff that is free. Just email Allie with your name, age, and home address (the address at which you receive package deliveries) and Allie just might send you an advanced reader copy of the latest installment of […]
Queen of Babbling
Thank you! Oh my gosh, because of all of you, Queen of Babble Gets Hitched hit #20 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list! That is just too fabulous for words! But because I’m the original queen of babble, of course I have some words anyway: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! And for […]
Kit-Kitty-Kitty
Did you see Queen of Babble Gets Hitched featured on Good Morning America today? What about in Parade Magazine on Sunday? Well, here’s a link in case you missed it (there are some other books on there that sound really good, too)! –Speaking of which, how excited am I for Michele Jaffe’s new book, Kitty […]
Let’s Hear It For the Lizzies!
Some other stuff actually happened this past week besides Queen of Babble Gets Hitched coming out. And it all involved people with the name Liz. On June 24, Liz Phair celebrated the 15th anniversary of her fantastic album Exile in Guyville by releasing a brand new remastered version of it (yes! You can finally buy […]
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched
It’s here! Queen of Babble Gets Hitched, the last book in the Queen of Babble series, is in US stores everywhere today! In case you missed it, I made a little video about my own obsession with brides (which matches my heroine’s—although she has an excuse, being a professional wedding gown restorer, and all). I […]
Elves ‘n Manolos
I spent the weekend fielding phone calls and emails from friends who were surprised to find a review of one of my books in their local paper (the New York Times). You can read the review here. I actually knew in advance there was going to be a review of Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: […]
Water Blog
I know what you’re thinking: Where on earth has Meg disappeared to? Well, I’ve been in Toledo, where I met a ton of great readers (and some Lefty Librarians)! Many thanks to everyone who showed up to see me (and special thanks to Amelia, Elizabeth, and Sara who brought me a ton of gluten-free goodies, […]
Summer Reading
It’s summer! Or at least it feels like it around here. I’ve got my new summer hair cut, which ended up making me look a little like Pat Benatar…. …or really more like Billie Jean from “The Legend of Billie Jean”…not the style I was going for exactly…. My hair looks like this. Only shorter. […]
Read At Your Own Risk
Congratulations to Ellen B, Amanda L, Haleigh L, Brittani Y, and Amy L, all winners in last month’s megcabot.com contest! They were just supposed to win copies of Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Moving Day, but because I’m in such a good mood, they each got a copy of Airhead and an American Apparel Airhead […]
Sexy Time
Well, you know what time it is: That’s right! Sex and the City the movie time! It’s finally here! I’m so excited… Can you tell? These photos aren’t from the movie, though…. …they’re from the current issue of Vogue. Here’s a link to the article (it also features a video of the photo shoot with […]