Author: Meg Cabot

MAIL BAG

Hi! I'm back from San Antonio, which, in case you didn't know, is the home of the Alamo. San Antonio is really pretty. My hotel was located on this thing called the Riverwalk, which is like this river you can walk along the side of, past all these pretty restaurants and cafes. And they have […]

Writing a Screenplay

I am off to San Antonio to speak at the International Reading Association convention, and attend a booksigning. In the meantime, below is some info a few of you have been clamoring for. (On a side note, if 600 guests had been invited to MY wedding, I'd have run away too.) Ever since ICE PRINCESS […]

Coaster Rica

Okay, so I grew up in a household without coasters. My mother may have OWNED coasters, but if so, I never saw any, and she certainly never made us use them. A current member of my household (hint: it is not Henrietta), on the other hand, is a coaster owner. AND user. Now, I am […]

OUTBACK

So last night my husband and I did something we have never done before: We went to Outback Steakhouse. I mean as a couple. Let me point out that I have been to the Outback many times. For one thing, my brother is a fan of the onion blossom, so I have been to the […]

How to Write a Novel

Hello, I'm feeling much better now. Thanks for all your get well wishes. Really, I could not have gotten better without them. Or antibiotics. Or bad made-for-TV movies, like LOCUSTS, which had moments of badness that actually bordered on brilliance. But we will have to discuss the brilliant badness of LOCUSTS on another day, because […]

Love, B

Hey, ya'll. It's me, Brit. Meg's feeling under the weather, so she asked me to fill in on her blog. Since I've got nothing to do these days but gestate (oh, and star with the hubby in our own reality show), I was like, “Sure, why not?” Oh, you didn't know me and Meg were […]

Sick Day

So I thought I was getting better in Vegas, thanks to the tender ministrations of Dr. Michele Jaffe, who took me for several sessions of retail therapy, a practice of which I thoroughly approve, and also enjoy. But the minute my plane home reached cruising altitude, it felt like the inside of my right ear […]

Princess in Training Tour Days 9-12

SALT LAKE CITY WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Seriously. It's a city plopped down in the middle of this valley (aka The Great Basin) surrounded by all these white-capped mountains. And, unlike almost every other city I have been to in my life, there was no graffiti along the highway from the airport. I know. It freaked […]

Princess Diaries 6 Tour Days 7-8

Wow, so, whirlwind past couple of days. Let me see if I can keep it all straight. It's been kind of hard because I got the requisite Book Tour Sore Throat Accompanied by Nasal Congestion the other day, so I've been on Actifed ever since, which makes me kind of spacey, especially on top of […]

Princess Diaries 6 Tour Days 5-6

Wow, do I love New Mexico. I mean, it's true right now I'm covered with this weird dirt that was blowing around in the wind out by the pool…and everything I brought with me to the pool is also covered in it, including my iPod and can of smoked almonds. Oh, and my eyes are […]

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 […]

Anniversary

Today, April 1, 2005, is my twelfth wedding anniversary. Yes, we got married on April Fool's Day. In Italy. No, neither of us are Italian citizens. In tribute to our anniversary, I thought I'd post the story of our wedding here. Parts of this appeared in the PS section of the US edition of Every […]

Tcha

So Princess Diaries Volume 5, Princess in Pink, is out in paperback today, along with Princess Diaries Volume 6, Princess in Training, in hardback, and everyone wants to know: What does TCHA mean? The answer is: Tcha means Yes, as in “tcha = Yeah. Popularized by Mike Myers in the “Wayne's World” movies. Example: Q: […]

PRINCESS DIARIES 6, IN US STORES MARCH 29

Hey. Hope you can put down the candy-coated malted milk ball eggs (oh, yes. I couldn't resist buying a bag, either, just like you) long enough to join me for another live online chat Monday, March 28, at 7PM, on the latest book of the month, one of my all time favorite YAs, HEAVEN TO […]

THIS JUST IN!!!! THIS JUST IN!!!! THIS JUST IN!!!!

Meg Cabot to Play Fairy GodmotherFor A Cinderella Affair While touring to promote Princess Diaries VI: Princess in Training in April, Meg Cabot has decided to add some sequins and taffeta to her book signings: she's asking her fans to bring a gently used prom dress to the bookstore for donation to A Cinderella Affair. […]

SPRING BREAK SHARK ATTACK

It is Spring Break here in the Keys. What does that mean to me? Long lines at Diner Shores, my favorite breakfast spot, for one thing. Also girls who walk in groups of six side-by-side across the bike path—MY bike path—to the beach, and no matter how many times I ring my bell or yell […]

Housekeeping

I like to keep things tidy, so today is a blog housekeeping day. The following things are on the tidy-up agenda: * Ice Princess: Did you see it yet? Well, you should. And, okay, it is not exactly the way I wrote the original screenplay (there are some minor differences).But a lot of it is […]

Trouble in Parisdise

So I had a nice weekend visit with my mom in Maryland. Her boyfriend, my former teacher (yes, just like Mia and Mr. Gianini, only “The Princess Diaries” is of course a work of fiction and any resemblance between Mr. Gianini and my mother's boyfriend is purely coincidental, as anyone who knows him is fully […]

AUNTIE MEG

I just spent the day with three boys under the age of five. When I say my day, I mean my ENTIRE DAY, from when I woke (at the unheard of—to me, anyway, unless I have to catch a plane–hour of seven am) to their plaintive cries of “More Cheerios, Mommy!” until now, just slightly […]

CEER

So I was watching some news show the other day (while I put stamps on the 100 copies of the Princess Diaries engagement calendars the Meg Cabot Book Club gave away last month, and no, in fact, I don't have an assistant here in Key West to do these kinds of things, and yes, in […]

Paris—No, not the city, silly!

Oh no! A bunch of my private correspondence with Paris Hilton got posted all over the Net because someone hacked into her Blackberry! I am so embarrassed! But since you're just going to read it about it, elsewhere, I figured I better post our REAL emails here, in case someone, you know, tries to doctor […]

STUFF, MOSTLY ABOUT TV

LIVE CHAT TONIGHT!!!Hey, there's a live chat on my new book, EVERY BOY'S GOT ONE, at the Meg Cabot Book Club tonight at 7PM Eastern Standard Time. Hope to see you there! Okay, so I have been reading some other authors' blogs, and apparently, other authors write about BOOKS in their blogs, not TV. Who […]

Their Super Sweet Second Marriage

Okay, so remember how I said it was wrong for those kids on My Super Sweet Sixteen– the MTV documentary show about kids' real life over-the-top sweet sixteen birthday parties–to have such huge blow-out parties, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, even though they're all like, “But I deserve it”? Well, it's still wrong. But […]

Henrietta and the President’s Day Weekend of Doom

So guess what people who come to Key West for President's Day weekend like to do (you know, besides drink, shop, lounge by the pool, go boating, eat, and visit Pat Croce's new pirate museum)? That's right. Check out the local real estate market, and tour homes that are for sale! Which means I got […]

OPEN HOUSE

Did I mention that I bought a new house here in Key West? Oh, well, maybe I forgot to mention it. A lot has been going on, after all, what with My Super Sweet Sixteen and the OC and all. Anyway, now that we bought a new house here in Key West, we have no […]

Valentine’s Day Post Mortem

So? How was it? Did you boycott? Did you save your money so you can go buy candy today for half off? Or did you break down, write him a twelve page love letter, slip it through the vent on his locker door, then spend the whole day worrying about how to get it back, […]

PRINCESS DIARIES 6 EXCERPT

So I was going to post a written excerpt from PD6 here for the people who can't download the new audio excerpt from Princess Diaries 6, Princess in Training that just got posted here. But my publisher beat me to it! There's already a written excerpt posted there! So instead I will just have to […]

EXCELLENT MAIL

I spend so much time in the blog dwelling on my crummy mail, I figured it was time to post some of the sweet, touching, informative, and hilarious letters I get, as well. You know, equal time, and all of that. Obviously, I didn't post any of the senders names/email addresses, since I'm sure they […]

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 […]

DOLPHINQUEST 2005

Wow. Thanks so much for the hundreds of birthday messages and greetings. I don't know how I will ever get through them all, there are so many, but I will certainly try. It's very reassuring to know that there are so many people out there whose moms are older than I am. Thank you. I […]

Unbirthday

So tomorrow is my birthday, but let's not make a big deal out of it, okay? Because I am going to be 38. And that is just wrong. I'm sorry to any 38 year olds out there that I might be offending with this. But to me, 38 seems old. 37 isn't old. 37 is […]

BECAUSE NO ONE CAN GET ENOUGH ADVICE

Well, I made it back home after my long, looooong book tour. I am still coughing—hacking up a lung is more like it—and I seriously have like 40 hours of TV shows to catch up with on my TiVo, not to mention about four feet of mail to get through. Not that TiVo is more […]

Every Boy’s Got One Tour Days 13-17

Well, my airplane cold turned into full-fledged flu, and I can't say I'm feeling all that great these days. It turns out they weren't kidding when they urged us all to get flu vaccines this year. This thing is serious stuff. And I should know. It's been kicking my ass all week. On the bright […]

Every Boy’s Got One Days 9-12

So I knew it was going to happen. It always does. I mean, ALWAYS. I tried everything I could to stop it. I washed my hands so much, my knuckles got chapped. I downed Airborne and Emergen-C every night. I went to bed early, instead of staying out drinking with all the old college buds […]

Every Boy’s Got One Tour Days 6-8

Dear Paris, Hi. You don't know me, but I've been staying in a lot of your hotels lately—well, I guess they're your dad's hotels. Or your grandpa's. I must admit, I'm not that familiar with the Hilton family tree. In any case, I just thought I'd write and say good job with the hotel thing. […]

Every Boy’s Got One Tour, Days 3-4

Dear Betty, the Lady Who Patted Me Down in the Security Line at Memphis International Airport: Hi, Betty! Remember me? I'm the passenger who asked, hopefully, “What does it mean when they punch a star into my boarding pass? That I'm going to get STAR treatment all the way to Louisville?” And your boss replied, […]

Every Boy’s Got One Book Tour, Day 1-2

Dear Delta Airlines, I was cool with it when the plane I was supposed to take to Atlanta–and then on to Memphis two nights ago for my signing yesterday–broke down, and you left us sitting on the tarmac in Key West for an hour before telling us to get off so you could fix it. […]

Things I’ve Been Obsessing About Lately

1) Geoff Ritchie. Who is Geoff Ritchie, you ask? Don't tell me you haven't heard of him! He's the guy with the huge portwine birthmark who they featured on three, count them, THREE episodes of “Extreme Surgery,” one of my favorite shows, since of course, I WANTED to be a doctor (okay, a vet) but […]

Meg Reviews Smallpox, the Made-for-TV Disaster Movie

Psych! I didn't really watch Smallpox, so I won't be reviewing it here. I STARTED to watch it, but it was all scary and good, and I got freaked out and had to turn on Extreme Home Makeover instead. Made-for-TV disaster movies are only good when they're bad. Do you know what I mean? If […]

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 […]

ADVICE for the NEW YEAR

Hey. So, first off: JOIN ME FOR AN ONLINE CHAT TONITE AT 7PM here. Second: Mediator 6, TWILIGHT, should be US stores everywhere December 28. Call your local bookseller and ask them to reserve a copy for you today! Third:If you've already read Twilight, and you are planning on coming to the online chat and […]

Holiday Newsletter

It is my favorite time of year—the time when people send their annual newsletters letting the rest of us know what has gone on in their family since the last time we heard from them, generally a year ago, in the last newsletter we received from them. These are people with whom we are friends—or […]

Holiday Trauma

Wow, did I ever get a lot of mail about my last blog entry! Thanks so much, you guys, for all the cards and well wishes. My coccyx bone does still hurt, but it's slowly getting better. I was pleased to hear from so many of you who had suffered similar accidents and were able […]

Travels with Meg’s Coccyx Bone

So I have sustained a writing-related injury, and it's not carpals tunnel syndrome. There's really no other way to say this, so I guess I'll just come out with it: In my glee over finishing writing the first draft of Princess Diaries 7, I threw myself backwards into a big armchair, and instead of landing […]

More on Writing

* So I don't get what the deal is, but I have been getting TONS of emails asking for writing tips lately. I pretty much said everything I have to say on the subject in the November 2003 archive here. But since people don't seem satisfied by that, I will attempt to answer the following […]

Meg’s Media Round Up/Mail Room

So if you read this blog, you know I am in deep in the middle of Princess Diaries 7 right now. I just want to tell you, in case you haven't figured it out: it's not pretty. Not the book. ME. I haven't washed my hair since Friday. LAST Friday. I have Band Aids on […]

Spoiler Time

Okay, hi, sorry, I just have a minute because I'm trying to finish Princess Diaries 7, so I have no time/creativity left to write a real blog entry. So instead, I'm posting another sneak peek at TWILIGHT, Mediator 6. All of the Mediator series–about a teenaged girl who can see and speak to ghosts–Shadowland, Ninth […]

CRUSH

Okay. So we here at the Meg Cabot blog have been inundated with requests for advice. And most of those requests ask for advice about—you guessed it—crushes. I would like to mention something I read this weekend in a book called The Full Cupboard of Life, by Alexander McCall Smith (from the No. 1 Ladies […]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Here is a collection of questions/comments about our profession that we authors most frequently hear during social gatherings. I have compiled this list—which contains numerous contributions from my fellow authors–after a great deal of careful research into the matter. Why have I done this? Because I believe that you, the reading public, deserve to know […]

MORE ADVICE

One more thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving holiday: Another advice column! Yes! You sent in your requests for advice, and Dr. Jaffe, Harvard PhD, former sex ed counselor, and charm school instructor for MIT, delivers (with commentary by me, Meg). Let's get to it: *** Dear Meg and Michele,Everything seems to be falling […]

Baby: A Cautionary Tale

So I am having company for Thanksgiving, and I am a little worried about it. I'm worried because one member of the company is my niece, who is still a baby, and she's going to be staying with me for a week. I know most people are all, “Ooooh, how cute,” over babies, but the […]

Henrietta, Miracle Pet

I am shaking as I write this. Because it happened. It finally happened. Henrietta—yes, one-eyed Henrietta—saved our lives last night. Yes. Henrietta has proved at last that she is just as good as those animals on the TV show “Miracle Pet,” who wake up their owners when their baby is choking, or when they sense […]

Meg reviews Category 6: Day of Destruction, Part Two

I know you have all been dying to know what happens in Part 2 of the made-for-TV disaster movie, “Category 6: Day of Destruction,” which concluded last night. Well, never fear, I am here with an update. Get ready, a LOT happened: OK, so here is where we left off when my cable went out […]

Meg Reviews Category 6: Day of Destruction, Part One

I'm so psyched. I LOVE made-for-TV disaster movies. And this one looks like it might be even worse than “10.5”, the worst disaster movie since…ever. Okay, it starts in Vegas. Um, what is Dianne Wiest doing in a made-for-TV disaster movie? Nancy McKeon aka Jo from “Facts of Life” I can understand, but isn't Diane […]

ATTENTION SCOTT PETERSON JURORS

Thank you. This has been a message for all jurors at the Scott Peterson murder trial in Redwood City, California. If you aren't a Scott Peterson juror, please feel free to go about your regular business. More later. Much love, Meg

The Big Apology

So, many, many people are currently angry with me. I know because of all the emails they've been sending to me, telling me all about their anger, and how they won't be buying my books anymore, etc. That is why I am making it official. Right here, right now, in my blog. That's right. I'm […]

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: […]

Now For The Good News

Half of the people reading this are probably feeling pretty happy right now. But half of the people reading this are not. I don't want ANYONE to feel down. Here is some good news: –My friend Sophia Travis won the race in her district (Monroe County, Indiana) for County Councilwoman! It's great to know that […]

THIS BLOG HAS BEEN SEIZED BY ME, HENRIETTA

Yes, it is I, Henrietta Cabot, Meg's one-eyed cat. I have once again infiltrated Meg's blog so that I can give you a VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE. Yes. An important message from THE CATS. A lot of you own us, but not all of you have been LISTENING to us lately. We've been trying to TELL […]

Fantasyfest!

So it turns out down here in Key West they go NUTS for Halloween. Not just ON Halloween, either, but starting last weekend they've been blocking off the main drag at night (Duvall Street) and all these people have just been standing in the middle of the street, partying all day and all night. It's […]

Gossip/Plastic Surgery/Etc

THIS JUST IN: 'THE OC' LOVERS GET ENGAGED? “The OC” stars and onscreen lovers Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson reportedly have secretly gotten engaged in real life. Brody and Bilson play teenagers Seth Cohen and Summer Roberts respectively on the hit TV show, which follows the tangled love lives of rich youngsters living in Orange […]

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 […]

My Trip to England

Well, as you may have gathered, I am back from my book tour in England, and am finally able to breathe through my nose again (I caught a wicked cold while I was there). Also, my voice came back (I have nodules on my vocal chords from when I did musical theater as a teen, […]

Ask Meg’s Mom

Hi. I'm Barb, Meg's mom. Meg wanted me to let you know that she is safely back from her book tour in England. However, she contracted a nasty virus there, from which she is still in bed recovering. I'm sure it is not SARS, as she keeps insisting. But as a mom I know that […]

FAREWELL BRITAIN

I would just like to say that I have learned a lot since coming to England. I have learned about British culture (they all hate Posh) and British food (there is no such thing as bacon here. Here, all bacon is ham). I have learned how to properly prepare tea (milk goes in the cup […]

The Souvenir No One Wants

Yes. It is true. I have it. It started the morning of the Albert Hall appearance as a tickle. By Milton Keynes it was a full on throb. And by Cheltenham, I knew it wasn't going to go away without major medical intervention. Yes. I have it. The souvenir no one wants: A head cold. […]

CABOT RHYMES WITH RABBIT

Hi. I have about five minutes of downtime, so I thought I'd update you on a few things. 1) The message boards at Megcabotbookclub.com are back up. You may now carry on posting like mad about this month's book pick, ONE OF THOSE HIDEOUS BOOKS WHERE THE MOTHER DIES (yes, that really is the title, […]

Email Crisis

I am so tired. So, so tired. I got up sooooo early to go on BBC Breakfast. And it was very fun, don't get me wrong, but not as fun as going on Blue Peter yesterday, where I got to hang around with seven St. Bernards, four of which were puppies. Puppies really keep you […]

BLACK PUDDING

Okay, so I'm the biggest loser, I'm in London, one of the biggest, most exciting cities in the world, and I have the morning off from book signing off, and instead of going to the National Gallery or Buckingham Palace or even Bond Street to shop, like I planned (well, OK, to be honest I […]

Notes from my UK Book Tour

Hallo, as they say in England (or at least, that's how it sounds)! I made it “across the pond” to London where I am typing this in front of a big roaring fire in the “drawing room” of my hotel (I am not even kidding). Anyway, it was quite a journey getting here, I had […]

Off to England

Well, goodbye, I am leaving for my UK tour now, I will be gone until mid-October. I will try to blog while I am there, but I don't really know if I will have access to Internet service while I'm there, or that if I do, I will be able to figure out how to […]

Frequently Asked Questions

So I'm taking a break from my elephant eating (see earlier entry, below) to answer a few of your most frequently asked questions. Please pay attention to the answers as you WILL be quizzed on them later. ***Meg, why can't I find your new book Princess Present in any stores? I've looked everywhere!*** Princess Present […]

Princess Present Excerpt

Hello. I hope you'll enjoy this excerpt from my new Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Genovian Holiday book, Princess Diaries 5 ½, Princess Present, available in stores everywhere today. Wednesday, December 23, 11PMRoyal Genovian Bedchamber Disaster. First of all, I don't know what's wrong with Lilly. I mean, I KNOW that the palace is filled with riches that, if sold, […]

Eating Elephant

Okay, so I'm rewriting All American Girl 2. I realize I've been telling you I've been doing this for a while, but whatever. It's taking a long time. I really hate rewriting. I hate it so much, in fact, that I put it off for as long as I possibly can, and wait until the […]

FASHION BLOG

Due to being incredibly busy returning home to Key West after being evacuated because of Hurricane Ivan–not to mention finishing my seemingly never-ending rewrite of All American Girl 2 (now called Ready or Not)—I have asked some friends to submit entries for this blog, so it does not go un-updated. The following is a Fall […]

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 […]

IVAN THE TERRIBLE

Hello. Many of you have seen on the news that the Keys, where I live, is being evacuated due to the approaching Category 5 hurricane. Don't worry, we are leaving tonight, and will be well out of harm's way before Ivan even hits Jamaica. In the meantime, please enjoy this article that was emailed to […]

NEED MORE HELP

Okay, so you guys were SO groovy about helping with the author photo thing (although you were totally equally divided on Photo A and Photo B. I thought there'd be a landslide for one or the other, but no. So I am totally back where I started. But I am letting the publisher decide, so […]

MEG CABOT, HURRICANE MAGNET

We survived Hurricane Frances, except for a temporary loss of my Airport Express connection! We were lucky, though, to lose only that, instead of electrical power, like a lot of the rest of the state. And today, for our reward, we got PERFECT beach weather, with lovely breezes and even some white caps in the […]

Meg’s Review of Hurricane Frances

If you live in South Florida, as I do now, you might have noticed that for the past three days, there has been nothing on TV but weather news. That is because a huge hurricane is bearing down on the area (and in some places, already hitting it). The hurricane is not coming to where […]

Mail Call

I figured I better blog again soon because who knows when my online service will conk out thanks to Hurricane Frances! Right now they are projecting that it might not hit the Keys, but who knows where it will end up heading in the next few days? Anyway, I got a lot of mail about […]

Meg’s Review of the VMAs

OK, so I'm all set to watch the VMAs. I have to watch them so I will know what people are talking about tomorrow. Also so I can stay in touch with my readers. Also, because I want to see what stupid outfits my favorite performers will be wearing. So, OK, I have my Fresca […]

Gossip (ALLEGEDLY)

Okay, so please stop by the Teen Idol chat tonight on www.megcabotbookclub.com, 7PM Eastern Standard Time (US). You don't have to have read the book to pop in and ask a question or two. Honest. Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about what we really all want to know: What […]

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 […]

SUPER SUMMER ADVICE BLOG

Yay! My good friend Dr. Michele Jaffe, through the extreme goodness of her heart, took time out of her busy book-writing and fringe boot-shopping schedule to answer some of the pleas for advice that have been piling up in my Inbox. So if you've written in during the last few months, asking for advice, Dr. […]

Traumatized By Regis

So I was watching Regis and Kelly the other day because Julie Andrews was going to be on it. Also because it was right before Hurricane Charley and we were checking the weather. I had watched Anne Hathaway on Regis and Kelly the day before when we'd been checking the weather (the rule in our […]

After the Storm

. As you can see, the seas are once again calm around Key West after Hurricane Charley sideswept us. We are all fine, with just a little damage…nothing like what the poor people in Port Charlotte and other areas of Florida are suffering. Our power only went out for a few hours, and mostly there's […]

HURRICANE WATCH

. Hi. This isn't a picture of a hurricane. It's a picture of me in the kitchen we are renovating in our house here in Key West. I'm posting it to show that a) I'm all right (if not exactly happy), and b) It doesn't matter if a hurricane hits my house, since it's already […]

More Mail Bag

Hello! I am back from Indiana. It was very fun to visit everyone and celebrate Meg Cabot Day. I am a bit exhausted from it all, and need a few days off to recuperate (I also have to spend quality time with Henrietta, who missed us so much that she has not stopped talking since […]

ANOTHER TWILIGHT EXCERPT

Hello. I have recovered from my weasels (it turns out there IS a cure for the weasels: it's called tubing. That's when you sit on a big rubber raft that's being pulled behind a very fast boat. TOTALLY FUN. It thoroughly destroys all weasels, and you feel kind of rubbery for hours afterwards. I highly […]

ICE WEASELS

Hey! So how was your Meg Cabot Day? Mine was okay. Thanks for all your emails of support and congratulation, and special thanks to everyone who showed up at my signing at the Bloomington Barnes and Noble. I saw lots of old friends (as well as my 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Frye, and Ida Medlyn, […]

Meg Cabot Day

So I'm on my book tour for Teen Idol in the great state of Indiana. I had a great signing in Carmel last night, and met tons of really cool readers, as well as saw some really fun people I knew in high school (and even second grade—hi, Laura, Rhea, Betsy, and Deann)! So I'm […]

Bugs, Banging, and Book Divas

Remember how I told you a previous owner of the house we just moved into died in the kitchen? Well, we're having the kitchen ripped out right now (not because of Mary's ghost, which I still haven't seen, by the way. Also the guy who told me about her? Yeah, he went to the Key […]

DON’T BE SHY

So my Teen Idol book tour starts next week. For those of you who don't know what a book tour is, it's actually when an author's publisher sends her around to different cities to speak in front of readers (usually in bookstores) and/or go on the radio and television to promote her new book. I […]

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 […]

BIKE

As excitement builds for the Tour de France (will Lance Armstrong win for a 6th time? Does he use steroids? Will his girlfriend Sheryl Crow eat French bread while she's there cheering him on, and if so, will she lose those flat abs?) I thought it would be appropriate to mention that I myself come […]