Required Reading

I love Meg Cabot. I also love Meg Cabot’s blog. I especially liked this post, in which Ms. Cabot talks about getting over the fear of letting people read her work. So what if it I got something like 500 agent rejections in three years? The 501st agent I queried took me on. And she’s [...]

As a blogger, fan of writers, and aspiring author, I love reading author blogs. In particular, I’m currently enjoying Meg’s Diary, the blog of author Meg Cabot, Mad Woman in the Forest, Speak author Laurie Halse Anderson’s LiveJournal, and Lowry Updates, from Newbery winner Lois Lowry. Do you have any favorite author blogs? If you [...]

I admit it, I adore Meg Cabot. I like Meg Cabot way more than I probably should…she of the Princess Diaries fame is an extremely prolific and immensely readable chicklit/YA author. There’s nothing surprising or unexpected about her stories, and yet she captures my attention and imagination in a way that’s truly commendable. Her protagonists [...]