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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 up, and it's definitely the best and most useful segment yet: What to do if one of your guy friends asks you out!

Today I got dragged to Publix grocery store by the "guy friend" I ended up ma

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 time?

(Besides Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, of course, who don't count because they're related.)

*And okay, I put "written" in quotes because there are rumors going around that both Lauren

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 a sleeping nurse shark right in front of me (it swam away without attacking us, fortunately).

So I decided to write that experience into the opening scene of Being Nikki.

So who knows wha

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 behind my back, then lies and says you're "just friends" with that other girl, even though all my friends TOTALLY saw you making out with her behind the Orange Julius at the mall.

But you're such a good kiss

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 takes us, just for a little while, away from our own problems. Duh!

We all have problems, right? Maybe our problems aren’t as serious as Danielle’s (former “prostitution whore”) or Theresa’s (allowing h

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 just got a BIG box of Jinx in paperback (which reminds me…we need to have another contest, so check back for that soon). Look for that in stores, in addition to Airhead!

But I wanted to take

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 week, many of you wrote to me about your own family problems, and some of what you wrote brought tears to my eyes. And I really appreciated how many of you wrote to say that my books have helped you through your hard times. Tha

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 kind of fiction in the “industry”—it’s called “trauma porn.”

Hey, don’t blame me! I didn’t make up the name. I agree, the name “trauma porn” is a bit rude.

But so is the name “chick lit,” the genre in which I write (and “

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 style daybed. Juicy and delicious.

I’ll admit it was a toss up, since I was replacing my Pottery Barn couch that was sagging in the middle and covered in microwave popcorn and soda stains (a

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 booksellers, librarians, teachers, and authors…hundreds of AUTHORS!

I’m talking Neil Gaiman, Sherman Alexie, Sarah Dessen, Shannon Hale, and many many more!

The best part of Book Expo America (besides t