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20 Questions about the 20th Anniversary of The Princess Diaries

I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the premiere of the first Princess Diaries movie!

August 2001 was such a simpler time. We were all so young and innocent (some of you reading this were so young, you might not have even been born)!

We didn’t have smart phones, and social media (at least as we know it today) didn’t exist.

No one had the faintest notion that a little over a month after the movie’s premiere, we’d be dealing with 9/11 – or that twenty years later, we’d be facing a global pan...

New Book and New Normal

It’s beginning to look as if many of us are journeying out of the darkness . . .

And into the light!

Spring is here at last, and so many good things are happening:

Here in the US, we’re entering a new normal…

(Part of entering the new normal is remembering not to wear see-through shirts in public.)

…and learning to re-enter society!

Since I last posted here, I celebrated my 28th wedding anniversary (He Who Shall Not Be Named in This Blog and I eloped in Italy on April 1,1993) in an actual res...

Happy Galentine’s/Valentine’s Day!

Wow! We made it through 2020 all the way to February 2021!

February is obviously the best month because:

Aquarius/Pisces rulesBlack History Month (in the US)Leap Day (every four years)Groundhog DayGalentine’s DayMany snowstormsSuperbowlMy birthday (along with Princess Stephanie of Monaco, and many others)

As long time readers know, I’ve never been the hugest fan of Valentine’s Day, for many of the same reasons Michael Moscovitz outlines in Valentine Princess, The Princess Diaries Volume...

Gift Giving Guide to 2020 #ShopEarly #ShopLocal #ShopIndie

We made it!

2020 is almost over, and soon we’ll be ushering in 2021 and sealing up forever this burning hellmouth of a year.

The Hellmouth, courtesy of Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Before we do that, however, I think it might be nice to take a moment to remember all the things we have to be thankful for this year (yes, there are a few)!

The amazing first responders and healthcare workers who’ve helped so many of us get through this terrible pandemic.
The volunteers and employees at restaurants, gr...

Princess Diaries 20th Anniversary Edition

Let’s face it: 2020 has been the worst.

 

But there is one bright spot in a year that has otherwise officially sucked: 2020 marks the 20thanniversary of the release of The Princess Diaries Volume I!

 

And to celebrate, Harper Collins is re-issuing the first three volumes in the series with all new covers, stepbacks, and edits by me!

 

 

But don’t worry: Mia and her friends still live in New York City in the late 90s/early 2000s, with only dial-up access to the Internet and no knowledge of thi...

Mediator Movie News

For years many of you have asked “When is there going to be a movie (or TV series) about The Mediator?”

Well, I can finally answer: SOON.

The Mediator series has been in and out of option many times with many studios. One reason things never got very far is because of YOU, the fans. I knew it was vital that the script closely match the books or I’d be letting you down.

I’ve published a lot of books (I think close to 100 now!) but no fan base is as devoted to any of them as you are to The Mediat...

9/11 2020 edition

 

This year is the nineteenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93.

Every year on this day I post an essay about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11 (my husband was working in a building across the street from the Twin Towers when the planes hit).

I wondered if I should even post it this year, given how challenging 2020 has been, not just for our country, but for the world. Globally, a ...

Bookstore Romance Day! Plus, A New Book

Hi! I’m interrupting my regularly schedule Corona Princess Diaries (don’t worry, new updates from Genovia will be back shortly) to bring you this important announcement:

I, yes, I, Meg Cabot, have been named 2020’s Bookstore Romance Day Ambassador!

What does that mean?

Well, it means that it’s my job to let you know that August 15 is officially Bookstore Romance Day!

What is Bookstore Romance Day, you ask?

Bookstore Romance Day was created in 2019 as a way to match Independent Bookstores with r...

Corona Princess Diaries Day 100

Hello. I hope you’re all still staying safe and healthy.

Entries from Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia’s diary* have fallen into my hands, and as the princess’s royal biographer, it’s my duty to share them with you.

*Please keep in mind that as with any diary, the princess is only recording her thoughts at the given moment. These entries have had no copy editing and the corona situation is fluid and changing daily.

I would like to thank health care workers, first responders, and everyone else...

Corona Princess Diaries Day 16

Hello. I hope you’re all still staying safe and healthy during these unsettling times.

Entries from Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia’s diary* have fallen into my hands, and as the princess’s royal biographer, it’s my duty to share them with you.

*Please keep in mind that as with any diary, the princess is only recording her thoughts at the given moment, and has had no copy editing. 

I would like to thank health care workers, first responders, and everyone else out there working to keep us hea...