Last Friday I was lucky enough to go to a Meg Cabot book signing at Books & Co in Dayton, Ohio. I was so excited and there was a huge crowd. For those of you who may not know, Meg Cabot is the author of nearly fifty books that span from adult murder mysteries, young adult paranormal series, and probably most famously, The Princess Diaries series which has been made into two movies by Disney.
This book signing was for her newest book, Size 12 and Ready to Rock, the fourth book in the Heather Wells series (although according to her you don't have to read the first three books to start this one).
Cabot started her career wanting to be an illustrator and couldn't find a job so in order to pay the bills she ended up getting a job in a dorm at NYU (just like her character Heather Wells, minus the murders). It was while working at that job that Cabot started writing novels, including The Princess Diaries. She got the courage to start submitting her novels to publishers and eventually, after many rejection letters, finally got picked up.
Currently Cabot is working on her young adult paranormal romance series. The first two books, Abandoned and Underworld, are currently published and she is finishing the draft for the third book Awaken, set to be released in 2013. There will also be a fifth book in the Heather Wells series, but Cabot says she needs to finish the draft of Awaken first (which is already overdue lol).
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| Taking about her new book, Size 12 and Ready to Rock |
After her talk the floor was opened for a Q&A.
1. You've written so many books with different story lines, how do you keep yourself organized?
Cabot admitted that she isn't the best at this (she had to have a friend re-read the first three Heather Wells books so she could know what happened), but she keeps what she calls "story bibles" that have the important facts about characters, such as physical appearance, interests, and friends and family.
2. What other series are you planning on writing more books for?
There will be one more Heather Wells book, but she also has some possible ideas for her Insatiable series and the Mediator series.
3. What was the most difficult book to write?
Cabot said that writing for young children was the most difficult because she likes to swear and had a hard time adjusting her writing voice for a younger audience. She also said that she's gotten hate mail for putting certain words into books (which is cray in my opinion!).
After the Q&A it was time to sign some books! They had us go up by numbers and of course I didn't know that so I had to wait around for over an hour to get my book signed (I can be such a derp sometimes). Meg was extremely nice and took pictures with everyone and signed every book each person brought, which was sometimes quite a lot!
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| Getting my books signed. |
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| The Heather Wells series |
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| My signed copy of Size 12 and Ready to Rock |
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| The Abandoned series |
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| My signed copy of Underworld |
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