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Meg Cabot

Profession : Author

Birth : February 1, 1967

I think if I hadn't been a writer, I'd have been a teacher like my dad. He was a college professor, and one of my greatest regrets is that he passed away before I was able to prove to him that I wasn't going to be stuck working at Rax Roast Beef for the rest of my life!

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My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

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One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

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Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool reading 'U.S. Weekly.' I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken.

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Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.

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I like to think of my books and the movies of my books living in two separate universes. Each is very nice, but only one is correct - the book. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the other versions, and I always do.

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I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs.

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No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.

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I was too lazy to start a whole new story, so I just stuck a princess into the story I was working on... and The Princess Diaries was born!

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There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.

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My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.

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Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

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Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.

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For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters.

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If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen.

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I don't give books as gifts. Books are extremely personal, and I would hate to give someone a book that they don't like or want, because it would break my heart if they didn't read it.

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I love jezebel.com for the latest on fashion, style, and celebrity gossip. I also love gawker.com for New York celebrity sightings, and galleycat.com and trashionista.com for book news.

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I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else.

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I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.

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Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material, especially when there's an equally strong male character in the mix.

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