How did your own ideas about marriage and feminism shape the story? In Royal Wedding, Mia ends up getting married as a 26-year-old. So don't make any really big decisions before 26. ![]() And now they've discovered that people's cognitive functions aren't fully working until they're 26, which means you're basically still an adolescent until then. I thought that'd be interesting, too, to describe from Mia's point of view. It's interesting to hear about different readers' struggles - a lot of them have graduated from college and are seeing what the real world is like. That's also what's going on in Mia's life she now has her career after opening a community youth center in New York City and is engaged to get married. I hear from a lot of those readers about what they're doing with their lives a lot of them are getting married, not necessarily all of them but a lot of them, and most of them are also starting careers. A lot of the readers who started reading the books in 2000 when it first came out are now about 25 years old, which is close to Mia's age. MC: Chronologically, it's what seemed to make the most sense. Why did you see Mia at this point in her life, as a 26-year-old? She can't drive either, by the way - technically she doesn't have to because she goes around in limos and town cars, but neither of us can drive and we share a lot of similarities, including our thoughts and ideas about the world. MC: Yes, I have to say there's a lot of me in Princess Mia. So instead, I've just started putting my own thoughts into Princess Mia's diary.ĭid you put a lot of yourself into the book? I used to keep a blog where I wrote down a lot of my own thoughts, but I stopped doing that as much now that social media is such a big deal and I'm always on Twitter and Facebook. ![]() Since it's a diary, a lot of the material and story is essentially my own writing. MC: I probably started writing it in October 2013. How long did it take you to write Royal Wedding? I know it's totally geeky that on your sabbatical you would want to write, but that's what I did, because that's what I love to do. But it was my sabbatical and that's what I wanted to do. Those two novels, as well as From The Notebooks of a Middle School Princess, ended up being the books I wrote when I was on my sabbatical, even though I technically wasn't supposed to be working. They're really fun and it's been 15 years so I figured, why not do an anniversary edition? The first book in The Mediator series also came out in 2002, so I'm also going to publish an anniversary edition of that book, which doesn't come out until February. I had a lot of time to think about what I was doing with my life and I decided, I'm just going to do what I want, because why not? But then after taking some time off I decided that I missed writing the Princess Diaries books - also, the 15th anniversary was coming up - so I decided to write another one. Meg Cabot: My first book was published in 1998, and I've had multiple books come out every year since then, so I took last year off as a sabbatical because I was really tired. ![]() What made you want to write Royal Wedding? It's been six years since you published your last Princess Diaries book and 15 years since the whole series started. Both Royal Wedding and From The Notebooks of a Middle School Princess tell the story - from juxtaposed perspectives - of two sisters who are just trying to do what Mia's always tried to do: figure everything out.īuzzFeed had the chance to catch up with Cabot and talk about her new novels, weddings, and the double standards that women face. Adding to the expected chaos that her lifestyle brings, Mia discovers she has a younger sister named Olivia. In Royal Wedding, readers get to learn about Princess Mia Thermopolis as a full-fledged adult who now lives in New York City, planning a future with her longtime boyfriend, Michael. Fifteen years after the original Princess Diaries book was published, the author is back with two new novels to include in the best-selling series: Royal Wedding and From The Notebooks of a Middle School Princess. After publishing over 50 books that sit on the bookshelves of both teens and adults and shaping the adolescence of countless teenage girls with her famous Princess Diaries series, Meg Cabot is far from finished creating her legacy.
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