My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day.
From Meg Cabot
I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own.
My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!
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!
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.
For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters.
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