Megan McCafferty's Blog, page 14
October 17, 2010
What I'm Doing Now
My next novel, BUMPED, goes on sale April 26th, 2011. It was described in Publishers Weekly as "a sharply funny and provocative dystopian novel set in a world where only teens are able to have babies, and are contracted by adults to carry them to term." I've been calling it a cross between Heathers and The Handmaid's Tale. Follow, friend or like me for updates.
May 25, 2010
April 27, 2010
April 16, 2010
(retro)photo Friday #10: Fashion maven
I spend too much time cruising the JCrew.com sale links. Way, WAY too much time. Especially in the sweaters. No one should spend as much time debating the merits of merino versus cashmere or 3/4 versus full sleeves or cardigan versus pullover as I do. Especially when I should be doing something more productive….like catching up on the latest episode of 16 and Pregnant or something. (It's research for BUMPED. Really.) That JCrew.com is the go-to destination for a disproportionate amount of...
April 9, 2010
(retro)photo Friday #9: My porn star name.
I realize that it's probably not a good idea to write a post with the word "porn" in the title. But when I see this picture of me (And my younger brother…That's his arm holding up the turtle from below. I've cropped him out because he may not appreciate me posting pictures of him when he was younger, even though he was an adorable, tow-headed, pinch-his-cheeks cherub when he was six. And while I'm writing about my brothers, it should be noted that the genuine mesh-n-foam red star baseball...
March 12, 2010
(retro)photo Friday #8: Laugh.
I have no idea who or what was making me laugh so hard when this photo was taken.
But every time I see it, I'm reminded that I need to laugh more often.
Especially at myself.
March 2, 2010
February 12, 2010
(retro)photo Friday #7: Kids invent everything.
A bunch of neighborhood kids were at the top of a steep, snow-covered incline, arguing over who had the idea to stand up on his sled and use it as a makeshift snowboard. Each boy insisted he had been first to come up with the brilliant new sport, a solution to the too-many-kids-not-enough-snowboards conundrum.
When I was seven, I also thought I was the first person to stand up on my sled. I called it "snurfing."
The great narcissism of youth convinces you that you're the first person ever to...
February 5, 2010
(retro)photo Friday #6: SNOOOOOOOOOW!
Look at how psyched my brother and I are. WE. ARE. PSYCHED. SNOOOOOOOW! YEAH!!! This is the BEST DAY EVER. We're gonna go SLEDDING on the GOLF COURSE! WHOO-HOO! And we're gonna build an IGLOO FORT in our front yard and a SNOWMAN who we will still call FROSTY even if we have to improvise with a ROCKS and STICKS because we don't have a CORNCOB PIPE, a BUTTON NOSE, or COAL because who has that stuff lying around the house anyway? And we're not gonna come inside for hot chocolate until we can't f...
February 3, 2010
(retro)photo Friday #5: Special Birthday Edition
Yeah, I know it's Wednesday. But it's also my birthday so I can break the rules of my own blog if I want to. So this is the very first photo of me ever taken. I got it about a half hour ago from my parents who drove across Jersey to take me out to lunch for my birthday. They came bearing four garbage bags bursting with hundreds of loose pictures and dozens of photo albums spanning a century of family history. They want me and my brothers to scan and label these photos for posterity. This is a...
