Wendy McClure

Author and Professional Obsessive.

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Other Books

 

dont_trade_baby

Don’t Trade the Baby for a Horse
And Other Ways to Make Your Life More Laura Ingalls Wilder

The ebook-only companion to The Wilder Life!  More about this book.

 

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The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan

The notorious 1974 diet recipe cards in full-color, full-frontal glory!  More about this book.

 

Anthologies

 

Love is a Four-Letter Word

Love Is a Four-Letter Word

Essay: “The Last Man on Earth”
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Powell’s

 

Feed Me

Feed Me! Writers Dish About
Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image

Essay: “Day One”
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Powell’s

 

bookfat

Does This Book Make Me Look Fat?

Essay: “Sweet 16 Plus”
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Powell’s

  

The Autobiographer's Handbook

The Autobiographer’s Handbook:
The 826 National Guide to Writing Your Memoir

I wrote a tiny little article about turning blogs into memoirs.
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Powell’s 

  

Sleepaway

Sleepaway: Writings on Summer Camp

Essay: “The Devoted at Lake Delavan”
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Powell’s

 

The M Word

The M Word: Writers on Same-Sex Marriage

Essay: “Holding My Breath: a Family History”
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Powell’s

 

Recent Press and Links

  • Essay: A Little House Adulthood For the American Masters documentary on Laura Ingalls Wilder, I contributed a piece to the PBS website about revisiting the Little House books.
  • Essay: The Christmas Tape (At Longreads.com) How an old audio tape of holiday music became a record of family history, unspoken rituals, and grief.
  • Q & A With Wendy McClure Publishers Weekly interview about editing, Wanderville and more.

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Where else to find Wendy

  • Candyboots Home of the Weight Watcher recipe cards
  • Malcolm Jameson Site (in progress) about my great-grandfather, a Golden Age sci-fi writer.
  • That Side of the Family My semi-secret family history blog
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