Busy writing stuff for money. Will return to writing stuff for love and comments very soon.
Author and Professional Obsessive.
Hello! Over the past few years my creative work and professional life has shifted into areas that are little more private and analog than they used to be. But I'll still share what I've been up to, and this year (2026) will update this site accordingly. Please sign up for update emails if you want to catch up! (I'll also post an update to my Substack, but not sure if I'll have new content there.)
Selected 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.
Where else to find me
- Candyboots Home of the Weight Watcher recipe cards
- Malcolm Jameson Site (in progress) about my great-grandfather, a Golden Age sci-fi writer.
- My Instagram Ha, the only social media where I post these days!
In the works
- My Etsy Store Where I’ll be selling copies of my books, zines, and more. Part merch, part… garage sale?
Dear Wendy, I am holding you responsible for my unfinished history papers and misc. homework that I have ignored while catching up on your blog. However, I would have ignored the homework anyway so you need to get back to diary-ing/blogging so I have a legitimate excuse for not doing my work.
Longtime reader, first time commentor.
Yay! (Re: writing stuff for money, not Re: not blogging.)
At least you left us with a funny post while you went off to gather filthy lucre.
I’ve reread the Crazy Pants and Wrongy Lady posts and your commenters funny gym experiences several times.
(And I laugh every time.)
Cash your checks and hurry back to us!
P.S. Have you read Haven Kimmel’s _A Girl Named Zippy_ and/or its sequel? You should. (After you post something new…)
Adding to the Zippy love — I adored it and have bought copies for several friends. Wasn’t willing to lend out my copy! Liked the sequel also.
Just finished your book “I’m not the new me” today! Hilarious! Thanks for writing what the rest of us are experiencing! I had to check out your website to see if it was real. It is wonderful! Do you get much mail from the Northwest? I have a website that I’m webmaster for but it is for the gem club in Boise.