Rebecca Eckler is a Canadian book publisher and former writer of columns and blogs about motherhood, and is author of two books on the same subject, Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-Be (2004), and Wiped! Life with a Pint-Sized Dictator, (2007). Since 2016, she has written five more books, the latest of which is The Mommy Mob: Inside the Outrageous World of Mommy Blogging (2014). [1]
Career edit
As columnist and blogger edit
Eckler was employed by the National Post from 2000 to 2005. She was among a number of staff who's jobs were terminated by the CanWest newspaper chain. [2]
From March–December 2006, Eckler wrote "Mommy Blogger", a weekly freelance piece in The Globe and Mail, appending to this set of blogs a departing blog in May 2007.[3]
Eckler began writing bloc post appearing periodically in the Canadian periodical, Maclean's, in 2008, which has continued through 2016.[4]
Eckler's work also appeared in Mademoiselle.[5]
As book author edit
Eckler became pregnant with her daughter, Rowan Joely, on the night of her engagement party and published the 2004 book Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-Be about her first pregnancy.[citation needed] The book received negative reviews.[6]
In April 2007, Eckler published her second book, Wiped! Life with a Pint-Sized Dictator, which chronicles her first two years of motherhood. Quill & Quire said the book was a "series of tired clichés about parenthood."[7]
Eckler published Blissfully Blended Bullshit with Dundurn Press in 2019, on managing life with a blended family.
Controversies edit
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Eckler's writing has elicited controversy. For instance, there was international coverage of the responses to her blogging about her decision to leave her 10-month old infant to join her fiancé for the duration of a celebrity golf tournament in Mexico.[8] Responses to her book and blog content have frequently included assessments of writing from privilege, shallowness and immaturity, and self-justification of non-traditional decisions.[8][9]
Personal life edit
Eckler's home was referenced in the April 2007 edition of Canadian House and Home.[10]
In 2007, Eckler participated in a charity auction for the magazine The Walrus, paying $7,000 for the right to have a character in Margaret Atwood's novel The Year of the Flood named after her.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Rebecca Eckler". Penguin Random House. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Rebecca Eckler: Fiction vs. Non-Fiction". National Post. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "The Globe and Mail - Search". theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "search". macleans.ca. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Rebecca Eckler". Penguin Random House. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ Meeker, Geoff. "Theft or inspiration?". The Telegram. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "Reviews: Wiped!: Life with a Pint-Size Dictator, by Rebecca Eckler". Quill and Quire. 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ a b Silverthorne, Nadine (2012-08-24). "How Rebecca Eckler left her baby for a vacation". Today's Parent. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
[Subtitle] ...Rebecca Eckler wrote a post about leaving her 10-week-old baby to go to Mexico and ignited a new debate.
- ^ Fenn, Anne (2011-02-15). "If you can't tame 'em, emasculate 'em [Review of How to Raise a Boyfriend]". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Homeowner Thank You List". houseandhome.com. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ ECKLER, REBECCA. "I'm going to be in Atwood's book! | Maclean's | DEC. 10th 2007". Maclean's | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
Further reading edit
- Eckler, Rebecca (2009-09-23). "Margaret Atwood didn't kill me". Maclean's.
- Fenn, Anne (2011-02-15). "If you can't tame 'em, emasculate 'em [Review of How to Raise a Boyfriend]". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- Wolfe, Mitch (2014-04-27). "Why Is This Writer Hated By So Many Mommy Bloggers?". The Huffington Post Canada. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
External links edit
- NinePoundDictator - Author's blog