by McKenzie | Jul 28, 2020 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, Poetry Collections, Reviews
Hi everyone! I’m happy to announce my latest review, Angela Voras-Hills’ Louder Birds from Pleiades Press, 2020, is now live at Green Mountains Review! You can read it here! Elizabeth Powell at GMR recommended this book to me and was a true joy to work...
by McKenzie | Jul 9, 2020 | Blog, Craft (Writing Tips), Publishing & Marketing Tips
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” You may not be “Baby,” but you know what? No one (and no feeling) should put you in the corner, either. Happy Thursday, friends! I do my best to share a Writing Tip on Wednesday each week (after doing some...
by McKenzie | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog, Literary Scene
Happy Monday, friends! I hope you’re all having a nice start to your week and are doing your best to keep your spirits high. I’ve been struggling a lot lately with all that’s going on in our world, as I’m sure many can agree with. Fortunately...
by McKenzie | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Publishing & Marketing Tips
Hi everyone, and Happy Wednesday! I’m starting something new here, just once a week, that I’m really excited about. I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as me. Every week over in my writing community, I’ve been sharing one tip that can make your...
by McKenzie | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, My Poems
A SEAGULL MAKES A LONE CALL, OFF-COURSE And across from me a bird roots in the gutter, looking for spare twigs. Its dark feathered body dip in and out of the track, its tail striking the air. I wonder insteadif it has made a nest up there when its body disappears....
by McKenzie | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, My Poems
Where Sylvia Plath’s “Blackberrying” and social distancing meet . . . IN THE MORNING, WHERE I WALK Out to the street where cars have been parked for days, I know little of what brings the birds out of their hiding, what has come of the neighbors who...