by McKenzie | Oct 2, 2021 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, Newsletter
Happy Saturday, friends! I know I’m late for Friday and for October 1st, but I’m so excited to reach out to you! How was your week? Are you doing anything special for the beginning of the Halloween season? I’ve got a big weekend ahead of me,...
by McKenzie | Sep 29, 2021 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, Books
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all having a wonderful week. As some of you know, I’ve been focusing primarily on my clients the last few years (copywriting, line-editing, resumes, publishing assistance, etc.), but in 2020, I decided it was time...
by McKenzie | Sep 20, 2021 | Fiction, Reviews
I’ll be honest: I’ve spent the last two days trying to let this book go (or rather, to pry its hooks out of me). This book is all at once startling and overwhelming, beautifully composed, and thieving (as ‘haunting’ in this case is not a strong enough word). I...
by McKenzie | Feb 21, 2021 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
SKY DIVING I hang on the edge of this universe singing off-key talking too loud embracing myself to cushion the fall I shall tumble into deep space never in this form or with this feeling to return to earth It is not tragic I will spiral through that Black hole losing...
by McKenzie | Feb 20, 2021 | Blog, Poem of the Day Series, Reading
EVE REMEMBERING 1 I tore from a limb fruit that had lost its green. My hands were warmed by the heat of an apple Fire red and humming. I bit sweet power to the core. How can I say what it was like? The taste! The taste undid my eyes And led me far from the gardens...