by McKenzie | Mar 25, 2023 | Blog, My Poems
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you all have some marvelous plans for the weekend. I’ve been doing client work and going through submissions for Lit Shark Magazine all week, and this weekend, I’m attending the livestream of Mississippi’s first-ever...
by McKenzie | Jan 11, 2023 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, Literary Scene
Happy Wednesday, everyone! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. I’m going to keep this one brief, but it’s only January 11th, and one of my goals for 2023 is already coming true: to launch Lit Shark Magazine after pondering it for about five years....
by McKenzie | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog, Literary Scene, Reading
I always enjoy the new year: the excitement, the hope, and of course, the resolutions. In the last few years, it’s become especially important to me to plan my year well and to create goals for myself that would serve me in becoming the writer, freelancer, and...
by McKenzie | Jan 2, 2023 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Happy Monday, all! I hope you’re having a wonderful start to your new year. I shared yesterday a little bit about what to expect from me and 2023 and what held me back in 2022, but today I want to dive into a realization I had early last year. Early in 2022 in...
by McKenzie | Jan 1, 2023 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful New Year’s celebration and are excited about what’s to come in 2023. I had a quiet evening at home with my family, but in the past week in particular, I’ve put a great deal of thought into what I...
by McKenzie | Sep 15, 2022 | Blog, My Poems
Happy Thursday, friends! During my morning writing yesterday, I wrote an earlier version of this poem, and I revised it today and wanted to share it. I hope you enjoy it. I think it has a heartbeat. * MIDWESTERN BREAKFAST You once said—in a TikTok video, of all...
