by McKenzie | Sep 20, 2019 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week and have amazing plans for your weekend. Me, I don’t have particular plans, but my friends do! On Saturday, one of my friends is celebrating their birthday (shoutout: Happy Birthday, Jenn!), and one...
by McKenzie | Sep 17, 2019 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, Literary Scene
Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope you’re having a wonderful start to your week, because I know I am! Fall is almost here, I’ve been writing daily, and I just received wonderful news: I’m one of four new Poetry Readers for Muzzle Magazine! I’m so...
by McKenzie | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog, Reading
Happy Tuesday night, all! I hope you had a wonderful weekend—and a relaxing Labor Day. My Labor Day weekend revolved (mostly) around lovely “guilty pleasures,” ranging from binge-watching Season 3 of The Good Place, starting my latest re-read of...
by McKenzie | Aug 25, 2019 | Blog, Literary Scene
Happy Sunday, friends! I hope you each had a wonderful weekend and are looking forward to Monday. Believe it or not, I actually am excited about Monday, because I’ll be spending time with my kiddos and (gasp!) writing. This weekend was of the whirlwind variety,...
by McKenzie | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, My Poems
TO THE DARK WHO FOLLOWS MEAFTER MY SECOND CHILD IS BORN:Tell me they’d miss me. Tell me they love me, even on the days when my voice rises higher than the tide. Tell me they believe me when I say I love them to the moon and back—that same moon that pushes and pulls...
by McKenzie | Aug 13, 2019 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, My Poems
Hi everyone, and happy Tuesday! I’m very excited to share that great weather for MEDIA has released their annual anthology, this year’s titled Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea. I received my contributor’s copy yesterday and am even more...