by McKenzie | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog, Craft (Writing Tips), My Poems, My Writing Challenges
IN NATURE My daughter calls the outdoors home & needs no reason to enter. Her skin, the brush. Her voice & birdsong. Her running speed & the air through the field. They are the same. Sometimes, she blends in so well, I cannot see her. The brownest strands...
by McKenzie | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog, My Writing Challenges
Happy Tuesday, friends—and Happy October 1st! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and a great start to your week. We’re officially in my favorite month of the year. Fall is in full swing, both of my kids are having birthdays, and there is also Halloween!...
by McKenzie | Sep 27, 2019 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, Newsletter
Happy Friday night, friends! This one is coming in LATE, but hopefully some of you night owls are out there reading with me (getting LIT-erary on Friday night, right?). It’s been a long week, and I’m exhausted. You might call this the perfect opportunity...
by McKenzie | Sep 26, 2019 | Blog, Literary Scene
Happy Thursday, friends! I hope you’re having a wonderful week. I know I already shared some news in the Potterverse this week, but now I have some news about a writer whose inspiration is as old as time for some young writers—including...
by McKenzie | Sep 25, 2019 | Blog, Craft (Writing Tips), My Poems, My Writing Challenges
“O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.”—Hamlet A SLEEPING OCTOPUS CHANGES COLOR WHILE DREAMING I can see it up there, high in the corner like a spider hosting its web....
by McKenzie | Sep 24, 2019 | Blog, Literary Scene
Happy Tuesday AGAIN, friends! Usually, I don’t post twice in one day, but for today, bear with me, because I already posted for motivation, and now I’m posting for fun. So, fellow fans, I have a question for you: Is Harry Potter coming to NYC? Rumor has...