by McKenzie | Jul 10, 2022 | Blog, Craft (Writing Tips), My Writing Challenges
Happy Sunday, friends! I hope you’re having an amazing weekend. A few minutes ago on Medium, I shared the news that I’ll be participating in this year’s BYOB (Blog Your Own Book), hosted by Shaunta Grimes. The point is to blog every day throughout...
by McKenzie | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog, Craft (Writing Tips), Publishing & Marketing Tips
Newsflash: Did you know if your writing career, you’re likely to come across approximately a dozen different types of editors? With confusing names (they aren’t all called editors!) and some overlapping territory (do you need a Copy Editor… or a Proofreader?), how...
by McKenzie | Nov 8, 2021 | Blog, Craft (Writing Tips), Publishing & Marketing Tips
Just let me start by saying: I am so excited about this article. All week long, I am going to share some of my favorite tips I’ve given to top-selling indie authors and NYT bestselling authors alike RE: editing, interior and cover design, tricky marketing, and...
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 | 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 | 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....
