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August 2022: Seafoam Green Poems, Travel Writing, & Chosen Families

by McKenzie | Aug 1, 2022 | Blog, My Writing Challenges

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I’m sorry for the temporary silence on my end; I promise it was only temporary while I was getting ready for the absolutely GIGANTIC month I have ahead of me. As I mentioned in a previous post,...

Interested in What My Life As a Traveling Freelancer Looks Like? 2 Books Coming Your Way

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...

New Poem “In Nature” & The Prompt Behind It

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...

Tuesday Motivation: Is This Your Year to Write Your First Book?

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!...

“A Sleeping Octopus Changes Color While Dreaming” & The Prompt Behind It

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....

March 2019: My First Attempt at #PitMad

by McKenzie | Mar 8, 2019 | Blog, My Writing Challenges, Publishing & Marketing Tips

Years ago, I read Stephen Markley’s Publish This Book, pictured, cropped, as the featured image of this post (and that image borrowed from StrategicPoints, FYI). The front and back cover dynamics of this particular work aren’t an example of what I would...
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