• About
  • Connect
  • Books
  • Poetry
  • Bylines
  • Book Reviews
    • Author Interviews
    • Fiction
    • Lyric Essay & Memoir
    • Parenting
    • Personal Development & Mindset
    • Poetry
    • Short Fiction & Novellas
    • Theory
    • Young Adult Literature
  • Read With Me (Blog)
Interested in What My Life As a Traveling Freelancer Looks Like? 2 Books Coming Your Way

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...
Book Strategy Week: Did You Hire the ‘Write’ Editor?

Book Strategy Week: Did You Hire the ‘Write’ Editor?

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...
Book Strategy Week: My Response to Doing “All the Things”

Book Strategy Week: My Response to Doing “All the Things”

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...
Writer Tip Thursday: Say “Goodbye” to Impostor Syndrome. You Want to Write for a Reason.

Writer Tip Thursday: Say “Goodbye” to Impostor Syndrome. You Want to Write for a Reason.

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...
New Poem “In Nature” & The Prompt Behind It

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

“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....
« Older Entries
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

© 2022 McKenzie Lynn Tozan All Rights Reserved

Web by GrL’Ca