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 | Sep 29, 2021 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, Books
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all having a wonderful week. As some of you know, I’ve been focusing primarily on my clients the last few years (copywriting, line-editing, resumes, publishing assistance, etc.), but in 2020, I decided it was time...
by McKenzie | Aug 3, 2019 | Blog, My Poems
NIGHTLIGHT, a celebration3:30 am—brother born, & the air in the house shifts like a pedaled drum. I touch his hair, his skin, & remember your similar textures, the softness. How your eyes, like his, looked to mein adoration—looked to me & saw...
by McKenzie | Jul 30, 2019 | Blog, My Poems
AN ACCORD In the early light, their see-through dress wings show against my shirt, their bodies muted yellow, & I do not mind if they might harm me.The mutual understanding here is simple: let me live. The smallnon-exchange of a sting for the smack of a hand. The...
