As a bigender, neurodiverse, kidlit author, CK Malone breaks barriers in presenting a character who longs for a...
POETRY FRIDAY: Scars
WOUNDS paper cuts, puppy teeth, scratches on the knee, slivers, stings, surgeries for appendectomies, unmet...
CK Malone: Critique Partners
Kidlit authors would be nowhere without their critique partners - the peeps that read their umpteenth @!#$ draft and...
POETRY FRIDAY: Things That Last
My parents are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary this week. "I'm reminded that it's possible for love to last...
CK Malone: What Excites? What Terrifies?
They should feel excited. Afterall, they are a debut picture book author. But CK Malone is also...
Poetry Friday: Remember This
Digital betwixting sprinkled further fairy dust upon me...It's been a Margaret Wise Brown-kinda week. No, I have not...
CK Malone: On writing & #ownvoices
It's not everyday that I get to boost a fellow #kidlit writer who also happens to be my friend and CP! Happy...
Poetry Friday: Dayenu
Dayenu "It would have been enough..." Dayenu is a prayer, traditionally sung during the Jewish holiday of...
Poetry Friday: I, vapor
A Mask Poem Write a mask poem; a poem written from the point of view of an object -- or something NOT YOU -- This was...
Poetry Friday: Cinquains
AMERICAN CINQUAINSAm I the only person who thinks the kidlit TwitterVerse is - surprisingly NICE? I jumped into...
Peaceful Child, Peaceful World
joy of a babyfirst born of my first born, sonbecomes a father ©Patricia J. FranzAugust 5, 2011Gramma. Nana. Nonna....
Poetry Friday: Drought Baby
“Sometimes the job of a poet is to register what happened off the page...see the everyday magic, miracle... Love is...