Reverie: Patricia’s Blog

POETRY FRIDAY: Scars

WOUNDS paper cuts, puppy teeth, scratches on the knee, slivers, stings, surgeries for appendectomies, unmet expectations, unkind words, a broken heart some will heal with Band-Aids the tough ones leave a scar   ©2022, Patricia J. FranzI was the young mother that...

CK Malone: Critique Partners

Kidlit authors would be nowhere without their critique partners - the peeps that read their umpteenth @!#$ draft and offer feedback...Celebrating the picture book debut of A COSTUME FOR CHARLY by CK Maloneillustrated by Andrea BarajasListen in: CK Malone on Critique...

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 forever."It was a gift from the poetry universe that the poem below popped up this week in Poem of the Day: the world is about to end and my...

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Published poet & kidlit writer

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