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I Just Want All the Dogs

I Just Want All the Dogs

Our Poetry Friday friend,Karen Edmistenhosts the round-up this weekend. Karen has pointed me to numerous poets in the past few years -- George Bilgere most recently (thank you, Karen!). Join us!I Just Want All the Dogs!My mom says I've loved dogs for as long as she...

Post-Election Daze

Post-Election Daze

We need PoetryFriday now more than ever!  Want to know more? Click here. This week's round up is hosted by Cathy at Merely Day by Day.Join us! I want so badly to believe this country is kinder and less afraid than it is.-Courtney E. Martin   Of the many...

The World Waits

The World Waits

Linda Mitchell hosts our Spiritual Journey cohort, offering this month's prompt, inspired by her OLW: world. My world. Your world. Our world. You can find the links to each of our reflections here.The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius invite retreatants to imagine...

About Patricia Franz

Published poet & kidlit writer

cultivating joy and inspiring

a long, loving look at the real.

Craft Work & Street Creds

Contests/Participant

PB Party 2023 Honorable Mention

National Poetry Month 2023, 2022

#50PreciousWords 2022, 2021 Honorable Mention

KidLit Vibes 2022 Honorable Mention

Education

M.A. Theology / Children’s Spiritual Development

Memberships

Member SCBWI-AZ since 2020

Member Inked Voices since 2021

12x12 Picture Book Challenge - since 2021

Courage to Create - The Writing Barn since 2022

Emeriti Trustee, The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGSUSA)

Courses & Conferences

LYRICAL LANGUAGE LAB (Renee LaTulippe)

Andrea Brown Literary Agency (ABLA) Big Sur 2021

Writing Barn: Non-Fiction Beyond Fact Flinging (Heather L. Montgomery)

SCBWI & Smithsonian Institution Online Non-Fiction Workshop

Stanford Continuing Studies: Writing for the Youngest Audience: Little Children, Big Emotions (Lynn E. Hazen/Elissa Haden Guest)

Highlights Foundation: The Art of Giving & Receiving Critique (Erin Dionne)

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