Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
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
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
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
PoetryFriday! Click on the link for my poetry!
#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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