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Steller’s Jay Plea
It's Poetry Friday!Our friend Linda Mitchell hosts our weekend round up. She's celebrating her OLW child. Join us!Steller's Jays are ubiquitous where I live. They are beautiful, bossy, squawking, ecological servants of the High Sierras. And I --accidentally-- killed...
hopeful, still
A double-dip post this week: Spiritual Journey and Poetry Friday. We are writing with Carol this month, who has nudged us to revisit our One Little Words. Carol reminds us: we are halfway through our 2026 journey. So much has happened for so many of us. What are we...
GOLDFINCHES: A Review
It's PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. This week's round up is hosted my Mary Lee Hahn. Join us! Is it any wonder Mary Oliver's poetry would find a home in the world of children’s literature? A few picture book biographies have been recently published and...
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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