Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Book Review: Anything
NOTE! If you're looking for this week's Poetry Friday Round-up, Rose Cappelli is our host!ANYTHING by Rebecca Stead 2025 ChronicleThis book is about wishes. But really it is about feeling loved and safe in the face of uncertainty. Edelweiss: A reassuring and uplifting...
A Golden Hinge
I was inspired by an Ethical ELA prompt to try a golden hinge, a spin-off of the golden shovel. golden hinge: a form in which a borrowed line can be read horizontally as the first line of the poem as well as vertically down the left spine, as the first words of each...
2026 KidLit Progressive Poem
In Celebration of National Poetry Month... We have embarked on a journey to The Land of Poetry!The Poetry Friday community is building a progressive poem. Each week, a new line. You'll find the weekly links below. Come celebrate poetry with us! Tabatha led us...
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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