Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Embracing Doubt
Welcome to our November Spiritual Journey! I’ve been reflecting on doubt. As synchronicity would have it, this article “The Drawer Where I Keep My Doubts” found its way into my inbox a couple of weeks ago. Professor, author, and essayist Jeff DeGraff writes: Doubt,...
Happy Halloween!
It's PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. Jone Rush MacCulloch hosts our weekend of spooky, spirited poetry! Join us! Jone offered a list of Halloween-themed prompts. I chose "voices scratch the walls." Voices Scratch the Walls Spirit wakens....
THE ROUND UP IS HERE!
Welcome to Poetry Friday -- a celebration of poetry and community! This year's National Writing Project WRITE OUT theme is AWAKEN THE SENSES. I took a "wonder walk" into the forest beyond our property and soaked in the last days of autumn. Tahoe Tanka an...
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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