Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Squirrel Sonnet
It's PoetryFriday! You can find out more about what that means --> Click here. But even better, join us! Sarah Grace Tuttle is our host this week!National Writing Project's WRITE OUT celebration is underway! Two weeks of place-based inspired writing projects. ...
Wanted: Courage
Linda at TeacherDance hosts the poetry round up this weekend! Join us!Thank you to Tabatha Yeatts for her steadfast spotlighting of brave people standing up for freedom. I found a poem in her latest inspirational post. (photo credit: Sasquatch.Stitches see...
Spiritual Journey: Compassion
Kim Johnson hosts our reflections for October, inviting us to write on Compassion. Live in the layers, not on the litter. I am captivated by this line above– from Stanley Kunitz’ The Layers, a poem about aging and loss. There are so many layers in loss. Anger....
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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