Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
“Pay Exquisite Attention”
Dr. Patricia Stohr-Hunt, writer- and reviewer-extraordinaire, hosts our Poetry Friday roundup this week. Please join us at her blog, The Miss Rumphius Effect to find links to a weekend of poetry goodness!If you care for or have cared for an aging parent, this week’s...
Full Moon June
It's Poetry Friday! Come see what Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference has in store for us!By the time you read this, the summer solstice will be behind us. But I type this within hours of the precise moment when it occurs: June 20th, 1:50pm. What I am most looking...
A Time to Rest
It's PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. We are hosted this week by Denise Krebs who is sharing a new-to-me poetry form, the Sacred Seven. Join us! To every thing there is a season.. Whether you recognize these words from sacred scripture or find yourself...
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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