Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Spiritual Journey: Family
Leigh Anne Eck is hosting our August Spiritual Journey reflections. Molly Hogan is our Poetry Friday host. Join us!Leigh Anne offered a thoughtful prompt for our August Spiritual Journey: Family. I’ve been thinking about identity— From conception, our genes define so...
I Just Love All The Dogs
It's PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. This week's roundup is hosted by Jane at Raincity Librarian. Join us! I can't help myself. When I see a dog coming, I have to stop and say hello. Especially when I'm away from my own dog. Then I usually have to stop...
Finding Our Way
It's Poetry Friday!Nevermores poetry partner and author-librarian extraordinairre has the Roundup this week! Join Marcie Flinchum Atkins here . She's prepping for the Sealey Challenge and you can get a peek at a couple of photos from our glorious handful of days...
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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