Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Grieving the planet
I am honored to have a poem included inTHE WRITE LAUNCH Winter 2024 Quarterly: Climate Crisis. "We, who are alive today, must grasp the Climate Crisis as an existential moment to face with clarity and resolve, thus preparing humanity for a world that we ourselves...
Connection
It's #PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. Our friend Robyn Hood Black hosts us this weekend! Head over and enjoy all the poetry goodness.Connection is on my mind. It’s a loose theme for the Nevermores this year. I’ve been making mental notes anytime I am...
Sound of silence
It's Poetry Friday! Tracey at Tangles and Tails hosts us this weekend. Tracey and I met at last year's Highlights retreat with Irene Latham and Charles Waters. We are so lucky that she has joined the Poetry Friday community!I am heartsick. Yesterday, the tree guys...
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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