Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
All I Want For Christmas Is…
I get it now. Somewhere along the way, we stop making lists of the presents we want – and we focus on the gifts we wish to give.
Here’s my Christmas Wish List (in no particular order):
Chores
Anastasia Suen is our Poetry Friday host this week. She's been inspiring us all year with Small Poem prompts and this week it's all about FIRST SNOW! CHORES As Thanksgiving waltzed out the door with the last visitor, did you dread the inevitable cleanup? Or do...
Let there be light
For the thoughtful who do the hard work to see the many sides of complex issues.
They are light.
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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