Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Ride Day
I was a bit late to the road biking scene. My husband had been cycling for some 20+ years with various friends I referred to as hammerheads. Think uber-fit, Ironmen –and women who intimidated me to no end. But Tom encouraged me, always inviting me to give cycling a...
Weddings
It's Poetry Friday! Janice at Salt City Verse has the round up of poetry goodness. Join us!Love and weddings were center stage this past weekend. My nephew was married beside an old oak tree in Gold Country (the foothills of the Sierras) surrounded by family and...
Celebrating!!
In 2012 President Obama took a lot of heat for this little ditty: If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help." I celebrate knowing that the kidlit and poetry communities of SCBWI, Inked Voices, 12x12, The Writing Barn, Highlights Foundation,...
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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