Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Empty Nest: A Reverso
It's #PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. My Nevermores poetry partner, Rose Cappelli is hosting us this week. The Nevermores braved the reverso waters earlier this month, trying our hands at the form created by Marilyn Singer, Queen of Reversos. Rose's...
WHAT IS HOPE?
It's Poetry Friday!We're celebrating with Amy at The Poem Farm.And I'm celebrating with POMELO BOOKS' latest poetry anthology, WHAT IS HOPE?video © 2023 Patricia J. FranzLast week, Robyn Hood Black wrote a beautiful review of WHAT IS HOPE? She and 39 other poets, many...
Life at the speed of grace
One of the best – and shortest – homilies I ever heard was given by a deacon on Ash Wednesday some years ago. Instead of giving up something for Lent, he gently suggested we slow down and give God a chance to catch us. Grace is my shorthand for God. Grace as...
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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