Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Re-membered
It's Poetry Friday! Want to know more? Click here. Thank you to this week's host, Jan at BookSeedStudio, for hosting the round up!Coming Soon!MINDFUL MOMENTS POETRY 2023 I am delighted to have two poems included in this year's Mindful Poetry Moments anthology,...
Haiku Conversations
It's Poetry Friday! Margaret at Reflections on the Teche has our poetry round up!I'M MOST HAPPY In the Cuspbetween seasons - cool Spring rainbefore the Summer heat, when August wearsa cardigan for Fall, October shiveringinto icy Winter, or Winter melting intoflowering...
Summer’s Middle Child
(above image courtesy of Pixabay and Clip2Comic)It's Poetry Friday!We are hosted this week by Linda at A Word Edgewise. Please stop there and enjoy all the poetry goodness!Big sister June gets all the attention --pomp & circumstance to end classroom days August...
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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