Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
2024 Progressive Poem Update
2024 Progressive Poem cradled in stars, our planet sleeps,clinging to tender dreams of peacesister moon watches from afar,singing lunar lullabies of hope. almost dawn. I walk with others,keeping close, my little brother.hand in hand, we carry courageescaping closer...
Eclipse Poetry
It's #PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. This week's round up is hosted Jone at Jone Rush MacCulloch. Jone is in full-celebration mode for National Poetry Month with author interviews and poetry set to video by her students. Join us this weekend! TOTAL...
National Poetry Month – A Week in SOIL
Dungy's seeds have lodged deep in me. The prompts come from Dungy's excerpts. The poems emerging take me in unexpected directions -- blooming where they will. Find April 1 and 2 here.April 7, 2024 Maybe people are like dandelions, planting themselves where the earth...
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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