Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
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It's Poetry Friday!Irene Latham is celebrating the launch of her latest picture bookMUSEUM ON THE MOON: The Curious Objects on the Lunar Surface (available August 8th)with a "Moon in June" theme for all of us! Young Pine in Love patient pine awaits whispers of your...
PF = Poetry Friendship
It's Poetry Friday! Spend part of your weekend eavesdropping on some amazing poetic sharing between friends! Linda at A Word Edgewise has the round up (which is to say, all the links)!Where would the world be without poetry friendship?Emerson and Thoreau; Wordsworth...
Birthday Party Memories
The Nevermores mined childhood memories for poems this week. I'm about to give away my age... Remember glass milk bottles delivered by the milkman? And wooden clothespins -- for hanging laundry because nobody had dryers. Pennies -- before they became irrelevant. My...
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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