Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Fiancé Friendlies
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! By the time this post is read, the Fiancé Friendlies will be underway. If you’re not familiar with the term friendly, Sports Stack Exchange describes it as: the term for all games that are not competitive fixtures… most common in pre-season, as...
A Poetryaction
Leslie Barnard Booth's lyrical love letter about the transformation of a stone made for a wonderful opportunity to play with her words. Thank you to Laura Purdie Salas for creating the poetryaction (is it a "form"?). You can read my review and interview with Leslie...
Book Review: A Stone Is a Story
As picture book writers, we know there’s the “through-line” (this story is about…) and the “heart-line” (this story is REALLY about…). A STONE IS A STORY, by Leslie Barnard Booth and illustrated by Marc Martin (M.K. Elderberry Books/Simon & Schuster, 2023), is...
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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