Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
A new year’s horizon
A bare dining room table beckoned to be cloaked. I set the ribboned packages discreetly beneath our skinny Christmas tree. I left behind the toddler clamor. I gathered the tablecloth and I ironed. It felt good to set aside the blur of my holiday weeks to prepare our...
O Holy Night?
On this, our penultimate Poetry Friday of the year, please join us! Find the week's poetry round up here: Jone Rush MacCulloch Christmas lights have always been a tradition I love. Growing up, we had strands of multi-colored bulbs. It was a rite of passage to climb...
What is invisible?
Poetry Friday is one of a precious handful of writing communities for which I am extremely grateful. Each week, a worldful of poets share their hearts through words, images, and art in a collective, supportive online environment. This week is hosted by Janice Scully...
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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