Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Write Out 2023: Day 9
A 13-hour migration from mountains to desert means a lot of windshield time. While I could not exactly write outside, the act of moving outdoors, on a road, gave me plenty of inside time – time to think about all that took place in my life over the past 5 months....
Write Out 2023: Day 8
The National Writing Project celebrated teachers, writers, and park rangers on Tuesday, October 17th with poet and author Nikki Grimes. She graciously answered questions and read from her new book A WALK IN THE WOODS, then ended our session with the prompt: While...
Write Out 2023: Day 7
Took our last morning hike in the mountains and our last egg burrito breakfast in town at our favorite bagelry... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~On Dollar Hill don’t leave me your sunny yellows splattered laughter skittering, tittering eyeing your...
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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