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Write Out 2023: Week Two
It's Poetry Friday! Join our host Bridget at wee words for wee ones to find all the poetry goodness going out in the world this weekend! Today is National Day on Writing! I was delighted to see my desert home highlighted for one of the writing prompts....
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...
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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