Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Hopeful
Margaret Simon hosts our first 2026 Spiritual Journey reflections with an invitation to share our One Little Word - one word to guide our days in the coming year. Join us!fifteen years ago I am in our living room. My older son stands before me, defiant. We have...
Winter Solstice-Waiting
For those who celebrate, the third Sunday of Advent is a call to joy. This year Gaudete Sunday (from the Latin gaudeo, "I rejoice") fell on December 14th. The winter solstice– our longest night-- followed a week later. But around the world, joy feels distant, even...
Sapwood – An Acrostic
It's Poetry Friday!Our host is Michelle Kogan at MoreArt4All Join us!If you have not dipped your toe into this gorgeous "spell book" by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, you are missing true magic. It is not new (2017) but its impetus is no less relevant. Each...
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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