Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Do This In Memory of Me
It’s 1965. I’m 6 years old. It’s Good Friday. What I know: There will be fish for dinner. Again. Yuck. We will go to church in the middle of the day, having gone the night before, and knowing Easter Sunday mass looms, too. At least Lent will be over soon,...
E is for Ekphrastic
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsEkphrastic poetry... ...is poetry inspired by another form of art! I spent an afternoon wandering through the Phoenix Art Museum last week. Each piece, whether sculpture or painting or photograph, sparked a conversation. Sometimes it...
D is for Definito
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsA definito is... ...a very fun creation from poet, passionate climate-activist, and writing coach Heidi Mordhorst who describes this poetic form as: a free verse poem of 8-12 lines (aimed at readers 8-12 years old) that highlights...
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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