Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
THE ROUND UP IS HERE!
Welcome to Poetry Friday -- a celebration of poetry and community! This year's National Writing Project WRITE OUT theme is AWAKEN THE SENSES. I took a "wonder walk" into the forest beyond our property and soaked in the last days of autumn. Tahoe Tanka an...
Squirrel Sonnet
It's PoetryFriday! You can find out more about what that means --> Click here. But even better, join us! Sarah Grace Tuttle is our host this week!National Writing Project's WRITE OUT celebration is underway! Two weeks of place-based inspired writing projects. ...
Wanted: Courage
Linda at TeacherDance hosts the poetry round up this weekend! Join us!Thank you to Tabatha Yeatts for her steadfast spotlighting of brave people standing up for freedom. I found a poem in her latest inspirational post. (photo credit: Sasquatch.Stitches see...
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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