Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Poetry Friday: For the love of poetry
To learn to be a good friend, kids need models of friendship. WHAT IS A FRIEND? is 41 poems that show that friends come in many forms. Click on the cover to purchase a copy!I find relief in poetry. Mornings that begin with moments to sit, take notice, inhale, scribble...
CK Malone: Their Process
Plotter? Pantser? Up all night? How does a picture book manuscript come to be? CK Malone on their writing process...Celebrating the picture book debut of A COSTUME FOR CHARLY by CK Maloneillustrated by Andrea BarajasIn Part 6, CK MALONE shares with their critique...
Poetry Friday: Comings & Goings & Trees
In what feels like an instant – though likely not by my pup who was a 13-hour road warrior - I was transported this week from mountains to desert. Someone asked me if I was happy to be back. In May, my heart aches when our time nears to leave the desert. But then I...
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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