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Poetry Friday: Cinquains
AMERICAN CINQUAINSAm I the only person who thinks the kidlit TwitterVerse is - surprisingly NICE? I jumped into Twitter a few years ago, and into the kidlit writing community specifically. As a listener-then-eventual-follower-then-eventual-Tweeter, I continue to find...
Peaceful Child, Peaceful World
joy of a babyfirst born of my first born, sonbecomes a father ©Patricia J. FranzAugust 5, 2011Gramma. Nana. Nonna. Gigi. MeeMee. I am Amma. The spiritual desert fathers and mothers were known as abbas and ammas. They chose to live away from the hubbub of third and...
Poetry Friday: Drought Baby
“Sometimes the job of a poet is to register what happened off the page...see the everyday magic, miracle... Love is never in a hurry." --Manuel Iris, April 27, 2022 In April 2022, I was one of who-knows-how-many poetry lovers that celebrated National Poetry Month. 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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