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Poetry Friday Is Here!
"...to be part of something larger..." Whether you are a first-time visitor or a seasoned contributor to Poetry Friday, Welcome! We are a community of poets, writers, teachers, librarians, students, mothers, fathers, grandparents, lovers of literature, friends. We...
Poetry Inspired!
It's #PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. This week's round up is hosted by Linda at A Word Edgewise. Carol included five of her own beautiful photographs without poems, to inspire others to write to them. Here is my offering for page...
Spiritual Journey: Growth
Bonus week for me! It is both Spiritual Journey week and Poetry Friday. My post will serve both. Jone Rush MacCulloch offers our May prompt: Growth. You can read Jone's post here along with links to our cohort's reflections. And, Buffy at Buffy Silverman is rounding...
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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