Bio
This website is all about books I’ve read, I’m reading currently, and books I plan on reading.
The website is also about writing and how reading affects my own writing. From time to time I throw in bits about teaching, films watched, and other topics, such as the origin of phrases we say. I also have a fascination for words–yes, I confess am a Word Nerd. I also toss in Bardinator bits, as I am a definitely a Shakespeare enthusiast. From time to time I also talk about the books I am writing, or have recently published.
I began this website as a blog a few years ago as a means of expressing my views about reading and writing–two favorites in life, and yet it has become so much more. For one, it’s now my author platform.
I love to write. Until recently, my day job was a high school English teacher. Although immersed in reading my student’s writing, I still managed to find time to create stories, primarily for children, middle readers, and young adults, with the occasional adult focus.
My appreciation for books, for reading, preferably in my backyard hammock on a summer day, is something I like to share with others. Check out my Goodreads profile.
I also have fun posting about National Days on Instagram.
Reading and writing–they go together and I can’t imagine one without the other. It’s finding the balance to do both.
Reader, writer, reviewer, teacher…
and a student of words.
The old, old saying of starting a journey begins with one step applies to starting a blog for me. I bought into the idea that if I began a blog readers would come racing out of the cornfields to read it. No, Kevin Costner wasn’t at that writing conference, only his film’s influence.
I began my published writing career with a story in Highlights for Children (see published stories), and have published many stories and articles along the way, I even have stories in a couple of anthologies, one being a Chicken Soup for the Soul title.
My debut picture book is Someday We Will, a story aimed for grandparents and grandkids, yet it applies to anyone who looks forward to spending time with that special someone. Although I favor writing for children, I also lean towards writing for adults. I am in the midst of many writing projects and so I should get back to my writer’s garret, which is actually an Ikea chair next to a window in the spare room. Not as romantic, I know. Although it does qualify as a room with a view and what writer doesn’t appreciate a good view?
Blue Skies,
Pam Webb
aka CricketMuse
Thanks for stopping by. You can contact me at: pdwebbsite@yahoo.com or leave a comment below.
Pam Webb 