Pam Webb

Bio/Background

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.

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.

I also love to read, preferably in my backyard hammock on a summer day. 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.

 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 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.

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. The idea is this: I need to get more serious about my writing commitment. Maybe that will happen now that I have retired from teaching students how to write; however, I continue to struggle with reading books and writing my own books.

I began my published writing career with a story in Highlights for Children way back in 1988, 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 recently published 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.

Blue Skies,
Pam Webb
aka CricketMuse

Thanks for stopping by. You can contact me at: pdwebbsite@yahoo.com or leave a comment below.