PROJECT PITCHES
Welcome to my Project Pitch Page!
I love to write stories and this page represents completed manuscripts ready to send out for publication. Agents, editors, publishers–see something you like? Please contact me: pdwebbsite@yahoo.com. I would sincerely enjoy talking about my stories and your interest and ability to publish them.
I’m also interested in feedback and comments. Please drop a line!
Blue skies-
Pam
PICTURE BOOKS:
1,2,3…Birds I See: combines counting with lyrical wordplay providing a surprise end twist involving one cat. Back matter about each bird included. Collage illustrations.
10, 9, 8…Shut the Gate: Oh oh! The gate is open which means the animals are all over the place and the farmer and his trusty dog must get them back where they belong. Back matter includes a few barnyard animal riddles. Collage illustrations.
Polka Dot Sock Day: a child describes the emotional comfort special socks provide while a parent is in the hospital. Collage illustrations.
Pop Pop’s Boat: everyone in the family is selling something in the family yard sale, but Pop Pop is reluctant to sell his well-loved, yet dilapidated rowboat.
What To Do: three children brainstorm what to do but each idea comes up short until they all agree on one favorite activity.
One Star: a reflective retelling of the nativity story that combines the various aspects of the Lord’s birth with counting and biblical insights.
Oma’s Secret Ingredient: a young girl wonders what secret ingredient her German grandmother puts into the family’s Christmas treats.
Grandad’s Wings: a story addressing elder care as a child and a grandfather bond building model planes together—back matter about Veterans Day included.
Of Salt and Bread: based on an old Swedish story of how a princess expresses her love for her father through the everyday value of bread and salt.
Red, Green, and Gold: an original tale based on the old riddle of the hidden star within an apple.
PICTURE BOOK SERIES
Queen Bee: Beatrice is three and is striding into her prime now that she is almost four. She knows what she likes. And she definitely lets everyone know what she doesn’t like. Just when the day seems a tad long with toddler drama, the sunny side of three shines through.
- Queen Bea: sometimes toddlers can be royally demanding.
- Queen Bea Goes Shopping: grocery shopping with a toddler can be humorous, as well as exasperating.
- Queen Bea Goes Swimming: a family outing to the pool with a toddler has its moments of endearment and endurance.
- Queen Bea Goes Out to Dinner: dinner out is all about the art of waiting for buttered noodles.
- Queen Bea and the List: a toddler expresses her definite likes and dislikes.
- Queen Bea Visits a Castle: a cousin visit involves a fun sleepover in their motel room.
- Queen Bea and New Year’s Eve: Bea and her grandmother celebrate New Year’s Eve their own way.
MIDDLE GRADE
Logan and Lee: the Pest of Friends–a chapter book about new friendships.
Logan and Lee are both eight and love baseball. Logan is proud of his Scottish heritage. Lee is Chinese, adopted by American parents. Logan and Lee’s friendship is off to a slow start until they discover that sometimes finding a common interest can overcome first impressions. Each chapter centers on different aspects of their friendship.
Idaho Gold is a 64,000 word middle grade historical fiction set during Idaho’s brief 1800’s gold rush days. Twelve year old Rebecca and her family struggle with the sudden disappearance of the mother. Rebecca especially longs for her mother as she struggles with coming-of-age concerns. While her father continues to make supply runs to the miners, Rebecca and her siblings must cope with trials such as an angry bear, a fugitive Chinese miner, and a pair of thieves.
Udder Stuff and Nonsense is a 8,360 words middle grade reference book filled with over 250 original and rebranded cow jokes. The book is embellished with all sorts of bovine facts, trivia, and stories in between the jokes. The target audience is middle readers, yet older readers interested in a unique reference source that combines humor and information will also appreciate the book.
Authors and Their Mews: a Collection of Authors Who Kept Company with Cats
The natural combination of cats and writers is explored in this collective biography which focuses on twenty plus well-known writers and their cats with a bonus section of cat proverbs, quotes, and poems.
2B or 2C: What Was the Question? This is a mashup of Hamlet with a choose your own adventure style of story. Readers go through Shakespeare’s classic play as Hamlet and at given points their choices range from following the traditional play to launching into new adventures. Certain choices bring certain death, so choosing wisely is advised.
YOUNG ADULT
Freefall: Seventeen year old Wes Thompson is in a free fall. Like the virtual skydiving game he occasionally plays, he cuts it too close, and often falls hard. His dreams of playing basketball for the high school team are held back by his loner attitude and his reputation as a troublemaker. When he ends up in juvenile detention and kicked out of his house, an unexpected friendship helps him understand that reaching out can stop a bad fall.
Vera*similitude: Fifteen year old Vera takes on the NaNoWriMo extra credit challenge her English teacher provides, and as she slowly manages to find that novel hiding within her get she explores her parental preference syndrome, reconsiders her longtime crush on Eddie Liptenstein, and finds an unexpected friendship with Simone, a French foreign exchange student. She takes readers on a creative journey with her mashup of Hamlet, Alice in Wonderland, with a touch of The Wizard of Oz.
ADULT
Bye Bye, Pygmalion: It’s 2014 and there are over 50,000 licensed taxi drivers in New York City with only 1% being women–Megs Martin is one of the 1%, and in this version of My Fair Lady the story looks at the classic trope of the teacher’s influence upon the student through a modernized lens.
Death Comes to Elsinore: A reimagining of Hamlet as a contemporary murder mystery that takes place in Lake Elsinore, California with Lt. Orton Brass doing his best to investigate whether the deaths are victims of murder or of a Machiavellian plot gone very wrong.
Pam Webb 