Pamela Love's Blog, page 4
June 10, 2021
Thanks to SCBWI for awarding me the 2020 Magazine Merit Fiction Award!
My story, "The Fog Test", has been awarded the 2020 Magazine Merit Fiction Award by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. This work originally appeared in the February, 2019 issue of Cricket magazine.
The Magazine Merit judges called my story "a clever science fiction tale of persistence."
Thanks to Lonnie Plecha of Cricket, who edited this piece.
https://www.scbwi.org/awards/magazine...
The Magazine Merit judges called my story "a clever science fiction tale of persistence."
Thanks to Lonnie Plecha of Cricket, who edited this piece.
https://www.scbwi.org/awards/magazine...
January 12, 2021
Story announcement
My story, "The Hologram Hypothesis", appears for free today only in the online magazine, Havok. https://gohavok.com/
December 18, 2020
Story announcement
My latest flash fiction, "They Came from Mars", appears in the free online magazine Page & Spine from 12/18/2020 until 12/24/2020.
December 7, 2020
New Story - Angel's A
Angel’s A
by
Pamela Love
Grandma’s Christmas present for Luke said: OPEN DECEMBER 24th. My brother, who’s almost two, tore off the giftwrap like a grizzly. “Toys!” he yelled.
“Hey, a Nativity scene,” I said. “Want to wrap stuff, Mom? I can play with Luke.”
“Thanks, Bridget.”
While she headed upstairs, I opened the box. Luke dumped everything out. As I set up the stable, he found the cow. “Moo,” he said.
“Yes, Cow says, ‘Moo.’ Put Cow in the stable, okay?” He put it on the stable’s roof.
I picked up more plastic figures. “Mary says, ‘I’m having a baby.’ Joseph says, ‘We’re going to Bethlehem.’ Here’s their donkey. ‘Hee haw,’ Donkey says.”
Luke giggled. “Hee haw, hee hee!” Next, he poked a sheep. “Baa.” He waved the angel over his head. “Birdie doll.”
“That’s the angel. She has wings like a bird, though.”
“Angel’s A?” Luke said. He patted her wings.
“Yes, Angel starts with A.”
“Angel’s A,” my brother repeated, louder.
I nodded. “Right, Luke. You’re learning your ABC’s.”
Luke stamped his feet. “Angel’s A!” He threw down the angel, knocking over the sheep.
Hoping to stop the tantrum, I hugged him. “I’m sorry. Please tell me again.”
He pointed at the figures. “Cow’s A ‘Moo’. Sheep’s A ‘Baa’. Angel’s A—”
“Oh! Yes, cows say ‘Moo’. Sheep say ‘Baa’. What does the angel say!” My brother smiled, and picked her up. “Luke, this angel says, ‘There’s a special baby in Bethlehem…’”
by
Pamela Love
Grandma’s Christmas present for Luke said: OPEN DECEMBER 24th. My brother, who’s almost two, tore off the giftwrap like a grizzly. “Toys!” he yelled.
“Hey, a Nativity scene,” I said. “Want to wrap stuff, Mom? I can play with Luke.”
“Thanks, Bridget.”
While she headed upstairs, I opened the box. Luke dumped everything out. As I set up the stable, he found the cow. “Moo,” he said.
“Yes, Cow says, ‘Moo.’ Put Cow in the stable, okay?” He put it on the stable’s roof.
I picked up more plastic figures. “Mary says, ‘I’m having a baby.’ Joseph says, ‘We’re going to Bethlehem.’ Here’s their donkey. ‘Hee haw,’ Donkey says.”
Luke giggled. “Hee haw, hee hee!” Next, he poked a sheep. “Baa.” He waved the angel over his head. “Birdie doll.”
“That’s the angel. She has wings like a bird, though.”
“Angel’s A?” Luke said. He patted her wings.
“Yes, Angel starts with A.”
“Angel’s A,” my brother repeated, louder.
I nodded. “Right, Luke. You’re learning your ABC’s.”
Luke stamped his feet. “Angel’s A!” He threw down the angel, knocking over the sheep.
Hoping to stop the tantrum, I hugged him. “I’m sorry. Please tell me again.”
He pointed at the figures. “Cow’s A ‘Moo’. Sheep’s A ‘Baa’. Angel’s A—”
“Oh! Yes, cows say ‘Moo’. Sheep say ‘Baa’. What does the angel say!” My brother smiled, and picked her up. “Luke, this angel says, ‘There’s a special baby in Bethlehem…’”
July 27, 2019
Next book!
My latest book, Prayer and a Pickaxe: A Legend about Saint Clement of Rome, will be published in September by Pauline Books and Media.
May 22, 2018
May 21, 2018
Interview by Jestine Ware of Spider Magazine
Here's a link to my latest interview, in which I discuss my writing process and inspirations.
https://www.jestineware.com/blog/pame...
https://www.jestineware.com/blog/pame...
April 4, 2018
Brigid and the Butter Now Award Nominee
The Association of Catholic Publishers has nominated Brigid and the Butter: A Legend about Saint Brigid of Ireland, in the Children's Books category of their Excellence in Publishing Awards. The winners will be announced this May.
Thanks so much to illustrator Apryl Stott and everyone who helped with this book at Pauline Books and Media!
Thanks so much to illustrator Apryl Stott and everyone who helped with this book at Pauline Books and Media!
February 25, 2017
Brigid and the Butter Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners! Two were from California, and one each from Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio.
February 22, 2017
Works in Progress
I'm working on a novel set in and around the ocean, with the tentative title, "Salt Water".
I'm also working on a short story, as yet untitled. It has a beginning I'm pleased with, likewise the ending. Wouldn't it be great if I could figure out some logical connection between the two? Presumably an editor would think so.
Hmm. Since moving from A to B isn't working, maybe I should try writing backwards from the conclusion?
I'm also working on a short story, as yet untitled. It has a beginning I'm pleased with, likewise the ending. Wouldn't it be great if I could figure out some logical connection between the two? Presumably an editor would think so.
Hmm. Since moving from A to B isn't working, maybe I should try writing backwards from the conclusion?
