Writing as P.A. Zimmerman, Pat is a native of New Jersey now residing in Florida. A former regional education manager/seminar trainer with a penchant for holding the attention of her audience chooses to write novellas as opposed to lengthy novels. "I love to read and still do enjoy a good long book I just can't put down." I'm sure many of you can relate to a hectic schedule and maybe have been in this place. I am so into a story, I hate to put it down. When I finally do get a chance to pick the book up again I am not 'in the moment' as I was before. I have to reread and backtrack. It is frustrating if I don't have a lot of time. A novella is no less a great read it just omits a good deal of the adjectives and in some cases what I refer to as needless fluff. It gets right to the meat of the tale. It is not meant to replace a novel it is just a fill in for a book lover when leisure time is on the short end of the stick.