from the files of Patience Oaktree, P.O. series: Complete (or is it?)

This trilogy of novellas is complete, although I never say “never.” If a good plot presents itself, there’s always the possibility of a fourth book.
If sales pick up, I will consider ebook and audio versions.
And I still dream of licensing the movie and/or TV rights.

Patience Oaktree Food Frolic series: Hiatus

I always meant this series of books containing themed short stories with recipes to be a trilogy, too. So, the third book is rattling around in my brain just waiting for the right time for me to actually write it.

Patience on the Move digital series: Hiatus

Patience on the Move was meant to be the first short story of yet another trilogy. I started it in collaboration with The National Association of Senior and Specialty Move Managers (NASMM). I’m hopeful that Pat’s adventures working with move management marvel Myra Mattock are not yet over.

One-off possibilities:

I put a graphic-novel-type non-fiction organizing book for young urban dwellers on hold when COVID-19 caused many in that demographic to seek more space in the suburbs and beyond. When/if a reverse migration takes place, I will pick back up on this one.

In the meantime, I have enjoyed Stanley Tucci’s CNN series “Searching for Italy” and his food memoir Taste. Then I was gifted a cleverly named book, Table for 9, which is a sort of collective food memoir of the United States Supreme Court. Since I come from Italian heritage and a food-centric family myself, those two books inspired me to start collecting ideas in a journal for a possible food memoir of my own. That will be an entirely new genre for me!

Credit where credit is due:

This blog entry was inspired by a post with the same title from mystery writer Sara Rosett. The protagonist in her Ellie Avery murder mystery series is a professional organizer.