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I am a preteen/young adult author who published my first book, The Hard Way, in 2017. I am also a blogger. Please check out my posts on teen issues and book reviews of Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction. Stop back to my site to follow me on my writing journey and subscribe to my newsletter to read about upcoming events and news from the writing house.
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Selma

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January 28, 2019January 27, 2019

Book Review – Fahrenheit 451 – by Ray Bradbury

Good Morning! Here is the Monday Morning Blog! Dystopian fiction is a genre of books which are speculative in nature and tend to focus on social and political structures. Their authors look into the future and say ‘what if’ the world turned out this way and write their story.

January 21, 2019January 20, 2019

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Good Morning! Here is the Monday Morning Blog! Today we remember Martin Luther King Jr. I am a naturally curious person who is interested in learning more about things. So, I decided to find out more about Martin Luther King Jr. to better appreciate why a federal holiday was declared in his honor. When I …

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January 7, 2019January 6, 2019

My new approach New Years Reolutions

Good Morning! Here is the Monday Morning Blog! Resolutions Resolutions are a list of goals that we want to accomplish. They are a pretty popular thing for people to make at the beginning of a new year. How many of us put way too much pressure on ourselves to work on and complete resolutions? I …

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Books

Ever wonder how a teenager deals with the effects of peer pressure? Check out my preteen/young adult novel.

The first book of The Way Series,

The Hard Way

It can be found on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com with the following links. Get a copy for you or your teen reader today!

The Hard Way on Amazon.com

The Hard Way on BarnesandNoble.com

Received an Honorable Mention for the Young Adult Fiction category in the

2018 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards

through Story Monsters LLC

News

November 29, 2018 – The Hard Way receives an Honorable Mention for the Young Adult Fiction category of the 2018 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards – 2018 Royal Dragonfly Awards Listing

November 21, 2018 – The Hard Way becomes a part of the Aitkin County Library collection which is a member of the East Central Regional Library System in Minnesota. – East Central Regional Library Website

April 12, 2018 – The Hard Way celebrates one year of publication

January 12, 2018 – Launched the selmapverde.com website

April 12, 2017 – The Hard Way was published as an e-book – The Hard Way e-book – Amazon.com

About

Plans the jet set life for others as an aircraft scheduler by day and coordinates a family life for her fiancée, two kids and a dog by night. Writing is a passion that I can’t let go of. I struggle to make time to achieve my writing goals, but I did become a published author in 2017 by with my first book, The Hard Way.

I have lived in Minnesota all of my life and continue to love the four seasons and ten thousand lakes the state is known for. Some of my favorite places to write and create are by many of those lakes. Be sure to pick up a copy my book, The Hard Way, available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Links can be found on the books tab.