Teen/Young Adult Author
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I am – a young adult author who published The Hard Way, in 2017.
I am – a blogger. Please check out my posts on teen issues and book reviews of Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction.
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Selma
Good Morning! Here’s the Monday Morning Blog. How was your week? Mine was busy but good. I spent part of it working on business and writing goals. It’s amazing how important your mindset is to getting things accomplished and achieving the goals you set for yourself. My dream has been to become a best-selling novelist. …
Continue reading “Are your teens talking about their challenges?”
Good Morning! Here’s the Monday Morning Blog! Hoping to pick up where I left off. It has been a while since I have posted. This summer has been a challenging one for me. Between my lay off from my day job and my dad passing away, I have been pulled away from the blog with …
Continue reading “Book Review – The Hard Way by Selma P. Verde”
Good Morning! Here’s my Monday Morning Blog! I’ll say, living in Minnesota made last week interesting. I live with my family in a suburb south of Minneapolis, where the arrest and subsequent death of George Floyd happened a week ago today. In my opinion, to say our country is hurting is putting it mildly. The …
Ever wonder how a teenager deals with the effects of peer pressure? Check out the first book in the Way Series, a teen/young adult novel
The Hard Way
Get a copy for you or your teen reader today!
The Hard Way on BarnesandNoble.com
The Hard Way was awarded
Honorable Mention for Young Adult Fiction
through Story Monsters LLC in 2018
Shawn’s Way, book two in the Way Series, will publish fall of 2020!
April 12, 2019 – The Hard Way celebrates two years of publication
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
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.