Teen/Young Adult Author
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I am – a young adult author who published The Hard Way, in 2017.
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Selma
Good Afternoon! Here is my Monday Blog, Tuesday edition! How was your Memorial Day Weekend? Did you take time to honor and remember those who have served our country? I have many family members who have served in the Armed Forces and I took some time to remember each one. I also got some work …
Good Morning! Here’s my Monday Morning Blog. Last week I read two versions of Taming of the Shrew. One version was the Sixty-Minute version by Cass Foster that I talked about in my Shakespeare post a couple of weeks ago. And the other one was Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler. The Taming of the Shrew …
Continue reading “Book Review – Two versions of Taming of the Shrew”
Good Morning! Here’s my Monday Morning Blog! Happy Monday! Being a author who writes about teen issues, I’m wondering how our teens are doing through this unprecedented time. I see stories about how some kids are working through the changes and being as resilient as they can be. But what about the kids that aren’t? …
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 summer 2019!
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.