Happy Birthday to The Hard Way!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE HARD WAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
Three years ago, today, I published my first book, The Hard Way. April 12, 2017 was the day I became a published author.
If you are looking to purchase a copy, here is a link to the books tab on my website which will take you over to Amazon.
The Hard Way by Selma P. Verde
If you subscrible to Kindle Unlimited, you are able to read the book for free that way.
How did this book come to be? The idea for this book had been bouncing around in my head for a while, but when I think back to the day I first started writing it, I remember being on a week long staycation from work. The day was April 15, 2013, the day of the Boston Marathon Bombing. I was working on some notes for this book and remember watching the constant news updates while the event was unfolding. In those updates, a piece of inspiration came to me and I started writing what became The Hard Way.
In April of 2016, I hired my editor, Michelle Morgan and my book cover designer, Jennifer Givner of Acapella Book Cover Design. We worked together and pulled all the pieces together and created a young adult novel, the one I had been dreaming about publishing since I was a preteen. This same team is working together to bring book two in The Way Series to you.
After some revisions and rewrites, in April of 2017, I took a deep breath and hit the publish button and on April 12th, I got the message back saying your book has been published. I became an author and a book seller all in the same day.
To celebrate this milestone, I will be doing a reading of chapter two of The Hard Way on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 11:00 AM Central on Facebook Live. Be sure to check into to my Facebook page. Why not read chapter one? Well, if you sign up for my email list, you can receive a free copy of chpater one.
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