About The Grammar Diva

Arlene Miller, also known as The Grammar Diva, is an author, grammarian, speaker, blogger, teacher, and editor.  She loves to talk about grammar and the English language in her entertaining presentations, workshops, classes, and weekly blog posts; she has written ten grammar books, a self-publishing book,  and a novel. 

Arlene has a B.A. in journalism and English literature, an M.A. in humanities, a California teaching credential, and a school administration credential. In her “other lives,” she has been a technical writer, tap dancer, editing supervisor, and supermom.

Here are just some of the colleges that have used her books: 

San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakota
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah Georgia
Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut
University of California at DavisC
Community College of Baltimore
Alief Early College High School, Houston
Walla Walla Community College, Washington
Goucher College, Baltimore

Author

• The Best Little Grammar Book Ever: 101 Ways to Impress With Your Writing and Speaking (copyright 2010)
• Correct Me If I’m Wrong: Getting Your Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage Right! (copyright 2012)
•  Beyond Worksheets: Creative Grammar Lessons for Middle School and High School (e-book)
• The Great Grammar Cheat Sheet: 50 Grammar, Punctuation, Writing, and Word Usage Tips You Can Use Now (e-book)
• the Best Grammar Workbook Ever: Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage for Ages 10 through 110 (copyright 2015)
• Fifty Shades of Grammar: Scintillating and Saucy Sentences, Syntax, and Semantics from The Grammar Diva (copyright 2016)
•  The Best Little Grammar Book Ever: Speak and Write with Confidence (Second Edition) (copyright 2016)
• The Best Little Grammar Workbook Ever (copyright 2016)
• Does Your Flamingo Flamenco? (copyright 2017)
• The Best Little Grammar Collection Ever (copyright 2018)
• I Wrote a Book: Now What? The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Self Publishing (copyright 2018)
• Girls of a Feather: The Misadventures of Four College Girls (renamed and reprinted in 2018)
• To Comma or Not to Comma: The Best Little Punctuation Book Ever (copyright 2018)

Instructor

• Grammar – Continuing Education, Santa Rosa Junior College
• Grammar – Continuing Education, College of Marin
• English – Petaluma (CA) public schools, 11 years

Corporate Workshop Facilitator

• Lawrence Livermore Labs
• Armanino LLP
• Palo Alto Networks

Blogger

•  The Grammar Diva Blog begun in 2013
• Guest blogger: Women on Writing, Life As a Human, Social Media Just for Writers, ESL Magazine, The Book Designer

Guest Speaker

Redwood Writers, Mt. Diablo Writers, Napa Writers, South Bay Writers, Fremont Writers, Marin Writers, Sonoma County Office of Education, Next Level Entrepreneur Class (Small Business Development Center), Society of Technical Communications, Romance Writers of America, Bay Area Independent Publishers, Sonoma County Library, Copperfields Books, College of Marin, Redwood  Writers Conference (2012), Entrepreneur Boot Camp (Small Business Development Center), and various civic groups,

Media

• Guest on Ronn Owens, KGO San Francisco
• Guest on A Novel Idea, KRCB public radio
• Guest on Internet Voices Radio.com
• Guest on Sharon Michaels Show, Blogtalk radio
• Guest on John Vonhof  podcast, Writers on Fire
• Reviews and articles in Midwest Book Review, Petaluma Argus Courier, Sonoma County Life,  The Writing Resource, Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Vendor/Guest Author

• Interview for NFReads
• Sonoma County Book Festival, 2010, 2011, 2012
• San Francisco Writers Conference 2013
• Writer’s World, BAIPA, 11-12-16
• Valley Book Festival, Manteca 10-16
• West Sonoma County Book Festival, 11-16
•  Sonoma County Fair, 8-2017 

Editor

• Editor of Redwood Writers Anthology, Vintage Voices: Call of the Wild (copyright 2012)
• Freelance editor. Client list includes CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, Course Technology, Human Kinetics, Digital Equipment Corporation, Alcatel/Lucent,  and the following writers: Waights Taylor, author of Our Southern Home; Frances Caballo, author of Social Media Just for Writers, Amber Lee Starfire, Kent Sorensen, Linda Loveland Reid, Sharon Hamilton, Helen Sedgwick, Cheri Ross, Gwen Grace, Rosalinda Randall, Lisa Nolan, Cheri Barton Ross, , Mary Lynn Archibald, David Remington, Matt Hinrichs, Marilyn Campbell

Coach

From Pen to Published – Redwood Writers Conference:  editing and self-publishing coach , April 2018

Memberships

• Member and former Vice President , Redwood Writers
• Member and board member, Bay Area independent Publishers Association (BAIPA)
• Member, Independent Book Publishing Association
• Member, Florida Writers Association
• Member, Florida Writers and Publishers Association

Awards

• 2016 New York Book Festival Award: The Best Grammar Workbook Ever!
• 2016 Award from Bay Area Independent Publishers Association: Fifty Shades of Grammar
• 2011 Award from Bay Area Independent Publishers Association: The Best Little Grammar Book Ever!
• Award of Excellence, Society of Technical Communications
• Best of Show, Poetry, Sonoma County Fair, 2001
• Tech to Teach grant, 2003
• APEL Scholar Program 2003-2004

And . . .

• Reader: Redwood Writers Author Launch 2010, 2012, 2015; Sonoma County Book Festival 2010, 2011, 2012; Aqus Café Literary Saloon 2010, Redwood Writers Open Mic Featured Autho
• Panelist: Sonoma County Library “The ABC’s of Writing,” Bay Area Independent Publishers Association editing discussions, Redwood Writers Roundtable
• Newsletter contributor to Planet Admin Training, BAIPA, and Redwood Writer

 

TEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ARLENE:

1. SHE WAS A PROFESSIONAL TAP DANCER
2. HER DAUGHTER IS A PROFESSIONAL ICE SKATER WITH DISNEY.
3. SHE LOVES PENGUINS!
4. SHE IS A COFFEE ADDICT.
5. SHE IS VERY IMPATIENT.
6. HER FAVORITE JOB EVER WAS MOM TO HER SON AND DAUGHTER
7. HER SON-IN-LAW IS CANADIAN. HE ICE SKATES TOO.
8. SHE IS VERY, VERY AFRAID OF BEES AND OTHER STINGING INSECTS.
9. SHE DOESN’T REALLY COOK – OR GARDEN.
10. DARK CHOCOLATE, DEFINITELY.

Arlene Miller is available for grammar workshops as well as speeches and presentations.