NEWS
The Grammar Diva Meets The Language Coach: An Interview
Listen to The Grammar Diva on the Florida Writers Association Podcast here!
Here is the link to the Chilliwack (British Columbia, Canada) Rotary Club talk.
Teleseminar with Stephanie Chandler, CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association.
Interview for NFReads.com. Find it here!
My latest book To Comma or Not to Comma will clear up your issues with punctuation!
Check out my June 13 podcast as a guest of author John Vonhof!
Fifty Shades of Grammar, a compilation of 50 of the best Grammar Diva blog posts, just won a 2016 Best Book award from the Bay Area Independent Book Publishers Association (BAIPA)
Here is my news release announcing the release of Fifty Shades of Grammar, 12-7-2015
Interview with Sharon Michaels on BlogTalk Radio A Novel Idea (Nov. 1, 2015) on KRCB Radio
Events
August 15, 2024 – Featured speaker, Rotary Club, Cloverdale, California
March 25, 2023 – Exhibitor, Venice Book Festival, Venice, Florida
May 5, 2022 – Speaker, Practical Tips for Writers, Florida Authors and Publishers
January 19, 2022 – Featured speaker at the Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, Fraser Rotary Club meeting
October 15. 2021 – Featured speaker at the Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, Rotary Club meeting
June 2, 2021 – Featured speaker at the Windsor, CA Rotary Club meeting
November 16, 2020 – Featured guest on the Florida Writers Association teleseminar
October 2020 – Featured guest on Linda Joy Myers teleseminar (President of National Memoir Writers Association)
September 2020 – Bronze Medal for Reference Books from Florida Authors and Publishers Association Presidents Awards (To Comma or Not to Comma)
July 2020 – Featured guest on Stephanie Chandler’s teleseminar (CEO of Nonfiction Authors Association)
June 2019 – Featured guest speaker at Small Business Development Center: Entrepreneur Boot Camp
September 25, 2018 – Featured guest speaker at Small Business Development Center Next Level program for entrepreneurs
September 8, 2018 – Featured speaker at Writer’s World, a conference sponsored by Bay Area Independent Publishing Association
September 8, 2018 – Participant at the Petaluma Regional Library Local Author Gala
June 12, 2018 and June 26, 2018 – Featured guest speaker at Small Business Development Center: Entrepreneur Boot Camp
March 16, 2018 – Book Launch: The Best Little Grammar Collection Ever! Copperfield’s Books, Petaluma, CA
April 21, 2018 – Coach at Redwood Writers Conference – From Pen to Published, Finley Community Center, Santa Rosa, CA
25, 2018 – Featured speaker at Marin Writers, branch of California Writers Club, Book Passage, Mill Valley, CA
January 3, 2018 – Release of new e-book: I Wrote a Book: Now What? The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Self-Publishing
November 25, 2017 – Featured speaker at Fremont Area Writers, branch of California Writers Club
November 11, 2017 – Featured speaker at Mt. Diablo Writers, branch of California Writers Club
November 4, 2017 – Facilitator at Redwood Writers Anthology Workshop
September 26, 2017 – Guest speaker at Next Level Entrepreneur Class, sponsored by SBDC
August, 2017: Author exhibitor and reader at Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa, CA
June 13, 2017 – Featured speaker at Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp, Sonoma County Department of Education
April 11, 2017 – Featured speaker at Sunrise Rotary Club, Novato, CA
March 15, 2017 – Featured guest blogger at The Language Lab.
March 8, 2017 – Featured speaker, Napa Valley Writers, a branch of California Writers Club
February 28, 2017 – Guest speaker at Next Level Entrepreneur Class, sponsored by SBDC
December 10, 2016 – Panelist and Book Award Winner, Bay Area Independent Book Publishers Association
November 10, 2016 – Invited Author, West Sonoma Book 
Faire
October 14, 2016 – Invited Author, Great Valley Book Festival, Manteca, CA
September 11, 2:30 p.m. – Participant in Round Table Discussion (Editing Expert), Redwood Writers Meeting, Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa
August 6, 1 p.m. – Grammar Workshop for launch of The Best Little Grammar Book Ever, Second Edition, Copperfield’s Books, Petaluma, CA
July 19, 7 p.m. – Reader, Hot August Nights, Redwood Writers, Copperfield’s Books, Santa Rosa
April 2016 – Featured speaker, Business Boot Camp, SCOE Santa Rosa and College of Marin – private SBCB event
January 2016 – Featured Reader, Redwood Writers Open Mic, Gaia’s Garden, Santa Rosa, CA
February 2016, 7 p.m. – Book Launch: Fifty Shades of Grammar, Copperfields Books, Petaluma, CA
April 2016 – Featured Speaker, Redwood Writers meeting – Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa, CA
2015 – Featured Guest, A Novel Idea, KRCB Public Radio, Rohnert Park, CA
November 2015, Featured Guest, BlogTalk Radio with Sharon Michaels,
September 27, 2015 – Emcee, Redwood Writers Anthology Launch, Rohnert Park, CA
September 10, 2015 – Featured Speaker, Sausalito (CA) Rotary
August 13, 2015 – Featured Speaker, Cloverdale (CA) Rotary
July 12, 2015 – Writers Book Launch
February 12, 2015 – Featured in Community Spotlight Article, Petaluma Argus Courier newspaper
March 28, 2015 – Exhibitor and Speaker, Local Authors’ Event, Sonoma County Public Library, Santa Rosa
May 2015 – Book launch, The Best Grammar Workbook Ever! Copperfields Books, Petaluma, CA
April 2015 – Featured speaker, Senior Memoir Writing Class, Santa Rosa
July 2015 – Featured speaker, Mill Valley (CA) Rotary
February 2015 – Featured speaker, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce
Fall 2014 – Best Little Grammar Class Ever, College of Marin
October 20, 2014 – Featured speaker, Brown Bag Lunch Series, College of Marin, Court Reporting Program
June 14, 2014 – Vendor and guess author, San Mateo (CA) County Fair
March 3, 2014 – Featured speaker, San Rafael Rotary
February 12, 2014 – Featured speaker, South Bay Writers (Branch of California Writers Club)
January 25, 2014 – Featured speaker, Guerneville (CA) Library
December. 16, 2013 – Guest on KGO radio, San Francisco, Ronn Owen’s Show . Listen Here
September 4, 2013 – Sonoma County Book Festival Discussion participant, KRCB Public Radio, Word by Word
September 2013 – Instructor, The Best Little Grammar Class Ever! – College of Marin
September 21. 2013 – Presenter, Redwood Writers Academy, Sonoma County Book Festival, Santa Rosa JC
September 27, 2013 – BAIPA Representative, BooktoberFest, Mechanics Institute, San Francisco
June 9, 2013 – Featured in the Sonoma Living section of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat
February 9, 2013 – Featured speaker, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
February 9, 2013 – Featured speaker, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
February 15-17, 2013 – Exhibitor, San Francisco Book Festival, Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco
April 28, 2012 – Presenter, Redwood Writers Conference Presenter
May 22, 2012 – Featured Reader at Wine and Dine with the Author, Redwood Cafe, Cotati, CA
September 8, 2012 – Book launch, Correct Me If I’m Wrong, Copperfield’s Books, Petaluma, CA
September 22, 2012 – Exhibitor, Sonoma County Book Festival, Santa Rosa, CA
September 22, 2012 – Emcee, Sonoma County Book Festival Redwood Writers Reading Corner
March 9, 2012 – Speaker, Sonoma County Library, Petaluma Branch
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Here are some of the schools that are using my books:
Secondary Schools
Healdsburg Junior High School Healdsburg, California;
Family Life Center, Petaluma, California
Central Fellowship Christian Academy, Macon, Georgia
Colleges & Universities
Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland
San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakota
Utah State University
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah Georgia
Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut
University of California at Davis
Community College of Baltimore at Catonsville
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