Newspaper reporter and UPI editor, technical writer and editor, editing manager, freelance technical editor, fiction and nonfiction book editor, English teacher, grammar blogger, grammar speaker, grammar/writing trainer Over 20 years of experience in writing and editing; 11 years of experience teaching; 5 published grammar books; grammar blog; workshop speaker and trainer in grammar and writing
Newspaper reporter and UPI editor, technical writer and editor, editing manager, freelance technical editor, fiction and nonfiction book editor, English teacher, grammar blogger, grammar speaker, grammar/writing trainer Over 20 years of experience in writing and editing; 11 years of experience teaching; 5 published grammar books; grammar blog; workshop speaker and trainer in grammar and writing
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Awards of Achievement, Society for Technical Communication; Best of Show in Poetry, Sonoma County Fair; Highly Qualified English teacher, California; Best Reference Book 2011, Bay Area Society of Independent Publishers
B.A. Journalism and English, Simmons College, Boston, MA; Graduate work, Harvard Graduate School of Education; M.A. in Humanities, California State University; Secondary Teaching Credential, English, California; School Administration Credential, California
Author: The Best Little Grammar Book Ever!; Correct Me If I'm Wrong; The Great Grammar Cheat Sheet; Beyond Worksheets; The Best Grammar Workbook Ever!; Fifty Shades of Grammar; The Best Little Grammar Book Ever! Second Edition; available now as downloads. President of bigwords101, providing grammar/writing workshops to corporations, nonprofits, and other groups.
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, ESL-EFL-ELL, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, For All Subjects