Daria Blackwell

There has been many an ode to the comma written. I've even heard people say that a comma can save lives! Consider this simple sentence. ...

Certain words in the English language are very tricky. Having grown up speaking Ukrainian at home, I found English so much more confusi...

Yesterday, I completed a major edit of my first novel, The Naked Truth .  I like to call it a murder mystery set on the high seas. Essential...

We have been invited on several occasions to deliver lectures based on our books. Our anchoring book was actually born from a lecture. ...

I loved reading Eats, Shoots & Leaves. To think of writing an entire book about the comma is beyond me, but I had to read it with that e...

This past weekend, Alex conducted a seminar on Self-Publishing for Success as part of the Rolling Sun Book Festival. It was a great experi...

I have been an avid volunteer most of my life. I was a scout leader and scoutmaster in my youth, I joined the Board of Directors of the Heal...