Christa Allan

It’s a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It’s so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just lift its cover.
Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere–even sitting in an armchair by the [...]

A rather bizarre solution to dividing the house in the divorce.

See these girls? These girls are juniors in high school. Why are they sitting on the TODAY show couch? Why aren’t they in school?

So glad you asked.
The three were suspended for a day from John Jay High School in New York because of a word they used in a passage they read at “open [...]

One reason why the publishing industry confuses and confounds me:
This Market Update appeared in the March issue of my RWA magazine:St. Martin’s Press changes to “currently seeking”: We’d love to find more contemporary romantic comedies, maybe even a fabulous western historical romance. But we’re open to anything as long as the reading [...]

On the As If! blog (Authors Support Intellectual Freedom), there’s a story about a group of parents who have devised a way to eliminate objectionable books from their children’s school libraries.
They steal them.
Well, not steal; more like long term borrowing. They check the book out. For eternity. One of the parents is quoted, “If you [...]

 
Interview
Cheryl Wyatt
 

Soldiering on
I first met Cheryl several years ago when we found ourselves in a critique group together, and sometime later another critique group was formed-Inspirational Critters. Cheryl’s enthusiasm and sense of humor abound; even the flat world of cyberspace can’t contain her abundance of contagious energy, faith in others, and [...]

Education in Italy is brutal.
First, the story of the new teacher who snipped off the tongue of a child who would not stop talking. That’s one way to cut your career short.
Then, today, the story of a principal worked over by the father and grandfather of a student because they were “unhappy” with [...]

My first column GROWING GRAMMAR is on Writer Interrupted today.  Click on the link on the sidebar to find WI.
I’ll be yakking about (not up) grammar issues the first Friday of every month.
Thanks to Gina Conroy for allowing me to be a part of this incredible writing community. Even when my column’s not there, visit [...]

You know all those people who scream and yell and rant about teachers being responsible for the dumbing of kids? Um…just wondering…how did they get so smart?
For added entertainment  while I’m off dumbing down the next generation, go to VISUWORDS.  There’s a link on my blogroll. Enjoy.