Christa Allan

Brian’s Novel
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Brooklynite
sleeper cell
glitch
high-maintenance
low-maintenance
prime directive
Islamofascism
scratch and sniff
focus group
prissy
primal scream
that’s not my problem
comeback kid
Hollywood ending
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Brian’s Novel
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thanks to Lisa Samson for the hookup!

Ken (aka my husband)  doesn’t read my blog because he has selective computer disabilities. He has figured out how to access MSN weather and get the clouds moving across the South so he can make golf forecasts, how to check out putting together  car options on any number of luxury vehicle pages, and  can plod [...]

I’ve been rereading John Ortberg’s book, God is Closer Than You Think. Depending on your relationship with God, that could be either cause for celebration or fright (not the fact that I’m reading…I mean the book title).
If you’ve never read any of his books, you’re truly missing incredible opportunities for laughter and learning. Ortberg’s [...]

My friend Cheryl Wyatt, aka wife, mommie, writer, and listener to me whine, has awarded me this cool button. I really appreciate this award from Cheryl because her posts are so funny that I make sure that I am not consuming liquids when I read them.
According to Cheryl, the object of the game is for [...]

 Frankie Manning’s autobiography, Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop  was available beginning May 26
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(WARNING: If you’d prefer not to read a whiny post, please feel free to continue scrolling…I’ll understand even if that does reflect that you are a fair weather blog-reader person…)
As I was packing books after Hurricane Katrina, I managed to curtail my pity party by reminding myself that tens of thousands of people had nothing [...]

What I’m excited about:
1. Matching faces and names 
2.  Hanging out with my homies
3. Not having to cook for four days
4. LEARNING, LEARNING, LEARNING
5. LISTENING, LISTENING, LISTENING
6. Meeting my critiquers!
and, certainly, this is so important it doesn’t need a number:  Prayfully listening for God’s direction 
What I’m just a teeny, tiny bit nervous about:
1. Actually meeting the [...]

Months ago, I decided if I was going to be serious about this writing thing, then I needed to attend a writing conference. Brilliant, huh?
Well, I have to say, attending wasn’t my brilliant idea alone. I was prodded by a few writer friends and the posts on the ACFW list. (ACFW=American Christian Fiction Writers)
I’m such [...]

48 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America
47 years old on the first day of Y2K
44 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash
42 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing
41 years old when O. J. [...]