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The Character Behind the Name – Brenda Wilkins

The Character Behind the Name – Brenda Wilkins

by christawojo@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2025 | Dear Writer

What do your characters’ names say before they ever speak? At birth, we are given a name—the one thing we carry with us for the entirety of our life. We are told, “This is your name,” and we are taught to respond to it. Some of us grow to love our name....
Don’t Wait for the Perfect Time to Write (It May Never Come)

Don’t Wait for the Perfect Time to Write (It May Never Come)

by christawojo@gmail.com | Aug 8, 2025 | Cosmic Ink, Dear Writer, Motivation

Welcome to Cosmic Ink, a blog series with bits of fuel for a stellar creative life. There are times when life goes according to plan, and everything I have scheduled falls into place. But, in recent years, this is steadily becoming a rare event. I keep waiting for the...
From Vision to Execution: A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Best Life as a Writer

From Vision to Execution: A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Best Life as a Writer

by christawojo@gmail.com | Aug 6, 2024 | Dear Writer, Uncategorized

In our last post, Living Your Best Life as an Author: An Exercise in Creative Visualization, we developed a clear idea of what we want and why we’re working so hard to be a fiction author. But how do we get from where we are to that vision we have for our future?...
Living Your Best Life as an Author: An Exercise in Creative Visualization

Living Your Best Life as an Author: An Exercise in Creative Visualization

by christawojo@gmail.com | Jun 4, 2024 | Author Planning, Dear Writer, Uncategorized

What do you want your life as a writer to look like? Have you ever even thought about this? It’s funny because I never really thought about it at first. I just wanted to get that next submission accepted or get some more sales for my self-published books. I...
For writers of dark speculative fiction stories—horror, scifi, dark fantasy (GAMUT SUBMISSIONS OPENING)

For writers of dark speculative fiction stories—horror, scifi, dark fantasy (GAMUT SUBMISSIONS OPENING)

by christawojo@gmail.com | May 31, 2024 | Dear Writer, Uncategorized, Writer Resources

Hello writers, The Writers’ Mastermind has been incubating since our AI workshop in March. All our members are evolving and creating. Exciting new things are on the horizon. In the meantime, I have not shared with our followers some important news! Last year, I...
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