Holy moly am I ever exited to introduce you to today’s 3Q’s Special Guest. In the early days of ole Steve’s writing journey, a few UK folks really embraced me, supported me and encouraged me. Christa Wojciechowski was one of those writers and her support for me hasn’t wavered. Couple that with the phenomenal dark fiction she creates and her ongoing Writers’ Mastermind programs, she’s a force to be reckoned with.

I’m so very happy to have Christa join me today!

Welcome!

 

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?

Christa: I run a virtual writing group called the Writers’ Mastermind, and we have write-ins on Zoom. These co-writing sessions force me to set aside all the busyness I have piled on my to-do list and commit to writing no matter what. Life always finds a way to commandeer writing time, so it’s important to have accountability. Having a meeting to show up at with fellow writers gives you that. I also try to reserve my Saturday’s for long, intensive writing sessions. I don’t get to write as often as I’d like, so I guard my little writing windows fiercely.

Steve: You end up at an estate sale and discover an unpublished manuscript from an author you love. Do you keep it just for yourself or do you share it with the world?

Christa: I would most definitely share it with the world, especially if it’s something I love. Even if they requested it not to be published, I would probably go against their wishes. I’m a huge fan of Kafka, and I can’t imagine a world without his work. He entrusted his stories, diaries, and letters to his friend, Max Brod, and his dying wish was that all his writings be burned. Max Brod published them instead. Not the greatest move a friend could make but imagine if Kafka’s legacy was destroyed unseen.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!

Christa: Popsicle is the most recent release and a standalone novella. It is by far the most bizarre thing I’ve ever written. In it, Andre, a drug-fueled hustler comes to after a blackout and finds himself gnawing on a man’s head in a sewer. He discovers someone has implanted a cybernetic device in his neck that connects him to the internet. Two weeks of Andre’s life are a complete blank, and he has to use the social media posts (accessed inside his head) to figure out what happened.

At its core, Popsicle is about using addiction in all its forms as an escape from ourselves. Andre refuses to acknowledge his feelings from a troubled childhood, and in his drive to obliterate the pain, he destroys the relationships with the only people who love him. It’s also a statement about the frighteningly rapid dominance of the internet in our lives, and how we can either use it to devolve as human beings, or become greater. The choice is ours.

Popsicle is one of five books of mine that came out this year. The others are Oblivion Black and Hierarchy of Needs from The Sculptor Series as week as Afflicted and Disfigured from the new edition of The Sick Series re-released by Raven Tale. I wish I could say I’m a prolific writer, but these are all old projects that have all come to fruition at the same time!

Steve: Bonus Question! You wake up in a comic book. What is your comic book character and what is your superpower?

Christa: I am under-read in the world of comic books, but if I had a superpower, I would like to have a limitless brain that could fully comprehend the immensity and complexity of the universe and consciousness. Not too much to ask, is it?

Ha! What a great answer!

Thank you so much, Christa!

To find more of her work – check the links!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Christa-Wojciechowski/e/B015UJZIXE

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristaWojo

Website: https://christawojo.com/