we tie the knots cofounder christyn wilkins thrives on the rewarding feeling of creating something out of nothing the desire to be a pioneerthe first to do something and break traditional boundarieswere early indicators that this georgiaraised entrepreneur with a knack for entertaining would one day launch a business of her own women in business qa christyn wilkins and callie brackett we tie the knots founders when i started out an author friend warned me that publishing was a crazy business and he was right ever since my first book was published in 1990 ive been seeing news items about one scary trend or another the secrets of publishing success