Author: J.A. Carter-Winward

J.A. Carter-Winward is an award-winning poet, novelist, writer, visual artist, playwright, public speaker and performer--and she has this side-gig that relates to helping medications be safer for everyone. She’s the author of seven novels: "Ravings" (we don't speak of Ravings in this house...) Falling Back to Earth The Rub: A Novel TDTM Grind: A Novel Wade: A Novel (coming soon) Killing Scott Lark (coming later than soon) Two short-story collections: Shorts: A Collection The Bus Stops Here and Other Stories A stage play: The Waiters And five books of poetry: No Apologies, No Secrets, No Regrets Work in Progress: Dialogues & Poems (Spring 2021) If It Stings...that means it's working - a poetry story- (Spring of 2021) Feminist Fatale (coming later-ish) Her work has appeared in several online and print journals and in anthologies from HSTQ, Vita Brevis, and Write Bloody Publishing. Her writing has been characterized as “fierce, bold, and emotional,” but to be fair, that's who she is, too. "[J.A. Carter-Winward] is one of the toughest, bravest, grittiest working writers in America today…a word-slinger with enormous strength, wit, and compassion.”
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RAmpaGE

J.A. Carter-Winward

RAmpaGE   Rage happens when you feel unheard. Raging happens when you’re ignored. Enraged is when your voice is dismissed. Outrage is when the world decides your voice doesn’t matter. When the world tells you you have         No Right to Rage Cause for Raging Reason for being Enraged Standing no Credibility… Continue reading RAmpaGE

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Writing with the Write Stuff

J.A. Carter-Winward

It’s a question the big-time interviewers ask writers all the time, usually rockstar-writers: “So where did the idea for (insert newest NYT best-selling book title HERE) come from, and why write about it now?” These writers have whatever the answer is down to a tagline: “Well, Oprah, I went to Alaska in 1988 and there… Continue reading Writing with the Write Stuff

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LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA: Love Writing, Writing Love

J.A. Carter-Winward

(Cue harp music…) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… One, two, three, four, five… Wait, that isn’t how the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning goes, is it? In fact, she doesn’t say a single number, nor spell one out.  The reason for that is numbers fail to capture all the nuances… Continue reading LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA: Love Writing, Writing Love

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Connection – #alonetogether

J.A. Carter-Winward

Please enjoy the sample poem below from my upcoming release, and remember--there are more ways to connect than you realize. - J.A.   connection from my earliest memories whether i was with friends or family or just roller-skating in front of my house, waving at passersby in tan station wagons i remember. i remember feeling… Continue reading Connection – #alonetogether

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Blood Trumps Stone – Art in the Time of COVID-19

J.A. Carter-Winward

  So here we are. And art matters even less, doesn’t it? If only all the artists had gone to med school instead, we’d have enough doctors to go around. We’d have enough toilet paper to go around. We’d have enough water, enough cleansers, enough food, enough, enough, ENOUGH. We have enough, though, don’t we?… Continue reading Blood Trumps Stone – Art in the Time of COVID-19