Put your me-machines down and think. Turn off your screens and blink. Breathe, stop, shh--what are you so afraid of? It's beautiful in there, I guarantee it.
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.”
David Estringel
Lovely start to a Monday–unsettling poetry that speaks to my own inner state. The music of this one grabbed me. Bravo, Brava, Bravx 😉
Sepscendence
Fire
in my lungs
and poisoned veins,
fading
in (to white)
out (to black),
I see the eye of God—
unflinching
cold
against the welcoming void
of closed lids…
…that dream?
Is He keeping vigil?
Calling in the loan?
Always attending
never
ending,
His watch, nary a waver,
there
between the veil
‘til shadows
of angels, wingless
white
against the blaze of
artificial suns, rouse me
back
to this world of light
and illusion—the Hell
of my own making,
Was He keeping vigil?
Calling in the loan?
I suppose I’ll never know
***
Originally published in Alebrijes Review
Author Interview
"Know why you're a writer and make sure it matches what you write." -J.A. Carter-Winward Wade One of the cool parts about doing interviews for online promotions is you get to edit your answers before you send them off! Here's an interview I did after my novel, Wade, won the IndieReader Discovery Award for best… Continue reading Author Interview
If It Stings
…that means it’s working -a poetry story- If It Stings...that means it's working© Cover design ...or as I like to call it, Stings, is available in Amazon in eBook* format and in limited-addition paperback with full-color graphics. Weirdly, this is my first chapbook. I know that's usually how most poets begin, but leave it to… Continue reading If It Stings
POP CULTURE’S REFERENCE
All you need to know about Life is right in front of your face (on a screen. No, not your *&$^% phone.)
Writing in Blood 