Category: Writing in Blood

"How Bad Can Good Be?", Akathisia, Author J.A. Carter-Winward, Author/Poet J.A. Carter-Winward, Coming Soon--in-her-rest-less-ness: prose and poems, Contraries and Contrasts, Drug Side Effects, Human Nature, the Psyche, Life, Life and Death, Mad in America Foundation, Mortality, Neurological Movement Disorders, Personal, Photography, Psychology, Published Articles, Subjective Experience, Trauma, Uncategorized, Vita Brevis, Writers, Writing, Writing Community, Writing in Blood, Writing Life, Writing Process

Getting Blood Stains Out

J.A. Carter-Winward

  Writing in blood means writing with, in, and from your own blood, your own guts, your own self-hood and experience. And every so often, you get sloppy. We all do. So what do you do? How to get blood stains out. Well, it's tough. First, you've got to consider how deep the stain, how… Continue reading Getting Blood Stains Out

"How Bad Can Good Be?", Akathisia, Archetypes, Symbolism, Metaphor, Motif, Author J.A. Carter-Winward, Author/Poet J.A. Carter-Winward, Coming Soon--in-her-rest-less-ness: prose and poems, Compassion and Empathy, Contraries and Contrasts, Drug Side Effects, Human Nature, the Psyche, Life, Life and Death, Light and Dark, Neurological Movement Disorders, Personal, Photography, Psychology, Subconscious, Subjective Experience, The Word, Trauma, Writers, Writing, Writing in Blood, Writing Life, Writing Process

Final Chapter: Healing

J.A. Carter-Winward

  My book, in-her-rest-less-ness: poems & prose, was finished, but I couldn't quite say it was "finished-finished." Now I know why. There was no chapter, a final chapter, on healing. And so I'm going to the desert to finish the book. I'm going to heal. And I will be back. I'm going to the desert… Continue reading Final Chapter: Healing

"How Bad Can Good Be?", Akathisia, Author J.A. Carter-Winward, Drug Side Effects, Mad in America Foundation, Neurological Movement Disorders, Performance Poetry, Published Articles, Trauma, Writing in Blood

This Is As Personal As It Gets

J.A. Carter-Winward

My article--2 years in the making--because to write of it as it grinds away at me was, in a word, excruciating.  But it's done. It's up. It's out. Watch, share, and help save lives, in the most literal sense. Medical Malignment: A Pogrom of People in Pain Mad in America   Peace to you-- J.A.

Academia, Adult language and themes, Author/Poet J.A. Carter-Winward, New Publication-Poetry, Personal, Poetry by J.A. Carter-Winward, Rude words, The "No" Poetry Collection, The Word, Writing, Writing in Blood, Writing Life

Pretentious Bullshit

J.A. Carter-Winward

Did I grab your attention? Good. Look, I love writing and I love words. I really love poetry and prose that are accessible, and it's how I try to write my stuff. But sometimes when I deconstruct poetry, I sound like a pretentious asshat, and you need to know: I only sound like that on… Continue reading Pretentious Bullshit

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Delmarva by Katy Santiff: a Commentary

J.A. Carter-Winward

  Good morning and welcome to another edition of Writing in Blood's deconstruction of a poem entitled Delmarva—A Poem by Katy Santiff. I enjoy the unfolding of a new dimension. When I open a book of poetry, never at the beginning, but in the middle, it’s an immediate immersion. You don’t do it with a… Continue reading Delmarva by Katy Santiff: a Commentary