Category: Writing Life

Author J.A. Carter-Winward, Character Development, Cliches, Tropes, and Just...No., Contraries and Contrasts, Literary Fiction, Word Power, Writers, Writing, Writing Community, Writing in Blood, Writing Life, Writing Literary Fiction, Writing Process

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

Archetypes, Symbolism, Metaphor, Motif, Author J.A. Carter-Winward, Cliches, Tropes, and Just...No., Compassion and Empathy, Contraries and Contrasts, deconstruction, Human Nature, the Psyche, Life, Life and Death, Light and Dark, Personal, Poets, Psychology, Religion and other weirdness, The Word, Word Power, Writers, Writing, Writing in Blood, Writing Life, Writing Process

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

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New Release – “Pain & Renewal: A Poetry Anthology,” Vita Brevis Press

J.A. Carter-Winward

Pleased to announce the release of the new anthology out of Vita Brevis Press, courtesy of editor, Brian Geiger. The anthology, "Pain & Renewal," explores just that: the cycle, circle, that goes 'round and 'round, all our lives. I appreciate Brian's insight. He didn't try to even the score with "this many" for poetry about… Continue reading New Release – “Pain & Renewal: A Poetry Anthology,” Vita Brevis Press

Adult language and themes, Archetypes, Symbolism, Metaphor, Motif, Author J.A. Carter-Winward, Author/Poet J.A. Carter-Winward, Contraries and Contrasts, Human Nature, the Psyche, Psychology, Rude words, The Word, Word Power, Writers, Writing, Writing in Blood, Writing Life, Writing Process

Lingual Neutrality

J.A. Carter-Winward

Sticks and stones can break my bones, but… …but. Why is it that in an age where “sticks and stones” in the Binary Landscape of the Ether hurt as much as the names being hurled? Is it because words and names do indeed matter? The problem — and you can give me push-back if you… Continue reading Lingual Neutrality

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so, if you want to be a writer… a poem for the Millennium

J.A. Carter-Winward

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_is_a_Virus / Image by JACW© so, if you want to be a writer…                                a poem for the Millennium --after Charles Bukowski if you need to see your words in a box on a lit screen don’t do it. if… Continue reading so, if you want to be a writer… a poem for the Millennium