I wrote this poem last year and edited it to make it kinder in 2020. I talked about writing this … More
Author: KarlettaA
Writer, blogger, former public speaker and Community Project Manager.
Fiction: Once upon a time, he was mine.
I originally adapted this piece for Queensland Writer’s Centre’s monthly competition Right, Left, Write. I didn’t pass, but like this … More
Capitalism during Covid-19: I can’t buy Author copies of my books from Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing
I can not order Author proofs and copies of my books. I just released one last week or so. From … More
Letter to myself 2nd March 2014
Dear Karletta,
Jesus Christ – I am soo proud of you!
Look how much energy you have got now! Sure, you’re not able to clean for three hours straight, like a few weeks ago, but you’re doing basic tasks to look after yourself.
Personal: Nightmares, old writings, and Black Lives Matter
I’m tired. Just turned off my computer again. Lying on my arm-chair. Been a very productive day at home. Just … More
Fiction: The slaves arrive
They stumbled out into a red desert landscape, surrounded by silent guards with brown, wrinkled skin and smelling sharply of … More
Interviewing musicians for Cookies Youth Magazine
These are two short pieces for my third memoir. It will be about my writing experiments.
Burnout is back and it’s ok
Causes? Who knows? It feels like things built up one after the other. Computers and phones breaking one by one. … More
I looked that shy on stage?
Youth Up Front Award Roma Street Parklands June 2003 “… and publishes ‘Cookies’ a street magazine that promotes the ideas … More
Selectively mute? Nope
Going Mute for the first time The first time I remember going mute was in 2006. I was twenty four … More
