ugh, am I really a writer?
The creative corner of Neola Oleta

Is this a
safe space?

I've been told I have multiple personalities. I've counted about 23. They each left something on a shelf. Come in.

Neola Oleta Husbands in her studio, surrounded by books.
Shelf 01 — the children's nook

Picture books by Neola Oleta.

Books you read out loud. Books they ask for again. Books that mean what they say.

Carla Joseph's Daughter.Book 01 · Guyana
Picture Book

Carla Joseph's Daughter.

One more day. Neither of them says it out loud.

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XBook 02 · Alberta
Picture Book

Xara St. Middlechild.

Not the oldest. Not the youngest. Absolutely not quiet.

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The Ballad of Avery James.Book 03 · The oath
Picture Book

The Ballad of Avery James.

Before the world names him, she does.

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OBook 04 · Ages 2–5
Picture Book

Avery and Ollie.

Mommy and Daddy, always two steps behind.

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Shelf 02 — the reading shelf

Poetry & stories.

The pieces I'll let you read for free. The rest you'll have to come back for.

Poetry

Selected poems.

Always Carla Never Mother. My Departed. The Colour of Failure. Three poems I'm letting you read for free.

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Literary Nonfiction

Miss Effie's Grandchildren.

She came back for the funeral. So did everyone else.

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Short Fiction

Who Doesn't Hear.

The grandmothers warned her.

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From the writing room

Broke, Not Poor: 2007.

Burger King at sixteen. The man dem. Eglinton in summer. The year that built the writer.

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Short Fiction

Girls, Say Hi.

God left her at the bottom of the stairs. She went up anyway.

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Interactive Fiction

Cupid's Cuisine.

Some souls keep finding each other. Your job is to help.

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Narrative Nonfiction

Who God Blesses.

Liberia, 1989. A civil war, told by the woman who lived it. A collaboration.

In development
Shelf 03 — for the screen

Pilots & scripts.

Drama. Comedy. Toronto. Montreal. The Black-Canadian universe that doesn't get told American.

Corraine. The Pilot.TV Pilot · Toronto
TV Pilot

Corraine. The Pilot.

She's becoming everything she ran from.

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Picket Fence in the Sky.TV Pilot · Toronto
TV Pilot

Picket Fence in the Sky.

They have everything. That's the problem.

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She Arrived Alone.Screenplay · Montreal
Screenplay

She Arrived Alone.

New city. Same girl.

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The threshold

If you ask me, no one should ever get this close to my inner thoughts.That's my yuck in writing.

Before I let you walk into what I call Behind God's Back — the after-hours, where the conflicting personalities come alive — I have to ask:

Is this a safe space?

Then here's the walk.
  1. Tyke DavisRead her first
  2. ReignThe club
  3. Liar Cheater WhoreThe chapbook
Honest. The shelves above are still open.
  1. Picture BooksBack up top
  2. Poetry & StoriesThe reading shelf
Deep end. Don't say I didn't warn you.
  1. ReignPlay the night
  2. Liar Cheater WhoreThe chapbook
  3. Tyke DavisMeet her
Neola Oleta Husbands — black-and-white portrait.
Shelf 04 — 18+ · after-hours

Tyke Davis and the night.

TCharacter study
Character Study

Tyke Davis.

She knows exactly who she is. So do you. You're just wrong.

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RTwine · The Club
Twine Game

Reign.

Power is an illusion. Play the game. Or get played.

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LChapbook
Chapbook

Liar Cheater Whore.

Three names. Her story.

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The shop

Take something home.

Brunch Day, Dad Pending release
Clogged Toilets Pending release
Carnet de Bord Pending release
Liar Cheater Whore Pending release
For industry

For the people who option, adapt, and publish.

For agents, producers, publishers and editors. Loglines, formats and comps on every piece. Sample pages, completed manuscripts and full pilot scripts on request — direct, no chat required.

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TV Pilots · 2 Screenplay · 1 Picture Books · 4 Manuscripts in progress · 2

…and the thread keeps going. The next pieces are already being written.

There are pieces I only send to the list. New stories. Early pages. The work before it goes anywhere else.