Get a Haircut and Get a Real Job? Confucious would have told you to get a job! Image via Wikipedia As a writer and artist there have always been times when money is a rare sight so is is quite common to meet creative people in a range of professions. Some have abandoned their creative [...]

Paintings now Back in the Art GalleryI have re-photographed some of my paintings and added them to the art gallery which is currently displaying photography. Some of the paintings are from an original poetry series and others are individual pieces. You can access the art gallery by clicking the painting above. Thanks for visiting KJ [...]

Fourth Poem and Photograph of the New SeriesThe new poem “Stepping Stones” is now online as well as the black and white photo: I hope to have the other six poems and photographs online as soon as possible. In the meantime you can enjoy all four poems and photographs from the new series here. Thanks [...]

Forgot my first rule! Always update your blog!With everything that has been going on recently it seems KJ Takes a Blog is the first to suffer! That hasn’t stopped the visitors coming though with all of the content on the blog now it seems there is an increase in visitors day by day. This is [...]

“Then I Passed” Series: Using Photography with PoetryTraveling with Pictures and Words As you would have noticed with the new series on kjwriteleft.com is that it has incorporated photography with the writing. Usually I would have finished the writing first and then found or taken additional photographs for the series. In this series I wanted [...]

Thank You For the Great Responses to the New Poetry!Thanks for Viewing the new Photography and Poetry Series! Just wanted to add a quick post to say thank you for the great responses to the new photography series. I have been plugging away at photography for quite a while now and seemingly losing time to [...]

A Painting in ProgressAs you know I mostly write poetry and work on photography. However, I also do some paintings here and there which is more out of interest than for an actual skill in the process I have had this painting finished for a while I just kept thinking whether to add to it [...]

Updates to Photography Prints and Poetry SectionUpdate! Just a quick post to let you all know I have been working REALLY hard on the site to get it all updated for this month. As you know the new series “Then I Passed” has two poems and two photographs completed and you can view the first [...]

Avoid Selling Photography on Generic Sites Image via Wikipedia Want to sell photography online? As a photographer and writer based primarily on the internet I can understand the temptation to join a standard website offering to sell your photos for you. This seems like a simple solution especially to anyone that is not as adept [...]

The Importance of ‘Shape’ in PoetryPoet on the Page or Off? As a ‘poet on the page’ I differ a little from spoken word and other types of performing poets. My concentration is not just on words but also the look and feel of the poem when it is written out and published. This is [...]

“Then I Passed” Poetry Series on the WayAs regular readers would have noticed the new series “Then I Passed” has been making an appearance on the site. The first to poems complete with photography have been posted and so far the response has been great. A little about me: I am an Australian writer and [...]

Thanks for Supporting kjwriteleft.com!Thanks to all of you who visit the site and read my articles, poetry and view my art works I thought I would take the time to say thanks. The site started a few years ago after a previous online creative experiment. It has evolved into what it is today which is [...]

Visit KJ Halliday on Noise.netNoise.net is like a facebook for artists which allows people around the world to submit their work. I have a range of work on the site from writing to photography. You can visit me here: http://noise.net/kj If you are an aspiring or established artist it is a great place to share [...]

One More James Hallway PhotographYes, we have another one of those fantastic images! I hope you enjoy them. Please see our previous post to see three other photographs by the artist James Hallway. There will be more to come as we feature these photographs throughout January. Thanks to James Hallway and kjwriteleft.com! One More James [...]

New Poetry Book “Scents Sand Censor Billy Tea”. The new poetry book by KJ Halliday will be available shortly! The proof copies have been recieved and reviewed and we are going ahead with a price of just $12.99! It is a collection of poems 28 pages long with original art work to accompany the poems. [...]