It’s all in the timing? Image via Wikipedia Well, having no answers is not necessarily a bad thing especially when it comes to the creative process. While many learn techniques (you must!) there is also an element of timing and exploration in both life and in creative works. I find myself exploring many mediums purely [...]

Still here just pausing New Photography and Poetry! Hello internet people, have been a bit slow with the updates to the site recently but this is due to the amount of new content I have added to the site. The new series “Then I Passed” has four of the ten poems and photographs online now. [...]

New Poem and Photograph Fourth in the New SeriesFourth Poem and Photograph! I have just added the fourth poem and photograph to the “Then I Passed” series last night. The new photo is amazing and has a great poem to accompany it. There will be ten in total so that means another six to come. [...]

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 [...]

New Poetry and Photography Series SuccessJust a quick post to say thank you to all of you for supporting the new poetry and photography series by KJ Halliday. It has been a slow process but I think the results have been great with the first poem jumping straight into the top ten on the site. [...]

Looking Back on the Old kjwriteleft.comI was putting together all of my series “Scents Sand Censor Billy Tea” earlier this year while at the same time putting the final touches on the blog and site you see here today. It made me think of the old site that is still buried underneath this site as [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

What’s New on kjwriteleft.comNew Photography, Poetry and Articles As you my have noticed the site has added a few new articles, art and poetry. Among the new additions is the new series “Then I Passed” with the first in the series “Dried” coming online last week. Next week I will have a bit more time [...]

Discussion on Poetry Book: SimplicitySimplicity of a Poetry Series I completed my first book of poetry early this year and thought it would be nice to discuss it here with all of you. The original series “Scents, Sand, Censor Billy Tea” was a playful experimental piece that concentrated on the contrast between the serious and [...]

Jessica Photographed by KJAs I announced last week I have just done a photo shoot with a wonderful Wollongong local named Jessica. Having done so much with poetry and other writing as well as other mediums I really wanted to hit off the new decade with something more people focused. Jessica was chosen for a [...]

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. [...]

Great New Articles on kjwriteleft.comAs it comes to the end of November kjwriteleft.com continues to grow and improve. With the announcement this week of the sites first published book, the site is an even more desirable platform for authors and artists. The first book to come from the site will be titled “Scents Sand Censor [...]

kjwriteleft.com Gets the Odd Stuff Out! Image via Wikipedia Yes, kjwriteleft.com is moving along and developing at a rapid pace. The blog (as you can see) is back online, simplified, and better than ever. I wanted to highlight one of our most popular sections on kjwriteleft.com which seems to attract a lot of intrigued and [...]