Win Framed Prints and Poetry Books from Us!Well, I have begun the new competition for all my facebook ‘likes’ and twitter followers (new and old!) who have the chance to win one of two framed photography prints OR my poetry book “Scents Sand Censor Billy Tea”. This competition is free to enter and no details [...]

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. [...]

The Personal and the ImpersonalAs a special treat for my hungry blog I decided to discuss ‘who’ is speaking within a poem or piece of art work. The danger for artists and writers is that people usually assume that the author is the one speaking. While this may be true in some cases, mediums like [...]

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. [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

45% Off Vouchers Extended For Poetry BookSave 45%! I have decided to extend the current offer for the new poetry book “Scents Sand Censor Billy Tea” by KJ Halliday. The voucher code is 2848NUPZ and can be purchased here: “Scents Sand Censor Billy Tea” Here is an excerpt from the book, the poem “Carry On” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]