karin halliday

Writing for me is a way to delve into my inner self. I find it very therapeutic and rewarding in so many ways. I have always enjoyed writing even when writing essay's for assignments so I guess it's just a follow on from that, but more enjoyable. I have other novels written just sitting on the computer so at some stage I might need to re-look at them and decide what to do.

Remember, reconnect, listen & live is very personal, but I felt it was time to share to try and help others. We all have our stories to tell but we never really talk about them. So much is hidden deep down in us, forgotten. With writing my story I am trying to show people it is okay to go there, share, talk, look within.

I am currently working on writing a children's chapter book. The story has been with me a long time, and I have written two plays around it,that was great fun and amazing to see it on stage being performed by children. It was brilliant and the children done such an amazing job, any writer would have proud, I know I was.

I struggled with the English language when I was younger, so who would have known I would later on in life, become a writer, certainly not me! or my teachers for that matter!

I now live in Alexandra, New Zealand, with my partner Lyndsay and daughter Aimee. Alexandra is a town in the South Island, surrounded by hills it is a great spot to bring up children. I have lived in NZ for 19 years now emigrating from Scotland. There is something very special about NZ it is the only country that has managed to keep me for such a long time. Dad was in the army so we have always traveled around, and then joined the RAF.

I worked as a Nurse for 27 years, some as an Enrolled Nurse, then the rest as a Sick Children's Registered Nurse. I retired! 6 years ago to concentrate on my business of Body Balancing as I now work as a Massage Therapist, manipulating the body, working with the body. I absolutely love this work and more so that I am my own boss.