Publications

Halliday has been writing since a young age in a number of formats and styles. You can find publications of her work listed and linked below.


Poetry

Performance Poetry

Halliday was very active in the local performance and SLAM poetry in the early 2000s. While some of the pieces written during that time period remain tagged in a folder for potential publication someday, many are likely to never appear in print. A couple recordings remain. You can watch them here.

Ragdoll’s Riot

First released in 2010, Ragdoll’s Riot marked Halliday’s first published collection. All of her prior works were individual releases and/or performance pieces.

Metaphors throughout play with the concept of rebuilding oneself after having been utterly destroyed. Follow the narrator through a poetic journey that will both wrench and warm your heart.

Cover of Ragdoll's Riot by Halliday Nelson. Originally printed in 2010, it was her first publication of a poetry collection.

Fiction Publications

Check back here soon – there’s an update coming!

RedM Character Journeys

RedM is a collection of online improvisational performance communities (also known as roleplay servers) that is based in the world of the video game Red Dead Redemption II. Halliday wrote and performed a total of four characters across several servers using the handle Kyrenora. She recorded those stories using both text and video. You can read and watch for yourself at Kyrenora.com

Fanfiction

Woman On Board cover image - shows a semi-transparent image of a man and woman nearly kissing in front of a large sailing vessel on rough seas. The title is written in a script font near the top.

Woman on Board

Rated M for explicit sexual content and graphic depictions of violence.
Content Warning: mentions of prior child/pregnancy loss.

Woman on Board is an in-progress work of fanfiction for the television show Once Upon a Time. New chapters are released on both Archive of Our Own and FanFiction.net at the same time.

It is a no curse AU where Emma Swan grew up as an orphan and a pickpocket in the Enchanted Forest. When she accidentally steals from the Evil Queen and needs to make herself scarce, she secures a place on the Jolly Roger by posing as a boy to take on the role of a cabin boy.

Lords of Time and Sea

Rated M for graphic depictions of violence that will occur in future chapters.

Lords of Time and Sea is an unfinished work of fanfiction for the television show Doctor Who with a splash of Once Upon a Time added in. It is currently only published on FanFiction.net

Jenny’s search for her father, The Doctor, has led her to 18th century Earth. Stranded with a broken-down ship, she’s picked up by a ship full of pirates, including Captain Hook, a man with a mysterious past. Could he know more about her father than he’s letting on?

Cover image for Lords of Time and Sea by Kyrenora

Publications Under Pseudonyms

Halliday has used other pseudonyms besides Kyrenora over the years as well. For her first poems submitted to competitions, she used the name “Halli Lote.” She has also published erotic short stories under the name Amary Lyle.


Articles & Blogs

Personal Publications

Halliday’s current longest-running blog is the one at The Art of Mom, which is also linked in the main navigation of this site. There are a number of posts here in the Updates section. Posts relating to Halliday’s fiber art can be found on the linked site Halliday Plays With String.

Prior to launching The Art of Mom, Halliday also wrote the now-defunct Ginger Gardens Blog and Halliday Won’t Stop Writing: The Journal. Both are now no longer available.

Commissioned Blogs & Articles

Legacy Health Strategies

Truth Organic Spa & Wellness Center

Release Well-Being Center


Fiber Arts Publications

Halliday is also an avid fiber artist. She has published a number of patterns for both knitting and crochet projects that can be found on her fiber arts website along with posts on fiber art topics. She also has an active Ravelry profile.