Kay has been reading and critiquing other people's writing since she was four years old.

It seemed high time that she put her vast opinion of herself up for review by others, and so she chose Helium as the forum!

Far more than the sum of her parts, Kay spends most days recalling other people's minds to reality, and most nights escaping it herself through reading and now, writing.

(If anyone has a spare bookshelf, Kay would be happy to give it a home..!)

My passion is ...

relationships, and the people in them

I know too much about ...

how not to do things

My parents always told me ...

give everything you do 100%, and if you don't like what you are doing - change.

My childhood ambition ...

Olympic Equestrian

My favorite memory ...

Reading the first three books of Lewis's Narnia series on the night of my 9th birthday, under the quilt with a desk lamp giving me dehydration..!

Why I write ...

To express the running commentary that I hear in my head!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading: 'Between a rock and a hard place' by Aron Ralston. Watching: Arrested Development. Listening to: Brooke Fraser 'Albertine'.

My first job ...

Lawns and gardens for a local childcare centre.

My best moment ...

Graduating Class President from my Nursing degree.

My inspiration ...

My parents and grandparents, for cheerfully conquering life (and death), and my patients, for living in two realities at the same time, and surviving the loneliness that creates.

Relationships & Family > The Single Life Testimonies: Why I'm still single

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I'm shopping at my local Westfield when I see him again.

Normally I am completely uninspired by the burley, buzz-cut security guard look, but I've seen this one before and now he's looking at me.

Today I've got nothing to loose, and combined with a possibly-terminal dose of romantic realism, it's enough to inspire me to action.

I approach the well-filled blue suit with what I hope is enigmatic provocation

"So are you in any way unavailable?" I ask, staring him down.

He takes a casual pose with one elbow on the plinth which houses food court garbage behind the PUSH sign, raise...

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