Recent Posts Tagged With 'writing'

• The young baby screamed

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 04:16 in Culture, society, writing, community, story, attitude

  The young baby screamed; his small face screwed up into a crinkled little ball.  The high-pitched protest bounced off the walls, echoing.  Between screeches, he took laboured breaths, his little body shuddering with the effort. Vibrations rattled t...

• 5 on Monday

  Posted on Sunday March 1st, 2009 at 22:00 in family, life, business, writing, new zealand, gas, parenthood, facebook, busy, power companies

  Welcome to this week’s 5 on Monday. March is here already, where is the year going? So, what was notable last week: busy with work means less time to write having a four year old son is awesome $37 to fill a 9kg gas bottle is a rip off www.powersh...

• About a Dad

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 22:53 in family, life, writing, dads, fathers, carlo sigvald rohde

  I have just started a new writing project about my father. It’s going to be a long painful journey I am sure, but I am determined to take this piece of history and do it justice. You can find it over at http://carlo.rohde.net.nz...

• Procrastination as a [Put profession here]

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 18:28 in internet, technology, business, procrastination, motivation, writing, email, time management, email rules

  I have yet to find any profession that is not prone to procrastination. My own personal experience with procrastination is intimate and long term.  In fact, since I should be working on something else write now, I guess writing this little bitty is ...

• Karuun and the shirt…

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 04:37 in writing

  His misery lay in a pool of vomit resembling porridge and diced carrot. His shirt was covered, wet with half digested alcohol. As he stirred, it was obvious he was coherent enough to know what had happen, but perhaps he was not quite so aware of the ...

• 5 Web-based Freelance Writing Jobs to Avoid

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 23:49 in money, business, writing, freelance, scams

  You must treat freelance writing as a professional business. Your time can not be replaced, make it worth while. If you take a contract with one of these five, beware, because you could find yourself broke, in trouble with the law or simply passed ov...

• Chicken Shit, Writing, IRD and You.

  Posted on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 20:00 in business, writing, new zealand, tax, deductions, ird

  Firstly, a disclaimer, I am not an accountant.  I am basing this article on what I have previously been told by IRD themselves, and also research largely gleamed from their website.  Also, it may not be relevant outside New Zealand. Tax positions a...