GIRLS ON FIRE book review

By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Moody & suggestive, Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman takes you to the brink of adulthood seen through the eyes of two disillusioned young women in small town America in the 1990s. Strongly cinematic, Wasserman is careful to build detailed environments for her deep and believable characters. I’m there inhaling […]

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WIN: A copy of John Grisham’s ROGUE LAWYER!

By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via Hachette NZ ‘I’m not a typical lawyer. I don’t maintain a pretty office filled with mahogany and leather. I don’t belong to a big firm, prestigious or otherwise. I don’t do good works through the bar association. I’m a lone gunman, a rogue who fights bad systems […]

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Fresh new do: Choppy Bob

By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor A photo posted by One Take Kate (@_onetakekate) on Feb 6, 2015 at 12:15pm PST New year, new hair! I’m absolutely loving my fresh new Choppy Bob do as created by the amazing An Pham from Toni & Guy High Street, Auckland. It’s lighter, fresher and easier to sleep […]

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Design Miami 2013 – Urbis Magazine Test Edit

by Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor. In my endless hunt for freelance writing opportunities; I recently participated in a Test Edit process for design magazine Urbis. Although I was unsuccessful with them on this occasion, I thought it would be a shame to waste the words; so below please find my copy on the assignment […]

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Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk book review

What could be the relevance of themes now, for a title released by author Chuck Palahniuk in 1996 and adapted into a film directed by David Fincher in 1999? Plenty. Like most online reviews I’ve read for Fight Club, I’ve come to read the original text well after the screen adaptation’s success and I’m finding […]

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Antipodean Beauties – Nerdy

Here’s my first attempt delving into the world of beauty blogging! As always though, this is going to have that unique OTK view on things and will appeal to the spirits out there, who just like to do things a little differently, even if it means people may think them…a little strange. Google Antipodean Beauties […]

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