Authors can now pay services like Elite to obtain book reviewers. If I understood correctly, reviewers receive free books. This is especially interesting for self-published authors. Info follows:
Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
I looked up ghost writers on Google and found several results. Gotham Ghost Writing looked interesting.
Ghost writing might provide some gig work for writers during a tough economic period.
The link follows:
Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
This blog about novel and nonfiction book writing software looks interesting. Is this Chat GPT for novels or something like it.?
Book Writing Softeare 2025 blog
If you are having trouble finishing up a book or starting one, this software might help with organization.
Once you are finished with your novel, there are many book packagers who can arrange for promotion.
An example of a book packaging company follows:
Selling creative work that you retain rights to helps put money into the economy.
Nolo has some sample tax write offs for writers. Check with an accountant before writing items off though.
Sample tax write offs for writers
You would have to run this by a lawyer and account, but if this is legal, this is how to get on the New York Times bestseller list:
Say 25,000 copies would get you onto the bottom of the bestseller list. As a business expense for pr and marketing, you would buy the copies yourself and give them out free to followers. Then, you write off the expense of the books on taxes. Prominent figures can easily give away that many books. You spend zero dollars to do this by year-end, but you have to have the initial investment for the bragging rights.
Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France (written only with Microsoft word)
We have had a succession of hot days that has dried the sagebrush plants by the shore at Pebble Beach, California:
Even dry the sagebrush is photogenic.
The Native Plant Volunteers keep Pebble Beach looking good:
Native Plant Volunteers Information
Photos and text by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Wing Wednesdays is a great no-food waste initiative at Alvarado Street Brewery in Monterey, California. They offer a variety of sauces and….beers. If you arrive early enough, the wings are half price.
Details on pricing and dates follow:
Wing Wednesdays at Alvarado Street Brewery
Many neighborhoods also have Wing Stop Restaurants for wings every day of the week.
Black Bear Diner in Salinas has an 8-wing plus fries basket that I like. The garlic-Parmesan dipping sauce is pretty awesome for the wings. I also liked the huckleberry cobbler, because it was not too sweet.
Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Find out about good bugs used in organic farming at the Earthbound Farm Stand in Carmel Valley, California on September 27, 2025. Tickets are $10. Information about the event and tickets follow:
This would be a cute monthly program, if there is interest.
Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Monterey County has many species of birds that live here like brown pelicans, cormorants, condors, and seagulls as well as hundreds that migrate through the region.
Drawing birds allows you to understand better the habitat birds live in, especially how they feed and fly.
Drawing Birds by Maury Aaseng is an introduction to this pleasurable hobby. I put the Amazon link to this book below:
By Ruth Paget, Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France