Fall Dishes and Dish Towels at Nob Hill Supermarket in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget

Fall Dishes and Dish Towels at Nob Hill Supermarket in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget

I went out to buy roma tomatoes, romaine lettuce hearts, and avocados for cheeseburgers at Nob Hill Supermarket in Salinas, California this morning.

I found some adorable Halloween soup bowls, plates, and dish towels.  The bowls are perfect for pumpkin soup.

The dishes are plastic and can go in the dishwasher.

I also found a Point Reyes artisan cheese with basil, thyme and rosemary that I picked up.

I like marketing in Salinas!

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

US Treasury Data on National Debt today reposted by Ruth Paget

This is the most current data I could find on the US National debt.  The data comes from the US Treadury.  It does not include information on outstanding taxes, which would be interesting to see.

https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/4ee9b188-ead6-48e0-ae39-d9c2685245e2?utm_source=share

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Expatriate American Tax Reporting Form reposted by Ruth Paget

This IRS form is interesting on expatriate American tax reporting, too.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8854.pdf

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Info on paying income tax on foreign assets reposted by Ruth Paget

This information answers a lot of questions about paying taxes on foreign assets:

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/options-available-for-us-taxpayers-with-undisclosed-foreign-financial-assets

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Paying to get book reviews posted by Ruth Paget

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:

Paid Book Review Info

Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France 

Ghost Writers at Gotham posted by Ruth Paget

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:

Gotham Ghost Writing

Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Best Book Writing Software 2025 blog reposted by Ruth Paget

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:

Book Packaging PR example

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)