Author Archives: Aya Katz

About Aya Katz

Aya Katz is the administrator of Pubwages. When she is not busy administering, she sometimes also writes posts like a regular user.

How to Buy Tahini Sesame Paste Online

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Aya Katz

In a recent visit, my mother prepared tahini for us, and I wrote about it on my food blog, The Feast Before Us. Here is my mother’s recipe, with directions and even a demonstration: Tahini recipe This particular recipe, the one … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Eating and Cooking, Vegan food | Tagged buy tahini online, halvah, Joyva, recipe for tahini, sesame, Sesame paste, sesame products, Sesame tahini, sesame tahini. Joyva sesame tahini, tahini, tahini recipe, טחינה | 5 Comments

Lobbying the Madisons: Letters to James and Dolley

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Aya Katz

When the government has done us wrong, any attempt to seek redress is fraught with difficulty. Ironically, people find it much easier to ask for a handout or a government job or a special favor than to ask for justice. … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion Pieces and Editorials, Politics and Philosophy, PubWages Staff | Tagged Dolley Madison, Dupont de Nemours, education, how to write a letter to the president, James Madison, Jean Laffite, letter to the first lady, letter to the president, letter writing, literacy, merchant class, Roger G Kennedy, Theodosia and the Pirates, Theodosia Burr Alston | 3 Comments

Meeting People Halfway: Detours in Communication

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Aya Katz

Most people agree that if you want to communicate with someone else, you have to meet him halfway. It’s all about give and take, and we have to be willing to do both. But what many people have never stopped … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Opinion Pieces and Editorials | Tagged color, color perception, commincation, cultural relativity, making friends, meeting half way | 6 Comments

An Interview with F.L. Light

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Aya Katz

F. L. Light is a poet, translator and dramatist. He is a prolific writer, and Amazon lists 65 of his works. He also writes online, and two of his blogs can be found here: Solopassion and The Eleutherian Laureate. I recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors | Tagged Aeschylus, amazon.com, Antigone, Attic Greek, Audible.com, F L Light, Frederick L. Light, Gouldium, high diction, Homeric Greek, Jay Gould, meter in verse, metrical poetry, metrical translation, Nietsczhe, Prometheus Bound, Shakespear, Shakespeare, translation | 3 Comments

Changing Social Norms in the 18th Century: The Courtships of Aaron Burr

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Aya Katz

Every generation decries the changing social norms of the generation that comes after: unless, of course, the older generation does not even survive to see how the younger generation lives. In that case, the younger generation is pretty much left … Continue reading →

Posted in Child Rearing, Family, Opinion Pieces and Editorials | Tagged Aaron Burr, Aaron Burr Jr., Aaron Burr Sr., courtship, Esther Edwards, Esther Edwards Burr, La Nouvelle Heloise, marriage, marriage to an older man, marriage to an older woman, Princeton College, Rouseau, Sr, The College of New Jersey, the courtship of Aaron Burr, Theodosia Bartow, Theodosia Bartow Prevost, Theodosia Bartow Prevost Burr, Voltaire | 2 Comments

The Character of Aaron Burr: A Review

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Aya Katz

This is a review of Roger G. Kennedy’s biographical book, Burr, Hamilton and Jefferson: A Study in Character. Kennedy’s is not the sort of book one should read when not familiar with the history of the United States, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors, Opinion Pieces and Editorials | Tagged A Study in Character, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, biography, book review, Burr's duel with Hamilton, character analysis, duel with Hamilton, historical biography, Roger G Kennedy, Theodosia and the Pirates, Theodosia Burr Alston, Thomas Jefferson | 6 Comments

Who Should Pay for Waging War?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Aya Katz

War is a zero sum game, in which nations battle over territory and natural resources. It therefore follows that those who get the most territory for the least expenditure of resources are the most successful. For this reason, war should be financed at the expense of the enemy, and not at the expense of one’s own people. In lieu of taxation, issuing letters of marque and reprisal is a better choice. Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors, Opinion Pieces and Editorials, Politics and Philosophy | Tagged Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, dane geld, Danegeld, defense budget, filibusters, financing war, John Jay, pacifism, privateers, spoils of war, Thomas Jefferson, war, war finance, war profits, who profits from war, who should finance war, who should pay for war, zero sum game | 8 Comments

Didactic Fiction: Propaganda or Art?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Aya Katz

Today I came across this quote in a Facebook posting: “Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors, Opinion Pieces and Editorials | Tagged Ayn Rand, bias in writing, biography, Cherry tree, compassion, didactic fiction, false history, George Washington, historical fiction, imaginative writing, inaccurate history, Les Miserables, non-fiction, Oliver Twist, perpective shifting, the feel of a piece of writing, The Man Without a Country, Theodore Sturgeon, Uncle Tom's Cabin | 5 Comments

SEO for Your Book Title

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Aya Katz

There was a time when I very innocently believed that the best title would be a title that no one would ever have thought of prior to reading my book. But today with the internet and search engines dominating the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors | Tagged book titles, choosing a title for your book, Chrome incognito, DuckDuckGo, google, incognito, optimizing your book title, search engines, seo | Leave a comment

Marketing Tips for Authors with A Small Press: How to Market Your Book

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Aya Katz

In order to market your small press book, you must marshal all the resources available to you free of charge. Choose a title that is self-explanatory. Use your blog, your local organizations and Skype to publicize your book. Get reviews by finding people who review similar books online. Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Authors, Education: Teaching and Learning, Marketplace and Trading | Tagged Amazon sales, choosing a title, getting reviews, getting your book reviewed, Inverted-A Press, marketing your book, nver go out of print, on demand technology, Our Lady of Kaifeng, Pericon de Cadiz, Publicity, SEO for book titles, small press, the Portrait of a Lover, Theodosia and the Pirates, title for your book, Transatlantic Lives, vacation in belize, Vacuum County | Leave a comment

Author Archives: Aya Katz

About Aya Katz

How to Buy Tahini Sesame Paste Online

Lobbying the Madisons: Letters to James and Dolley

Meeting People Halfway: Detours in Communication

An Interview with F.L. Light

Changing Social Norms in the 18th Century: The Courtships of Aaron Burr

The Character of Aaron Burr: A Review

Who Should Pay for Waging War?

Didactic Fiction: Propaganda or Art?

SEO for Your Book Title

Marketing Tips for Authors with A Small Press: How to Market Your Book

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