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.

Can You Forgive? Another song from The Debt Collector

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Aya Katz

“Can You Forgive” is a very important song that appears in the third act of The Debt Collector, a libertarian musical composed by Daniel Carter and written by me. Victoria Trestrail, playing the role of Lottie Lark with great effect, … Continue reading →

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What Makes a Welfare Mother: Another Song from The Debt Collector

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Aya Katz

The Debt Collector is a libertarian musical set in the 1980s about a family named the Larks, their landlady, Mrs. Hauser, their social worker, Siren, and, in the title role, Blood, the debt collector hired by the landlady. In the song … Continue reading →

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Preserving Family Photos: The Family Album

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Aya Katz

When shopping for a photo album, keep in mind the generations yet to come. Don’t buy a cheap one. Go for archival quality. Your great-great-great grandchildren will thank you. Continue reading →

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Fall Leaves Changing Colors

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Aya Katz

This gallery contains 21 photos.

When we cannot travel, it’s good to live in a beautiful place. Continue reading →

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Music Review: Avalon is Risen by Leslie Fish

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Aya Katz

Produced by Kristoph Klover, performed by Leslie Fish and published by Prometheus Music, Avalon is Risen is the filk album we have all been waiting for. The music is celtic and folkish, but with that special touch that only Leslie … Continue reading →

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The Harvest Moon, the Autumnal Equinox and the Holidays of Autumn

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Aya Katz

In  a perfect world, the lunar calendar and the solar calendar would be in synch. The cycles of the moon and the revolution of the earth around the sun would work together to create a single unified calendar by which … Continue reading →

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What is Vacuum County All About?

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Aya Katz

What is Vacuum County all about? Most authors are happy to be asked what their book is about. To me, this is a terrifying question, just like a few other seemingly simple questions: what is your profession, your nationality, your … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Genre

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Aya Katz

The Problem of Genre I was not quite seventeen years old when I wrote the first chapter of The Few Who Count. I was twenty-three by the time it was finished. It was my first novel. I sent out a query letter … Continue reading →

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What is Work?

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Aya Katz

On Labor Day, we celebrate all those toilers who labor for others. But what exactly is work? Why do we work? If you work and nobody pays you, are you still working? Why get a job? Is it still a job if you pay for the privilege of working? As Tom Sawyer. He knows how to get people to pay him for working. Continue reading →

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Chimpanzee Development: Age Three through Five

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Aya Katz

[This article was first published on Hubpages in 2008. It has been deemed idle, and so is now republished on pubWages] Bow’s Development: Age Three Through Five Sword and Bow on trampoline (2005) When Bow was three years old, he … Continue reading →

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