Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-long-press-with-l-j-ribar A working author thinks out loud — about craft, culture, the business of independent publishing, and the strange interior life of making things up for a living. Six days a week, seven minutes at a time, L.J. Ribar — novelist, publisher, and founder of Wine Glass Press — takes one idea and follows it to the end. How stories find their shape. What culture is actually saying underneath what it’s saying. The real economics of putting a book into the world. The research rabbit holes that end up on page one. The moments of uncertainty nobody talks about. No guests. No panels. No homework. Just a voice that’s been doing this for forty-five years, and the things that voice notices. For writers who want inside the room. For readers who want inside the work. For anyone who thinks slowly and reads carefully. New episodes daily. (C) 2026 Wine Glass Press fedfd6b4-bcf9-5b43-9c11-1574284119e4 yes en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:15:07 -0500 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:34:11 -0500 https://wineglasspress.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/O-P03VarKLTFbBowQe4p2p7annC82VSrdl_GzhKX99w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYzk2/YjU3MTEzZGQ2ZmYx/ZDQ3MzJkZWZmZGQ4/MGE0OS5wbmc.jpg https://wineglasspress.com episodic L. J. Ribar A working author thinks out loud — about craft, culture, the business of independent publishing, and the strange interior life of making things up for a living. Six days a week, seven minutes at a time, L.J. Ribar — novelist, publisher, and founder of Wine Glass Press — takes one idea and follows it to the end. How stories find their shape. What culture is actually saying underneath what it’s saying. The real economics of putting a book into the world. The research rabbit holes that end up on page one. The moments of uncertainty nobody talks about. No guests. No panels. No homework. Just a voice that’s been doing this for forty-five years, and the things that voice notices. For writers who want inside the room. For readers who want inside the work. For anyone who thinks slowly and reads carefully. New episodes daily. A working author thinks out loud — about craft, culture, the business of independent publishing, and the strange interior life of making things up for a living. writing craft, indie publishing, fiction writing, creative process, author podcast, writing life, literary fiction, storytelling, independent publishing, book culture, Wine Glass Press, L.J. Ribar, writing and publishing, author entrepreneur, story development Wine Glass Press thePub@wineglasspress.com No No The Forty-Year Folder full eb8d7bcd-9d09-43ce-81d8-96788db5d5c8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6ed9dd41 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:22:35 -0500 L. J. Ribar L. J. Ribar 262 writing craft, indie publishing, fiction writing, creative process, author podcast, writing life, literary fiction, storytelling, independent publishing, book culture, Wine Glass Press, L.J. Ribar, writing and publishing, author entrepreneur, story development No