Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-long-press-with-l-j-ribar-c5c62ecf-abd8-46f0-9c8b-fb2a99d604f2 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, five 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. New episodes daily. 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No guests. No panels. No homework. Just a voice that's been doing this for forty-five years, and the things that voice notices. 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 L J Ribar lj.ribar.author@gmail.com No No The Weight of a Bushel full 337f4f9e-67de-4e15-829d-0b9e09ff0aa0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7a83aa3b Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:18:28 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 316 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 The Laugh Track Is Gone full 7fe2dcf7-830c-45f6-b1f4-c02044a34a2c https://share.transistor.fm/s/1db1e45c Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:29:21 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 303 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 The Price of Free full f34540bb-46c4-4f1d-bb7a-37c32ea5dcd2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fa7a9940 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:25:59 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 342 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 The Wrong Drawer full 0213bac5-2a65-4aa3-8d49-94c785633ae0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4d1cc96f Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:21:58 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 325 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 The Ones Who Stayed full f58a257b-d27e-428b-93d4-3199e0aeb232 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fc3a85a0 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:28:49 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 306 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 The Scene That Won't Sit Down full 31e0cf76-1cb0-4ce0-a4c7-2506b827593a https://share.transistor.fm/s/c15272e9 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:07:31 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 307 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 The Weight of Salt full 1731576e-df8f-49c4-8a1a-81548539f3e6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b304ff8c Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:59:04 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 318 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 The Laugh Track Is Gone full 38c30b9f-52a7-4840-b9e5-7b0ff2fb7162 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e3f380eb Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:22:19 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 321 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 The Half-Life of Clever full a57a1c13-a91c-4483-8c8b-98e153d5d1e4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bda81c00 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:24:36 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 368 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 The Wrong Drawer full eb5ad64f-c16d-4812-bcb3-b3d64e1f9b73 https://share.transistor.fm/s/393c65a0 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:41:17 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 352 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 The Patience Tax full ed5c4d11-3a00-4b83-8e19-3323dbcf851b https://share.transistor.fm/s/82e5d0d6 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:27:12 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 355 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 The Character Who Won't Sit Down full c20a94f9-7f3a-4563-a4c0-67c89a13beba https://share.transistor.fm/s/e3edd8dc Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:22:33 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 333 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 The Weight of a Bushel full 632b327e-44ba-44bc-a8e8-605f48e6be34 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ec143878 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:05:34 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 323 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 The Laugh Track Is Gone full 2a112134-738f-4b63-8e5b-6019a6cad8b9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d962e26e Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:06:53 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 352 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 The Price of the Second Book full c8fa5c25-de21-4f1e-90ae-f981a563e2f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6aaf2e9f Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:30:56 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 367 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 The Weight of a Slow Decision full e9ffe67b-36a5-4c70-9c21-61dbf5acaf97 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7bc629d6 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:06:44 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 344 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 The Wrong Drawer full 9a9d5767-4165-4e02-a01d-0ffa1189afe8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7fd22883 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:01:23 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 348 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 The Patience Tax full 02a2cce0-9f57-40fe-9019-ead3d4d4e27e https://share.transistor.fm/s/5c33f3ee Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:45:18 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 346 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 The Character Who Won't Sit Down full 52f99ba1-ef32-4524-ba5e-8aa727aa3f6e https://share.transistor.fm/s/c1c09633 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:24:55 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 360 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 The Weight of a Bushel full 143b4545-921e-42ba-a6b0-dfe287022048 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ed094b49 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:08:45 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 337 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 The Laugh Track Is Gone full 4f9ebce9-1366-4cba-82fc-c97e7676c827 https://share.transistor.fm/s/97c5be06 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:14:40 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 358 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 The Price of a Spine full 53304145-37b6-47d0-8e2e-222d53fd4a4b https://share.transistor.fm/s/6be2ed9e Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:16:27 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 355 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 The Stranger in the Room full 58343b5d-5675-4bdf-8dcf-414e3d344024 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fd50da9e Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:30:41 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 335 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 The Patience Tax full d414d8ab-b38c-4cda-bb1d-98bf99af33e8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1e77ce7a Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:17:50 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 361 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 The Character Who Won't Stay Dead full 652ed51e-34cc-4cee-8357-080c7158b4c9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6809fae7 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:09:32 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 339 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 The Weight of a Bushel full f0a83a63-02ab-4d5f-bdbe-3ec2e86faa7c https://share.transistor.fm/s/50ac8f9e Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:54:06 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 351 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 The Laugh Track Is Gone full d3edf588-436d-4a29-9626-3cf067b7cf54 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ca2032ed Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:32:14 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 381 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 The Wrong Drawer full b311a0de-2410-4998-a00d-5da2dceb7283 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a0e033e6 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:05:03 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 374 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 The Price of the Page full 7bd5b5dd-27c1-4865-86e7-9f806eca8005 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9bc4b3bd Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:33:07 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 415 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 The Price of Free full cb100ce2-dd9d-470c-b2c5-addd418914a2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d5488f09 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:32:38 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 374 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 The Twenty-Year Bug full b6412a46-80df-4ee1-9efc-1d9dbc8ebad3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5b015d71 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:41:46 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 376 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 The Gravity Well full 1ddde08c-3f9b-444f-89cc-6118366d39ce https://share.transistor.fm/s/a5b73149 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:52:51 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 353 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 The Forty-Year Bug full b33ebd8b-df7b-49ce-b285-b7360dda75ac https://share.transistor.fm/s/000d857c Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:52:20 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 374 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 The Missing Photograph full 4cf81fc3-8be9-4fec-84c1-8a996e4cbafc https://share.transistor.fm/s/a3a083ce Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:52:38 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 310 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 The Fermentation Papers full 219886c1-0ff6-4484-8a29-219db6f6dd89 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6a2a356d Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:56:20 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 361 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 The Ten Dollar Problem full 4bb8b5c2-95b3-4ea0-9cf7-5ae454c57af7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ec3dae2c Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:52:27 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 373 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 The Amnesia Machine full 5db5aab5-9a8f-4ea4-aaaf-7d560a1e3413 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7ddd0bed Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:34:05 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 355 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 The Apprentice System We Lost full 226fb2e9-5f8f-4b21-b8a0-5a1b7cc8f444 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4c57d7f5 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:03:40 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 285 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 The Accident in the Margins full edb6ba89-3e04-484a-a500-cfed81c0c252 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2153d094 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:02:34 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 284 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 The Manuscript in the Drawer full 7804002f-7f8f-4dd9-9be7-ddaf5a1bcf28 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ee594b16 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:24:54 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 255 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 The Twenty Dollar Problem full b81efea5-baf2-49c3-8856-1f2184ceb0f9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c448d90c Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:05:14 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 263 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 The Accident of Adjacency full 01c22b13-3805-49a9-867b-b520dceca855 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5b9144ec Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:23:05 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 277 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 What Gets Remembered full 722481bb-e801-4203-8e95-9aed2be758d9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/68eafe6f Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:21:35 -0500 L J Ribar L J Ribar 201 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