Bess Winter
@bess-winter.bsky.social
YYZ->CVG. MACHINES OF ANOTHER ERA is my book. Web and Media Editor of cincinnatireview.bsky.social.
Glad to know this has changed! Last time I took them on a plane I had to make sure to switch to woodens because they were the only approved type.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Glad to know this has changed! Last time I took them on a plane I had to make sure to switch to woodens because they were the only approved type.
TSA actually doesn’t allow metal needles on flights because they consider them weapons, so they are likely wooden scary needles.
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
TSA actually doesn’t allow metal needles on flights because they consider them weapons, so they are likely wooden scary needles.
Jen said “2000 years ago,” though. I have a PhD in English and studied print culture as part of that, so I do know a fair bit about the history of publishing.
January 10, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Jen said “2000 years ago,” though. I have a PhD in English and studied print culture as part of that, so I do know a fair bit about the history of publishing.
Maybe put another way it makes more sense: the marketplace changes. Books stay the same, and often take on new lives in relation to it. But a new book is a product, unless you’re writing it for your own eyes only. That’s just, like, my opinion, man. And truly I’m not trying to be argumentative.
January 9, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Maybe put another way it makes more sense: the marketplace changes. Books stay the same, and often take on new lives in relation to it. But a new book is a product, unless you’re writing it for your own eyes only. That’s just, like, my opinion, man. And truly I’m not trying to be argumentative.
They weren’t publishing “books,” as such, 2000 years ago, though. Those stories came into the world in a very different way, often orally.
January 9, 2024 at 6:25 PM
They weren’t publishing “books,” as such, 2000 years ago, though. Those stories came into the world in a very different way, often orally.
P.S. part of this may be personal at this point—all I want is to sell a book as a product, with no magic ascribed to the process. I can only hope my book is as useful as a vacuum cleaner, but in reality it may not suck enough or in the right way…
January 9, 2024 at 6:19 PM
P.S. part of this may be personal at this point—all I want is to sell a book as a product, with no magic ascribed to the process. I can only hope my book is as useful as a vacuum cleaner, but in reality it may not suck enough or in the right way…
Not sure I believe this. Books are products just like cherry tomatoes. They’re marketed and sold, and have a lifespan in the marketplace (think about all the books by “influencers” and podcasters). Stories and ideas, however, are more complicated.
January 9, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Not sure I believe this. Books are products just like cherry tomatoes. They’re marketed and sold, and have a lifespan in the marketplace (think about all the books by “influencers” and podcasters). Stories and ideas, however, are more complicated.
FLW also hated the look of pianos so much that he literally sunk one into a wall with only the keys sticking out. He had such a strange relationship with objects.
January 9, 2024 at 5:18 PM
FLW also hated the look of pianos so much that he literally sunk one into a wall with only the keys sticking out. He had such a strange relationship with objects.
A few months ago I picked some clothes up from the tailor after minor alterations and was prompted by their machine to tip. My grandparents were tailors who owned their own shop, like these people. They never asked for tips. Do people tip tailors now? I selected "no tip" -- can I go back?
January 9, 2024 at 5:02 PM
A few months ago I picked some clothes up from the tailor after minor alterations and was prompted by their machine to tip. My grandparents were tailors who owned their own shop, like these people. They never asked for tips. Do people tip tailors now? I selected "no tip" -- can I go back?