Juliet E McKenna on Nostr: Discussion elsewhere about authors buying other authors' books prompts me to observe ...

Discussion elsewhere about authors buying other authors' books prompts me to observe that we cannot expect to make a living by taking in each other's washing.

I wonder who understands that expression now? And what once common idioms get a blank stare today - and from what age groups?

For example, a check with family and friends' kids a few years ago found none of them had ever heard of the Marie Celeste.

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