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Thinking Ink Press is an independent book publishing company in the San Francisco Bay Area. We primarily publish books relating to disability, writing advice and inspiration, and diverse speculative fiction. https://ThinkingInkPress.com for more info.

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Clara Ward, Anthony Francis, Betsy Miller, and Liza Olmsted are sitting at a round table having tea during Clockwork Alchemy. All are smiling

Clara Ward, Anthony Francis, Betsy Miller, and Liza Olmsted are sitting at a round table having tea during Clockwork Alchemy. All are smiling

LtR, Clara Ward, Anthony Francis, Betsy Miller, & Liza Olmsted. We will be at Worldcon! Our award-winning book The Neurodiversiverse edited by Anthony & Liza will be selling at the Liminal Fiction table in the dealers' room. Stop by the table and you may see Liza or Betsy there #Worldcon2025 #SciFi

08.08.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Anthony Francis is standing behind a table with stacks of his books on it. He is wearing a black cowboy hat with a black and silver vest, and aiming a sonic screwdriver at the camera.

Anthony Francis is standing behind a table with stacks of his books on it. He is wearing a black cowboy hat with a black and silver vest, and aiming a sonic screwdriver at the camera.

Anthony Francis from Thinking Ink Press is presenting at WorldCon 2025! πŸŽ‰
The Cognitive Science of Scenes and Sequels Sat, Aug 16 11–11:30 am
seattlein2025.org/program-and-...

Get the award-winning book The Neurodiversiverse at the Liminal Fiction table in the dealers’ room

#Worldcon2025 #SciFi

08.08.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This book looks so beautiful!

24.06.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Faraway Dreaming Rally Day! What you can do: 1) 1) Tell people who might love an art and story book to give Faraway Dreaming on Kickstarter a look 2) Lots of people who could use this aren’t online, please remember DMs and groups; What we'll be doing: 1) Singing about the book, about the art, about the wonderful guest posts, all day! 2) If we can pass $40k today, we can commit to two really special things for the print book - just in time

Faraway Dreaming Rally Day! What you can do: 1) 1) Tell people who might love an art and story book to give Faraway Dreaming on Kickstarter a look 2) Lots of people who could use this aren’t online, please remember DMs and groups; What we'll be doing: 1) Singing about the book, about the art, about the wonderful guest posts, all day! 2) If we can pass $40k today, we can commit to two really special things for the print book - just in time

Rally Day! Would you share some love for our art and story book? This ends soon, and we want the people who might really need this book (or the exclusive pwyc digital bundle) to've seen it. We'll be posting all day and we'd love for you to join us, how you can. 🩷

www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

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Faraway Dreaming by Ulla Thynell An art book and story of forest, peace, and a calming night journey. Dragons, hills, and magic to soothe your soul.

Because of your support, our beautiful story and art book, Faraway Dreaming, will be published this summer, and in the quality it deserves: offset printing, full color, art quality paper, smyth-sewn, and an embellished dust jacket.

Thank you for your shares! πŸ’œ

www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

07.06.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

There's still time to enter for a chance to win!

09.06.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We love participating in events like this that celebrate indie authors and publishers!

05.06.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Booksky It’s HERE! This year’s Pride StoryBundle is up! Get 14 great queer reads at the $25 level, support queer authors and support Rainbow Railroad at the same time! Books by Seth Hadon, Melissa Scott, Brent Lambert and more! Get yours today! storybundle.com/pride

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World Clubfoot Day Giveaway text is above the book cover for Clubfoot Connections. The book cover shows cartoon style legs and feet.

World Clubfoot Day Giveaway text is above the book cover for Clubfoot Connections. The book cover shows cartoon style legs and feet.

Happy World Clubfoot Day! πŸ‘£β€οΈ

Maureen Hoff and I are giving away a copy of the award-winning book Clubfoot Connections on Instagram!
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To enter for a chance to win this book and more, go to Maureen's post on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DKcJawiOFK...

03.06.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A shelf full of books above the Sacramento Book Festival logo and the Thinking Ink Press logo

A shelf full of books above the Sacramento Book Festival logo and the Thinking Ink Press logo

This Saturday, Clara Ward and I will be at the Sacramento Book Festival! If you're in town, come by and say hi.
www.sacramentobookfestival.com

28.05.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An illustration of a shelf of books is centered on a white background. The text above says: Betsy Miller and Liza Olmsted are panelists at the Publishing Professionals Network conference in Berkeley!

An illustration of a shelf of books is centered on a white background. The text above says: Betsy Miller and Liza Olmsted are panelists at the Publishing Professionals Network conference in Berkeley!

Look for Betsy and Liza at the PPN Conference April 25, 2025.

They're on the panel Audacious and Subversive: Impact Strategies from Indie Publishers.

Liza is also on the panel Imagining Otherwise: Neurodiversity in Publishing.
@betsymiller.bsky.social
@shinylizard.bsky.social

23.04.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Winners: Art & Photography | IBPA Book Award

The Neurodiversiverse is a finalist for the IBPA Book Award! We were selected as one of the three finalists for the "Neurodivergent Communities" category!

www.ibpabookaward.org/winners-neur...

We'll find out May 16 whether we won gold or silver ...

#neurodiversiverse

08.04.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BOOKS | Katie Otey Writes Every Other Christmas. Coming September 20, 2022 from Sky Pony Press!

Izzy's Almost Epic Day by Katie Otey comes to mind
www.katieoteywrites.com/books

19.03.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is an SYK event?

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Hello, fellow fiction-consuming beings! Want to add to your hoard of fantastic stories about neurodiversity?

Good news! Our hopeful, empowering science fiction anthology is on sale!

The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters is 50% off until March 8 at Smashwords!

#books #neurodiversity #scifibooks

03.03.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A tablet shows the book cover for Clubfoot Connections: Stories, essays, and poetry from the clubfoot community.

A tablet shows the book cover for Clubfoot Connections: Stories, essays, and poetry from the clubfoot community.

Happy Read an Ebook Week!
Clubfoot Connections is 50% off at Smashwords Mar 2-8!
πŸ’– πŸ‘£ πŸ“š

Get a deal on this award-winning and uplifting anthology of true stories and poetry by people affected by clubfoot.

#Booksky #ebookweek25 #Smashwords #Disability
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

02.03.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some Time Later: Fantastic Voyages Through Alternate Worlds is a Deal of the Day at Drive Thru Fiction! β›­πŸ’–β›­

Get the ebook for $2.40 here tinyurl.com/2e64scec

Please share to spread the word!

#BookSky #steampunk #ebooksale

25.02.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Yellow shooting stars are above the Thinking Ink Press logo. Below is the logo for the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI).

Yellow shooting stars are above the Thinking Ink Press logo. Below is the logo for the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI).

Thinking Ink Press co-founder Liza Olmsted was awarded a grant to help cover the cost of attending IBPA Publishing University 2025 (Pub U).

Congratulations, @shinylizard.bsky.social! πŸŽ‰

Read more at
www.thinkinginkpress.com/2025/02/tip/we-received-a-grant/
@ibpa.bsky.social @indyartssf.bsky.social

20.02.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SFF Awards Eligibility Post | Thinking Ink Press Hello, science fiction fans! It’s awards season in the science fiction community, in which the Hugo, Nebula, and other awards collect eligible works for consideration – generally, stories and novels p...

Hey, it’s Hugo and Nebula awards season, and Thinking Ink published a science fiction anthology with loads of wonderful (and eligible!) stories you should consider! Check them out here: www.thinkinginkpress.com/2025/02/tip/...

#HugoAwards #NebulaAwards #SFF #anthology #ShortStories

18.02.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

In case you missed it

02.02.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of poet Keiko O'Leary wearing read glasses and smiling and white text on a black background that says: Poetry in the Dark. Let's turn off the lights and speak poems to each other.

A picture of poet Keiko O'Leary wearing read glasses and smiling and white text on a black background that says: Poetry in the Dark. Let's turn off the lights and speak poems to each other.

Bay Area friends, come by the Cupertino Library on Friday night for the free event Poetry in the Dark! ⁠
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Yes, this event involves reciting poems by heart. But don't worry! Even if you don't know any poems by heart, come anyway. Worst case, Keiko knows enough poems to fill the entire time.

15.01.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Liza is wearing green glasses and smiling in front of a landscape with sand dunes and water and a blue sky with clouds. 
The text says: Guest Blog Post Liza Olmsted Insecure Writer's Support Group. I Want You to Be Yourself, and to Be Gentle with Yourself

Liza is wearing green glasses and smiling in front of a landscape with sand dunes and water and a blue sky with clouds. The text says: Guest Blog Post Liza Olmsted Insecure Writer's Support Group. I Want You to Be Yourself, and to Be Gentle with Yourself

Check out the new guest blog post by Liza Olmsted from Thinking Ink Press at the Insecure Writer's Support group website: www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2024/11/i-wa...

04.12.2024 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
A book cover of "The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters", a science fiction anthology. Background is stylized art of an astronaut meeting an alien in outer space. Art by Barbara Candiotti.

A book cover of "The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters", a science fiction anthology. Background is stylized art of an astronaut meeting an alien in outer space. Art by Barbara Candiotti.

Sure, here's the cover of our sci fi anthology The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters and a Goodreads link!
Let us know if you'd like a review copy. πŸ›Έ
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

28.11.2024 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A book called Why I Stayed with a red rose on a black cover is resting on a purple and pink background. The text says Become Part of the Movement! Support the crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo today! TAEVO

A book called Why I Stayed with a red rose on a black cover is resting on a purple and pink background. The text says Become Part of the Movement! Support the crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo today! TAEVO

Our friends at Taevo Publishing are creating an anthology of survivors of domestic violence, titled Why I Stayed. We’d love it if you share this project with people you know and if you are called to, support this BIPOC indie publisher!
Indiegogo campaign link: igg.me/at/wis-antho...

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$25 Superpack: Care & Action Package Freaked out about the election results? Cry it out, then step into your power. You have validity, meaning, and purpose in your own life and in the world. These...

Ok. We keep going.

Take care of each other, and yourselves.

If you want some resources and reading materials for the times ahead, we've pulled something together: microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/bund...

06.11.2024 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OUTSIDE Trilogy Bundle, Signed Auction item 'OUTSIDE Trilogy Bundle, Signed' hosted online at 32auctions.

Yo - I've got a signed copy of the whole Outside trilogy up for auction in Leigh Harlen's Trans Lifeline fundraiser, starting today:

For a starting bid of US $35 you can get your queer ND cosmic horror space opera fix, while also keeping some real-life trans people alive.

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Third Thursday Open Mic featuring Keiko O’Leary β€” PCSJ Third Thursday is a monthly poetry program in partnership with Poetry Center San JosΓ© and hosted by Mighty Mike McGee! Willow Glen Public Library, 1157 Minnesota Ave, San JosΓ©, 95125. Sign up for ...

Poetry Center San JosΓ©'s Third Thursday Open Mic will feature Cupertino Poet Laureate Keiko O’Leary!
Keiko co-founded Thinking Ink Press and is the author of Your Writing Matters.

Come enjoy some poetry!
Willow Glen Library
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM

www.pcsj.org/events/ttom-...

06.11.2024 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a good idea!

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Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive An online essay series and quarterly zine about the experiences and objects that keep us going.

We just backed @sarahgailey.bsky.social's Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive on kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/211...

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