Thinking Ink Press

#DVPit Rules -#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors -Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET -Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project) -Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio. -Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag) -A like from an agent = a query request -A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent -A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions -Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches -Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

Coming soon: Writing Memoir in Flashes nonfiction book Learn to write your true stories in short form memoir

www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
Our Kickstarter prelaunch page is live for Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth! 📚💖
Click Notify me on launch to follow. (This is free and does not commit you to backing.) We'll have an early-bird deal when the campaign launches on Oct 14.🎉

#booksky #writing

Author Felicia Martínez smiling in an outdoor setting with trees

🎉We’re delighted to announce we’ll be publishing a new sci-fi novella Bright Phaedra by Felicia Martinez!🎉

Bright Phaedra reimagines the Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus with neurodiverse and asexual characters, set in a near-future multiverse with sentient artificial intelligences.

8 boxes of small handmade book earrings in assorted designs

One pair of book earrings from Poetose with floral book covers

New book earrings from Poetose! 💖📚 Get yours at Thinking Ink Press’s table at
Markham House in History Park
10 am - 1 pm
Sunday, September 28
635 Phelan Ave,
San Jose CA 95112

Browse books, earrings, and more.

www.pcsj.org/festival-2025 for full poetry festival details
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A line illustration of a hand writing with a pencil is next to the headline New Writing Book Spring 2026. In a photo, author Lita Kurth is smiling while wearing a hat and pinkish sweater. The text says: Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth / Learn to write short memoir! Creative writing techniques, Writing exercises, Advice on building a collection. The Thinking Ink Press logo with a blue inkwell and orange feather is at the bottom.

🎉 We’re happy to announce we’ll be publishing a new book Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth in Spring 2026! 🎉
This book is for anyone who wants to tell their true stories through writing short memoir or a collection.

Follow us for news about the upcoming Kickstarter! 📚💖

Collective and Co-op Publishers Find Strength in Numbers Indie collectives and co-ops are creating their own definitions of success—and finding their people.

Publishers Weekly interviewed @shinylizard.bsky.social about Thinking Ink Press for an article on collective and co-op publishers!

@indyartssf.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social

Read it here: tinyurl.com/246wcxcv

It was lovely meeting you, Felicia!

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

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! 🎉
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

This book looks so beautiful!

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...

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! 💜

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

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

#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

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! 👣❤️

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...

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

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

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

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

What is an SYK event?

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

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!
💖 👣 📚

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

#Booksky #ebookweek25 #Smashwords #Disability
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Some Time Later: Fantastic Voyages Through Alternate Worlds is a Deal of the Day at Drive Thru Fiction! ⛭💖⛭

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

Please share to spread the word!

#BookSky #steampunk #ebooksale

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! 🎉

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

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

In case you missed it

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.

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...

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. 🛸
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...