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Liza Olmsted

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Liza (they/she) is the co-editor of The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters and refuses to struggle with ADHD, autism, or anxiety, regardless of how hard they struggle with her. They are also the editor of the writing inspiration book Your Writing Matters, the snapbook Sibling Rivalry, and the nonfiction book The Parents’ Guide to Perthes. Liza is one of the founders of Thinking Ink Press. ...more

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I Want You To Be Yourself, and To Be Gentle with Yourself

I wrote a blog post for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group that I hope you find inspiring!

The Insecure Writer's Support Group in orange and white text over a sepia-tone image of a lighthouse

Here’s an excerpt:

Hi writers! I’m Liza Olmsted, a writer, editor, and publisher at Thinking Ink Press. I’m also neurodivergent* and I have invisible disabilities.

The publishing industry can be really hard on those of us with visible or invisible disabilities �� or really just all of us.

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The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters
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Anthony Francis (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Liza Olmsted (Goodreads Author) (editor),

Tobias S. Buckell (Goodreads Author)

4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions

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The Waiting Game (Relationship Goals #3)

by Brigham Vaughn (Goodreads Author)

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A Catalogue of Catastrophe (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #13)

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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

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