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Thinklings' Characters

Blowing away the publishing world . . .
by being what publishers ought to be.

The Founders

We have decreed that a writer shall be a writer, even if they have not a single follower.

Deborah Natelson

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CEO
Deborah Natelson is an avid reader and writer of fantasy novels. Before co-founding Thinklings, she worked as a substantive/line editor and book formatter for more than a decade.  
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Sarah Awa

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COO
Sarah Awa is an author, proofreader/editor, and devourer of books. Her nickname is the Walking Style Guide. Before co-founding Thinklings, she served as creative director for The Ghostwriting Agency for six years.
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The Band of Merry Folk

Without whom we'd be not just wandering, but lost.

Nadia Erelis

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Garden Fairy
Level 67 Fire Elf
​Skills in graphic design, artistic interpretation, and beautification

Erelis Design


Oscar Awa

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Computer Hacker
Level 40 White Rabbit
​Skills in computer diagnostics and repair, and snuggability

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Christopher Light

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Acquisitions Agent
Level ? Master of Disguise​
Skills in researching, recording names, and making covert contact
@CLightNote

Ryan O'Byrne

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John Poppins
Level infinite Bag of Holding
Skills in making the medicine go down, snarky jokes, and cooking

@KingRaven1995

Our Story

According to the Ohio Business Registrar, Thinklings Books, LLC, was founded in June of 2019.
But really, it went like this:
Or to put it the more ordinary way . . .

Thinklings Books started out when three speculative-fiction-loving professional editors—Deborah Natelson, Sarah Awa, and Jeannie Ingraham—got together and formed a writing group. We called ourselves the Thinklings, in honor of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien’s group, the Inklings.
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Over time, we found ourselves agonizing more and more about how messed-up the publishing industry had become. Why couldn’t good books get published? Why were so many bad books published just because their authors had big Twitter followings? We wished there were something we could do about the problem . . . and then we real­ized there was.

As a substantive/line editor, a proof­reader, and a developmental editor, the three of us knew good writing when we saw it—and we knew how to make it even better. We had a lot of experience walking our clients through the publishing process—both traditional and self-publish—and we had contacts with marketing and design experts. We had some amazing unpublished books lined up and ready for production. We had, in fact, everything we needed to make a great publishing company. All that was left was to actually do it.

So we’re doing it.
 
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