Conquer Your Fears – Join a Writing Group

It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned writer or someone who has just finished their first story, writing groups can seem intimidating and possibly like an unnecessary activity. But here’s the thing, the right writing group can provide you with benefits you wouldn’t achieve any other way.

Guest Post: How to Co-Write a Novel

Our co-writing journey began almost by accident—a joint story written for a school assignment over a decade ago that morphed into an entire series of collaboratively written novels. While co-authoring might not work for everyone, we are here to tell you that the experience can be rewarding, productive, and even make you a better writer. Here are our tips for writing a collaborative novel.

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Guest Post: Creating a Podcast: Going from an Idea to Reality

A year ago, if you had told me that I would be starting a podcast where I interview strangers about their writing processes, I would have laughed at you.

If you know me on a personal level at all, you probably know that having to talk to strangers is my worst nightmare. I’ve lost count of the number of times making a simple phone call to cancel a doctor’s appointment has sent me into a cold sweat.

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Meet The Authors: Alex Child

Here at Collective Tales Publishing, we want to celebrate our authors! This week we’re going to talk about Alex Child! Alex is one of our longest-standing authors. His first story was published in “Pond Scum,” and since then has been published in Little Darkness with “Backroads” and will be published in Collective Fantasy with his story “Poached Caladrius Eggs.”

Unboxing From Missy inkblots Shop!

We unboxed some awesome homemade bookmarks from Missy Inkblots Shop! She has a lot of different styles and we liked a lot of them! But our favorites were the horror-themed ones. They match perfectly with our book Collective Darkness. Check them out and follow her on Instagram: Missy Inkblot.

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Meet the Publishers: Elizabeth Suggs

I am a co-owner of the indie publisher Collective Tales Publishing, owner of Editing Mee, both of which have given me the opportunity to work closely with authors throughout the writing and editing process. I am also the president of two writing groups, one being part of the LUW (League of Utah Romance Chapter).

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Greetings from the publishers!

Hello from the co-publishers of Collective Tales, Jonathan Reddoch and Elizabeth Suggs. We started CTP as an independent publication featuring new and upcoming authors in the speculative fiction genres. Our first book, Collective Darkness: A Horror Anthology, was the Amazon #1 bestseller for new horror anthologies. We have a follow-up called Little Darkness and more books on the way. Read more…

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