Love What You Write

Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Writing can be an enjoyable experience or it can be a nightmare. It’s your choice. It doesn’t have to be a chore. The trick is to find a story you want to tell. Don’t worry about what’s selling, although that…

Tagged with: Character, characters, word flow, words, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques

Punctuation

Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Punctuation can change the entire meaning of a sentence. Take the punctuation joke, “let’s eat Grandma,” for example. The missing comma makes the sentence way creepier than it would be with the comma, “let’s eat, Grandma.” Punctuation is important. Jokes…

Tagged with: colons, comma, commas, period, periods, punctuation, punctuations, semicolon, semicolons
Posted in Writing Techniques

Short Fiction

Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Short fiction is any fiction that isn’t a novel. I know you think that isn’t very helpful. I know. Short fiction can vary from a single sentence to what isn’t a novel. So, you ask, what’s a novel. Unfortunately, my…

Feline Freedom League November 2021 Mission Report

Posted on Sunday, November 7, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

From: Agent SkittlebuttTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 7 November, 2021Subject: Mission Report November 2021 Oddly enough, I think I’m getting stronger and I can’t explain my feelings. Perhaps the pressure Agent Zoe is putting on me actually is helping me. Still, I…

Tagged with: Cat, Cat Fiction, cats, feline, Feline Fiction, Feline Freedom League, FFL, fiction
Posted in Feline Freedom League Report

The Pros and Cons of NaNoWriMo

Posted on Sunday, October 31, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

NaNoWriMo is a writing challenge. It started in San Francisco as a challenge among friends to write a novel in a month. It exploded from there. Now it’s a world-wide challenge run through a website. It promotes literacy which is…

Adding Magic To A Fictional World

Posted on Sunday, October 24, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

The next in our world building series of blogs is on the magic in your fictional world. This is an optional thing. You can skip it if you don’t plan on having your characters use magic. If you do plan…

Building Fictional World Politics

Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, I talked about world building nations. To do that, each nation you create needs a political system. There are several types. The least structured type is anarchy. In this type there are few if any rules…

WorldBuilding: Making Fictional Technology

Posted on Thursday, October 7, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Another part of world building deals with technology. Knowing the technology your characters had access to, is crucial. It’s always better to have a handle on it before you begin writing the piece. There are questions you need to ask…

Feline Freedom League October Report

Posted on Sunday, October 3, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

From: Agent ProbieTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 3 October 2021Subject: Mission Report October 2021 I must admit to defeat. Cooper continues to act like he does not understand me. That is plain rude. So I turned my attention to Little Bit. He…

Tagged with: Cat, Cat Fiction, cats, feline, Feline Fiction, Feline Freedom League, FFL, fiction
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques

Creating Fictional Religions For A Fictional World

Posted on Sunday, September 26, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

If building a world from scratch, you will need to develop religions. To do that there are questions you will need to answer about the religion. First, does your religion have a name? Most of them on Earth do. So…