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February 12, 2022 · 8:00 am

World Building: Pet Store Names

Are you writing a cozy mystery in which your character needs to stop in a pet store? Or perhaps your modern fiction needs a few more stores to fill out a fictional town. No matter what genre you’re writing, it’s important to have a thorough and believable setting. One of my favorite parts of this process is coming up with various store names. Today’s installment is all about pet store names!

While there’s no doubt some of these have already been used somewhere before, I always find it fun to see what I can come up with!

  • The Pet Palace
  • Fish Tales
  • Furry Friends
  • In the Dog House
  • Kitty Corner
  • Off the Hook (fish supplies, obviously!)
  • Pet Pantry
  • Kitty Keep
  • Cat Cache
  • Cat’s Meow
  • Friendly Tails
  • Paws for Pets
  • Pampered Pets
  • By Best Friend’s Place
  • The Cat’s in the Bag

What would you add to the list? I’d love to know!

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Ashley O’Melia is an independent author and freelancer from Southern Illinois.  She holds her Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing and English from Southern New Hampshire University.  Her books include The Wanderer’s Guide to Dragon Keeping and The Graveside Detective.  Her short stories have been published in The Penmen Review, Siren’s Call, and Subcutaneous.  Ashley’s freelance work has spanned numerous genres for clients around the world.  You can find her on Facebook and Amazon.

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February 5, 2022 · 9:00 am

World Building: Tea Room Names

I often find myself needing to create numerous small businesses as I’m writing. This is especially true for cozy mysteries, which as set in quaint little towns where the proprietor next door is just as likely to be the victim as the killer. When I go through this process, I end up with quite a few names before I settle on one. I’ll share my list here with you, in case you’re in need of inspiration!

As always, I can guarantee that any of this tea shop names haven’t already been used somewhere, but I enjoyed making the list!

  • The Cup and Saucer
  • What’s the Tea
  • Saucer Sisters
  • Tempest in a Teapot
  • Earl Grey’s
  • My Cup of Tea
  • The Silver Service
  • Chamomile Country
  • The Sugar Cube
  • Stop and Steep
  • The Sugar Bowl
  • Sit and Sip
  • The Silver Spoon

Personally, I’d love to go to any of these fictional tea rooms! What would you add to the list? I’d love to know!

If you’re looking for more posts like this, be sure to check out my Writers’ Resources page!

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Ashley O’Melia is an independent author and freelancer from Southern Illinois.  She holds her Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing and English from Southern New Hampshire University.  Her books include The Wanderer’s Guide to Dragon Keeping and The Graveside Detective.  Her short stories have been published in The Penmen Review, Siren’s Call, and Subcutaneous.  Ashley’s freelance work has spanned numerous genres for clients around the world.  You can find her on Facebook and Amazon.

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November 14, 2021 · 9:00 am

World Building: Bookstore Names

Creating a believable fictional world is just as important as creating your characters and plot. I personally love to sit down and map out my make-believe town so that my characters can walk through it consistently. Part of this process, though, is creating names for every one of the businesses your character encounters! I don’t think any small town is complete with a bookstore, whether it’s new and vibrant, old and dusty, or somewhere in between.

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Here are some bookstore names I’ve come up with during the process. I can’t guarantee you that any of these haven’t been used before, but they’re a lot of fun!

  • The Bookmark
  • Between the Lines
  • Booktopia
  • Flip the Page
  • Volumes of Books
  • Alexandria’s Books (extra points if you get this one)
  • It’s About Tome
  • Gutenberg’s Dream (more extra points on this one)
  • An Open Book
  • By the Book (or Buy the Book!)
  • A Book by its Cover
  • Read the Room
  • Cover to Cover

As you can tell, I like store names that are a little punny. What would you add to the list? I’d love to know!

If you’re looking for more posts like this, be sure to check out my Writers’ Resources page!

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Ashley O’Melia is an independent author and freelancer from Southern Illinois.  She holds her Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing and English from Southern New Hampshire University.  Her books include The Wanderer’s Guide to Dragon Keeping and The Graveside Detective.  Her short stories have been published in The Penmen Review, Siren’s Call, and Subcutaneous.  Ashley’s freelance work has spanned numerous genres for clients around the world.  You can find her on Facebook and Amazon.

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