3 Publications For New Writers And Pet Lovers
with 13 writing prompts to get started

Wuff! Wuff!
When my mother’s boyfriend died suddenly of a heart attack a few years ago, she bought a small Maltese.
When my husband moved out his mother bought a dog — because the last child has always fur and four legs. lol.😂
When I was little, I had 3 budgies, 2 rabbits, 2 turtles, and one winter also a small hedgehog in the basement.
Whereas I still remember his satisfied smacking. My mom still remembers that the whole basement smelled like him and his earthworms.
Regarding the latter, new writer Charles Waters who celebrates 100 subscribers this week🎉, wrote an article about hedgehogs that I liked a lot.
It shows his love for wildlife.
He self-published his article.
Since he‘s in my Online Writing Bootcamp and I’m coaching him this month, I recommended sending his published article to a publication for animal lovers for review.
Many new writers do not even know that such publications exist.
Well, in the Medium universe with around 10K publications, there is a publication for every niche.
That’s the beauty of this powerful platform.
Everyone has to start somewhere and it’s always easier when you have the advice of someone who has gone before you.
When you’re a pet lover here are 3 pubs you need to know:
Submitting your work to a publication (for the first time) can be intimidating, especially if you’ve never done it before.
To help you get started, I’ve highlighted 3 publications on Medium that welcome the work from new and emerging writers.
1 — Pets and Animals
Pets & Animals is a publication to collect stories that inspire, educate and surprise when it comes to the would of animals, pets & rescue.
Our range of stories covers true life pet stories, think pieces and explorations into what needs to change in the world of animal rescue.
- Followers: 100
- Editors: Nikki Waterson — she owns a charity startup called Paws for giving.
- Submission Guidelines to become a writer and submit your posts
Extra tip: Nikki’s pub offers Competitions to participate in!
2 — Catness
Cat photos, cat artwork, cat stories. All welcome.
If you have something to submit and want to be a writer, either add a comment at the Submission Guidelines section or email me: [email protected]. Or you can just “Follow” us to read stories.
- Followers: 554
- Editors: Louise Peacock
- Submission Guidelines to become a writer and submit your posts.
3— Petness
This is where you can publish photos and stories about your animal friends, of all types.
- Followers: 176
- Editors: Louise Peacock
After I started my publication, Catness, for cats, I decided to have a publication especially for animals, pets, that were not cats.
- Submission Guidelines to become a writer and submit your posts
Writing Prompts for Animal and Pet Lover
Now you know where to start but you have no clue what to write about?
Here are 13 writing prompts to kickstart your writing process:
- What do you think your pet thinks of you?
- Write about your dog’s/cat’s… favorite activity
- Write about a human trait your pet has
- What’s your favorite anecdote about your pet?
- Does your dog/cat sleep in your bed?
- What’s your favorite piece of mischief your pet has got up to?
- Why do you love wild animals?
- If you were an animal. Which animal would you be and why?
- Do you think pet lovers are the best boyfriends/husbands?
- How has your pet changed your life?
- The best therapist has fur and four legs. What do you think about this?
- If you could talk to any animal. Which animal would it be and why?
- Write about the sex life of an elderly owl. 😂 (If you read this, thanks for staying with me.)
Final Takeaways
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man — Charles Darwin
Dear new writers and animal lovers, from your beloved pets to the wildlife in your garden, the 3 above-mentioned pubs are the perfect place to start.
With my funny writing prompts you can kickstart your writing process, become a writer for these pubs and hit publish!
Tell me your thoughts in the comments.
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