Once in a while I like to fuck around with Photoshop to keep my Mad Graphixx Skillz mos fresh, which is to say I have middling skills and don’t want them to descend back into a primitive state, and one of the ways I do this is by grabbing quotes or thoughts from This Very Blog and turning them into wallpapers or what-not for your share-around or desktop-image purposes.
Like, say, the one above.
I’m also planning on maybe another round of merch to sell, since some folks really seem to dig the coffee mugs and t-shirts so far. And so I come to you.
If you have any quotes or notions you’ve found here at the site and you’d like to see them done up in this kind of format, drop them into the comments below. I might pick a few and give them this treatment. (Alternately, I may fall asleep covered in Nutella and pornography.)
Or, if you’re a capable graphics person and want to do similar wallpapery things, please do so with my blessing. I trust in your infinite graphic design wisdom.
Thanks, folks!
Michael Jason Stokes says:
Finish. …. Your. …. Shit. Most important advice I ever heard.
May 8, 2013 — 12:19 AM
Katie says:
I like this, from a few days ago: “Silence Self-Doubt With Hollowpoint Bullets Packed With Your Indifference.” If I had InDesign, I would totally do something with it. Sadly, I do not. So I leave it up to you.
May 8, 2013 — 12:19 AM
dakegra says:
I’d have that on a mug.
May 8, 2013 — 4:08 AM
G.R. Dresmé says:
Seconded. That is an awesome quote. I’m thinking Gun, I’m thinking splattered self doubt brain, I’m thinking bullets engraved with the word ‘Indifference.’
May 8, 2013 — 4:19 AM
Rhenna Morgan says:
Agreed. I need to here this. Often.
May 8, 2013 — 11:25 AM
inkgrrl says:
Many dittos to this. I’m actually inspired to learn how to use a non-Photoshop knockoff to make a wallpaper out of it, I love it that much.
May 8, 2013 — 12:56 PM
whiteravensoars says:
I LOVE this one!!! I write, hence I am a writer… some naysayers like to tell me, but you are not published, I just stare at them in confusion till they look away (not sure if that is because they feel sorry for me that they would have to explain, or ashamed for disillusioning me *grins*)
May 8, 2013 — 1:14 AM
missriki says:
I liked ” Writers Goona Write.”
May 8, 2013 — 2:18 AM
Puck Malamud (@the_leaky_pen) says:
I like this, but it appears to get a bit fuzzy in my laptop’s resolution! Still I might keep it to ass-kick-resolution myself into continuing to write.
May 8, 2013 — 3:04 AM
Indru says:
Do you have a higher resolution version? 🙂
May 8, 2013 — 3:24 AM
dakegra says:
Can I use this graphic in a blog post? Duly credited, of course.
May 8, 2013 — 4:38 AM
terribleminds says:
Absolutely!
May 8, 2013 — 8:50 AM
S.W. Sondheimer says:
“Writing is when you make the words. Editing is when you make them not suck.”
May 8, 2013 — 5:21 AM
Denise McInerney says:
Love this one. Doing revisions right now so this really resonates.
May 8, 2013 — 8:16 AM
Rhenna Morgan says:
Voting for this one too!
May 8, 2013 — 11:26 AM
Wanderer says:
I’m third-ing the vote for this one. It would make an excellent coffee mug as well
May 8, 2013 — 12:38 PM
Asylos says:
I’d still like a “be the owl” wallpaper. 🙂
May 8, 2013 — 6:17 AM
Julie Hutchings says:
If I don’t see something with “word babies” there may be trouble. Also, I quote you all day and tell people if they can’t write 350 words “you don’t get to be a writer.” Insert Wendig fanciness, make that a thing for me if you would. I will look in the trash for the bits that didn’t make it.
–Julie
May 8, 2013 — 6:26 AM
Lisa Parda says:
For T-shirts I vote —
I’ve got scary dragon eyes And I’ve got freaky goblin balls. TOGETHER WE WILL FIGHT CRIME.
Fuck money
Don’t give haters space in your brain ( add cool fucked up brain graphic)
For Coffee Mugs I vote —
My novel is shit.
I would drink my ritualistic morning tea out of it happily.
I’ve got your lists taped above my desk. The most useful tip to me personally is Create before you consume. I have some weird book fetish followed by a notebook and journal fetish and when I should be writing I say, “but I need a new notebook”, which I fucking absolutely DO NOT. Or just as procrastinistic, (I know that isn’t a word but it SHOULD be) I say I’m doing research by reading other books like the one I’m going to write and spend a hundred bucks and a month just reading. Very effective procrastination.
Good luck!
May 8, 2013 — 8:38 AM
Kim Clarke Harbridge says:
Oh man, I need that reminder on a daily basis. My current list of oh-so-neccessary office supplies to be purchased includes a can of chick peas for some reason, so I know I’m full of shit. If there was a “create before you consume” mug, I’m sure I would promptly add it to the “need it!” list, too.
May 8, 2013 — 10:59 AM
Amber J. Gardner says:
I’d definitely would love the how to write a novel and how to edit a novel in glossy poster formats to frame and hang on my wall or any other of the 25 lists wallpapers.
They’re pretty and inspiring. Perfect for my room or future writing office.
May 8, 2013 — 9:25 AM
DisastrousCreations says:
I love how I always feel guilty after reading your thought about writing. Speaking od finishing one’s shit… did I miss the announcement of the winners for the “Choose Your Opening Line” contest?
May 8, 2013 — 10:13 AM
Tia Kalla (@tiakall) says:
Would it be possible to just get an “Art Harder” shirt option? I’d love to be able to wear a Wendigism to work without being fired.
May 8, 2013 — 11:22 AM
J.F. Constantine says:
Chuck, I want that on a mug. Please. Thank you.
May 8, 2013 — 11:44 AM
C.S. Jameson says:
PLEASE use Wraithbang for something!
May 8, 2013 — 12:27 PM
DisastrousCreations says:
“That hammock is going to fuck that fat guy up, for realsies.”
This would be a great quote for a baby’s bib or some shit like that.
May 8, 2013 — 12:51 PM
Amarilys Acosta (@Sylirama9) says:
What we need is a daily calendar–you know, one of those that sits on your desk and you flip the page every day–with the greatest advice lines you’ve given. I’d buy it. I’m sure every writer out there would.
May 8, 2013 — 2:06 PM
terribleminds says:
Hah, @Amarilys, that’s a pretty cool idea.
— c.
May 8, 2013 — 2:44 PM
Chrisv says:
seconded! I’d buy it, too! Then wallpaper my walls with it when the year’s up.
May 8, 2013 — 4:42 PM
amyskennedy says:
I thirds it!
May 8, 2013 — 8:03 PM
TedtheThird (@TedtheThird) says:
Think a shirt with the whole Writer’s Prayer would be great. http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/11/22/the-writers-prayer-the-penmonkey-paean/
May 8, 2013 — 2:17 PM
Kristin says:
I like the self-doubt is like the weatherman quote, but that might be because I am, in fact, married to a weatherman. But I would totally rotate that mug with my Art Harder mug.
May 8, 2013 — 2:18 PM
John Reisinger says:
My fave… “Writing is when you make the words, editing is when you make them not shitty.”
May 8, 2013 — 2:28 PM
april says:
please stop emailing me. i have tried a dozen times to unsubcribe! it clearly is not working for some reason
May 8, 2013 — 3:36 PM
Phil Norris says:
I’ve always liked your ofty used hashtag….#amwritingmotherfuckers
May 8, 2013 — 3:56 PM
Gregory Lynn says:
Is the “Art harder, motherfuckers” a wallpaper sized thing anywhere? I keep thinking it is but whenever I look for it I can’t find it.
May 8, 2013 — 4:56 PM
Molly Dugger Brennan says:
I am still motivated by your “Try very hard not to suck” six-line freestyle. I’d like it on a mug. With pen monkey face. Go make that happen. Please.
May 9, 2013 — 3:06 PM
Troy L says:
Finish your shit and Write harder are still my favs.
May 9, 2013 — 9:56 PM
Terri says:
ermagherd, fucking YES on the daily calendar.
May 12, 2013 — 3:10 PM
j. tapeslinger wolf (@jayxwolf) says:
double yes on the daily calendar, but my current favorite Chuckism of the past week is still “When life gives you no time, MAKE TIME TRAVELING LEMONADE.”
May 14, 2013 — 11:52 PM