{"id":26465,"date":"2015-04-01T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T19:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=26465"},"modified":"2015-04-01T15:57:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T19:57:48","slug":"contest-create-a-kick-ass-terribleminds-wallpaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2015\/04\/01\/contest-create-a-kick-ass-terribleminds-wallpaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest: Create A Kick-Ass Terribleminds Wallpaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/41.media.tumblr.com\/dcb52399185c8362ad0e90ef777f39f9\/tumblr_mpmqu2xkNL1qatepso1_1280.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/41.media.tumblr.com\/dcb52399185c8362ad0e90ef777f39f9\/tumblr_mpmqu2xkNL1qatepso1_1280.jpg?resize=700%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IT IS CONTEST TIME.<\/p>\n<p>YOU WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH IN AN ARENA OF MY OWN DESIGN &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Whoa, wait, wrong contest.<\/p>\n<p>*ruffles through papers*<\/p>\n<p>Ah! Yes. Here it is.<\/p>\n<p>So, in March, Tacopope Extraordinaire Kevin Hearne <a href=\"http:\/\/kevinhearne.com\/idc-wallpaper-contest\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ran a wallpaper contest<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in support of his Iron Druid urban fantasy (which I know you&#8217;re reading because you like cool things).<\/p>\n<p>And so, I&#8217;m <del>stealing from him<\/del> performing an homage.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I want from you:<\/p>\n<p>I want you to design a wallpaper &#8212; like, the kind you use on your computer desktop or to display at a blog, not the kind you slap on your dining room walls &#8212; that is in some way\u00a0<strong>terribleminds<\/strong>-themed. A pithy quote or passage from the blog &#8212; something about writing, as let&#8217;s assume this wallpaper will be there to motivate writers with the dubious authorial &#8220;wisdom&#8221; contained within this very website. Or maybe you want to take something like my <a href=\"https:\/\/40.media.tumblr.com\/716986c98d52f288b520ddf729297b6e\/tumblr_mr64hmW75M1s65fp3o1_1280.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ARE YOU A REAL WRITER flowchart<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and redesign it so it doesn&#8217;t suck as much as when I did it!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rules:<\/p>\n<p>a) Design a wallpaper (ideally 2560 x 1440 for display on desktop monitors, but\u00a0<em>at least<\/em> 700px wide so that I can fit it across the span of this blog).<\/p>\n<p>b) The wallpaper must be\u00a0<strong>terribleminds<\/strong> themed (as noted above).<\/p>\n<p>c) Wallpaper must have my name and the web address (terribleminds.com) on it. This is somewhat open to interpretation, of course, so feel free to get creative.<\/p>\n<p>d) Email this wallpaper to me at terribleminds at gmail dot com before 4\/15\/15, noon EST.<\/p>\n<p>e) The wallpaper should be in a viewable format. JPEG, GIF, TIFF, etc.<\/p>\n<p>f) If the file is over like, 10MB, you might wanna shrink it down. If you have problems emailing it to me, feel free to email me a link to the photo (like, say, a Flickr image) instead.<\/p>\n<p>g) You may submit only one wallpaper.<\/p>\n<p>Note that if you submit a wallpaper, you&#8217;re agreeing that said wallpaper can be used by me or by any other human (or sentient robot) on the Internet for its own non-commercial purposes. In other words, you&#8217;re agreeing to let me and other people share them around for inspiration or because hey, cool.<\/p>\n<p>Now, onto PRIZES.<\/p>\n<p>Because: CONTEST.<\/p>\n<p>There will be two\u00a0<em>first prize<\/em> winners, each of whom will receive:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/qUjO\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The gonzo e-book bundle<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, which features eight of my writing-related e-books.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ll also toss you the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/mn\/search\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=heartland%20wendig&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=terriblemin0b-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;linkId=ZUEORX4PSMTJH3BE\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>first two books of my\u00a0Heartland trilogy<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, either in print or e-book format.<\/p>\n<p>The way the first prize winners will be chosen:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll pick one.<\/p>\n<p>And you&#8217;ll collectively pick one.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also pick a random winner who will get the e-book writing book bundle.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. That&#8217;s the long and short of it.<\/p>\n<p>GET TO WALLPAPERIN&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT IS CONTEST TIME. YOU WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH IN AN ARENA OF MY OWN DESIGN &#8212; Whoa, wait, wrong contest. *ruffles through papers* Ah! Yes. Here it is. 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