Scribbler's Muse Mugs

Writer's Block

'Are you sure this is the only way to get rid of your writers block?'

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

"I've decided to cut out the middleman and self-publish."

"So start throwing together about 10 novels a week and bring them in on Wednesdays."

"Those are the failed attempts at my first novel."

"Your editor called again to see if the well was still dry."

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

'Don't write on that wall with crayons! It'll show up better on that wall over there.'

Writer: Humour and Tragedy.

"The trouble with spelling rules is that they impede creativity."

'I'm a writer.' - 'What a coincidence, I'm a reader.'

"Where do you get your derivative ideas?"

Colin kept a notebook by his bed to write down any ideas he had during the night... "Genulph hyu donkey slapperthwaite."

'After three years of writer's block, I began writing about writer's block.'

Empty landscape containing food and stationery.

Will Self deprecation

'Hows it coming?'

'Your poetry totally captures the raw, primitive essence of the writing workshops you've attended.'

"I decided to burn all my previous napkins and start fresh."

Writer’s Corner

'He's just come back from a 'stress management' course.'

'I have a case of...oh, heck. What's that called?'

"No wonder you're struggling with your novel. You're not wearing your writer's hat."

'Dammit, Bubbles, we need this memoir yesterday - write, damn you!'

A pen spewing letters

"Baldo, it's great that you want to draw editorial cartoons for the school paper. But effective cartoons comment on important issues. They are not a forum for your personal agenda."

"It's the worst case of writer's block Sidney has ever had. He hasn't put a word on the page since fifth grade!"

"It took me 4 years to finish my book!"

"He writes all the time - OK, so it's mostly in the margins of library books. . ."

Kate Atkinson

John Bolton