Every time another artist gripes that coming up with names is the hardest part of art, I want to tell them "it doesn't matter, at all." People will accept anything as a name after hearing it or seeing it 3-10 times.

People will care about Trashcan MacGunty if you make them care.

@idesofmerch
I'm reminded of this Becky Chambers AMA when the person is like "you're so good at naming things how do?" And Becky is like "oh naming is the last thing I do sometimes - I just combine random syllables until something sticks."

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/avtcb5/comment/ehhmgo0

r/books - Hi Reddit! I’m Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (and other stuff). Ask me anything!

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