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Ten Things That Make Great Gifts for WritersBooks: We write them, we read them, we love them. There isn't a single book gift I've received that I haven't wallowed in during the holidays, especially when it's a surprise book. One year a friend of mine filled a stocking with a mug, some packets of hot chocolate mix and some new mystery paperbacks she thought just sounded cool; I discovered three authors (Harlan Coben, Linda Fairstein and Sue Grafton) I still read ($7.99 for most new paperbacks;
B&N.com has free shipping for orders of $10.00 or more for their members)
Bookseller Online Gift Certificates: Hands down the most painless for you/most welcome for them gift for any writer on your list. You purchase and e-mail it to them and you're done (B&N.com
offers them in amounts ranging from $10.00 - $250.00)
Healthy Cooking X 2: Cooking Light Magazine is offering a 2-for-1
holiday gift subscription where you get 1 year/12 issues for your writer plus a second subscription for you. ($24.00 = $12.00/subscription)
Just for Journaling: For the writer who doesn't put everything on their blog,
Vera Bradley Frankly Scarlet Flexi 6" X 8" Journal has 160 lined/lightly decorated pages and a closure band ($10.36/$9.32 for B&N.com members)
Levengers: With a catalogue writers and readers have been known to drool over, and some very dreamy but extremely expensive items,
Levengers is definitely dangerous. But they also have
a sales section that usually has some decent buys under $25, like
this Notable Impressions Notebook and a colorful collection of
Wordsmith's Rubber Bands and Clips, each marked down to $9.95 (various prices)
MagPo: I absolutely love
Magnetic Poetry, and there are all kinds of editions for everyone on your list (most are $19.95.) For writers I like to give
the Writer's Remedy ($14.95) or
The Poet Edition ($19.95.) I admit,
the one I still play with most is the little kit in the back of
The Magnetic Poetry Book of Poetry ($13.95/$11.92 for members at B&N.com)
P&W: It might be stuffy at times -- okay, most of the time -- but the monthly, extensive listings of contests, open calls, grants and other writer sub ops make the print version of
Poets & Writers magazine worth the annual subscription rate (currently $14.97/six issues)
Shakespeare's Den: For those classic lit-lovers and calligraphy nuts on your list, I recommend having a look around the unique offerings over at Shakespeare's Den. They always have some cool stuff in
the sales and clearance section; I like
this stylus and nib set for a very reasonable $9.95 and
this very unusual musician's writing set for $19.95 (various prices)
Smithsonian Online: The virtual gift shop of the Smithsonian Museum is where I go when I need a gift for a hard-to-shop-for writer. Like Levengers they can be very pricey, but they run weekly web specials during the holidays and have a decent selection of
gifts under $25.00. Two that appealed to me are
a set of six Cloisonné pens for $24.00,
a set of six Cloisonné kitten bookmarks for $15.99, and a
calligraphy letter holder for $14.99 (various prices)
Thesaurus & Art: Thinkmap's
Visual Thesaurus is one of my favorite gifts to give to writers; they offer a free 14-day trial if you want to test drive it first, and they also have a couple of subscription options, including online access on a monthly basis, which you can cancel at any time ($2.95 per month as you go, $19.95 for an annual subscription, and $39.95 for CDs for the software.)
Have you guys found any great gifts for writers or readers out there? Tell us about them in comments.
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