We’re heading into a big holiday season for many. Personally, I celebrate Christmas. Even if you don’t celebrate something in December, you likely have other times of year when you do, like birthdays, Mother’s Day, etc. I’ve gathered a few ideas for the writer or reader in your life.
- Storiarts has literary goods, handmade in Portland, Oregon – bonus points for American made products. An extra bonus for this Maryland girl is the nod to Edgar Allan Poe. Raven Writing Gloves anyone?
- Aerogramme Writers’ Studio has some unique gifts. I think some of the 8Ls have the Aqua Notes pad, but how about a custom Penguin Books pillow case?
- Writers Unplugged has some fun stuff like a Word Nerd pendant, a nighttime notepad, and my personal favorite: a t-shirt that says, “I’m silently correcting your grammar” (link to Amazon).
- Café Press is always good for gift ideas. I particularly like the “Back away from the fridge” magnet that instructs you to go back to your desk and start writing.
- And on the silly gift front, writer finger puppets from Writers Store. Imagine the conversations your fingers can have between Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, and Kurt Vonnegut.
Happy writing and Happy Holidays.
Eight Ladies Writing 
Oooh, I like those Raven Writing Gloves. And I was idly toying with the idea of making some sort of puppet or getting some Barbie dolls to represent my characters, and perhaps making some photo montages of that. (-: I have no time to make Barbie costumes, though.
But . . . I probably have time to take pics off the internet, and glue them to cardboard bands to make fingerpuppets. (-: I could do that!
What I would like is an inspirational lap blanket for writing. (-: I have no idea what that would look like, but I’d know it when I saw it. Probably, Velcro would be involved so I could change out words . . . . Totally unchildsafe, too. With a pocket on the edge for keeping my chocolates cool and handy.
(-: I should be thinking story, not blankies. Still, what a fun detour. I don’t know what I’m giving my non-writer friends for Christmas. (-: I could use a post about no-brainer X-mas gifts from a writer, but I doubt my family would be satisfied with personal haikus . . . . But personal haikus on a box of cookies might work for everyone I know . . . .
Personal haiku – I like it. And here you go – blankets for writers:
http://www.cafepress.com/+writing+blankets
I can’t decide between “You are dangerously close to being killed off in my novel” and “It was a dark and stormy night”.
Happy shopping (and writing).
Cool! LOL, I would like the Dark and Stormy one if it were a little darker and stormier. That sounds fantastic to snuggle under. Of the ones at cafepress, I really liked the Jane Austen one about not feeling like writing, so I’ll write until I feel like it.
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