Since this is the gift-giving season, have you thought of a gift you might give to a writer friend? Or one you might put on your own I want... list?
Here are a few suggestions for gifts writers would appreciate:
- A morning of babysitting your kids so you can write
- A book on writing
- A package of printer paper all tied up in a pretty ribbon
- Offer a free edit for one short story or essay
- Journals to write in
- Lunch out where writing is the main topic of conversation
- A prepared dinner to give the writer more time to write
Some of you may come up with other gift suggestions for writers. If you do, put them in the comments section below.
We give gifts to someone because we care about them. It doesn't matter what you spent on the gift. It's the thought that goes into giving the gift. I received a small gift from a friend this morning; it was a homemade fudge topping that Ken and I will both enjoy. It pleased me as much as a gift someone had spent lots of cash on would. It's special to me because this particular person took the time to make the gift and that she cared enough to bring it to me.
Put some thought into your gift-giving. I have a vision of stories being written about gifts received or given.
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