By on 19th December, 2007Filed in General
Jenn is a professional blogger and freelance business writer. She has worked as a freelance writer since 1999, and has been an active business and niche blogger since 2004. She owns All Freelance Writing as well as several other sites and blogs covering PR, small business, and related topic areas. She is also currently writing a nonfiction book for freelance writers called The Query-Free Freelancer, and is the author of the Web Writer's Guide e-book series.
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Christmas is right around the corner now. Are you still not sure what to get for the writer in your life? Here are a few last-minute gift ideas for writers to help you out:
- Gift Cards / Certificates – Easy, and they don’t need to be shipped. Pick up a gift card for your writer’s favorite book store, or an online book store like Amazon.com
.
- Office Supplies – If the writer in your life tends to fly through office supplies, consider stocking him or her up with basics like printer ink, pens, or notebooks.
- Online Services – Do you have an avid blogger in your life? If so, a perfect gift idea might be a credit for domain names or Web hosting, a new premium site or blog template, or custom design services.
- Books – You can’t beat books as a gift idea for writers, whether it’s a novel by their favorite author or a book to help them reach their writing goals. A few book ideas for freelance writers include The Renegade Writer
, The Well-Fed Writer
, and Writer’s Market 2008
.
- A Rolodex (suggested by Misti Sandefur) – Help the writer in your life keep track of experts to interview, publishers, clients, and more.
- Magazine Subscriptions (suggested by Diana Bocco) – Give a gift that keeps on giving through the new year with a subscription to a magazine for writers. Depending on the type of writer and experience level, here are a few ideas: Writer’s Digest
, Poets & Writers Magazine
, Editor & Publisher
, Writer
, and Freelance Success
.
Have additional last minute gift ideas for writers? Share them in the comments!
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Oh, thanks for the link
I’m one of those people who is thrilled to receive office supplies (I know, it’s weird), so this list feels perfect. I’d certainly love any of the things mentioned here. I think it’s important to note that a gift does not always have to cost money: if you know graphic design, you can offer help with logos, if you can design a website, you can help a writer with a new look, etc. The same goes for starving writers: we can offer others (either as a gift or as an exchange) what we do best: write
Each Christmas when I lived at home my dad wouldn’t know what to put in my stocking, so I always got tons of office supplies and my mom would get mad thinking I hated it, I told them I liked getting my stocker stuff more than anything else, hahahaha.
I must share that WP just told me I’m posting comments too quickly and to slow down, hahahaha – that is my laugh for the day.
Where were you told that? How is that even possible?!
I went to repost — to the other post to correct my incorrect spelling – and it came up — with the WP icon — and said you’re commenting too quickly. Slow Down.
NOT KIDDING.
HAHAHAH
Thanks for the link.
You have some great suggestions as well.
Now that Christmas is over, I was wondering if anybody got (or gave) any “writer” presents? I got a book I really wanted but that’s it. I don’t have any writers in my gift list, so I didn’t shop for anything related.
I GOT OFFICE SUPPLIES — -and my cousin got me another journal (leather) and a nice pen set — I always get WRITER gifts haha
oh, I’m jealous! I collect pens, so my mind is going all crazy over the idea of a pen set
I got two writing-related books from my Amazon wish list, which delighted me to no end, since I hadn’t bought any in a little while.