$15 or Less: Gift Ideas for the Writer in Your Life
Among all the people on your gift list, writers are easy to make or craft or buy for. Basically, we'll adore just about anything that will make our writing lives easier—particularly if, like most writers, we’re balancing writing with a day job and a gazillion other things.
7 gift ideas for writers for under $15
Small, pocket-sized notebooks: We need them for those middle-of-the-night or on-the-go ideas. You can find them almost anywhere—including at dollar stores or Euro shops.
A box of professional looking thank-you cards (or two): We use these thank-you notes for business associates, editors, friends, book-discussion group hosts, bookstore event people and others.
Pens: We cannot have too many.
Post-it notes and index cards: Many, many post-it (sticky) notes--preferably in different colors and sizes. Index cards are good, too.
Blank journals: Journals are where we do our morning pages and rough sketches before the first actual draft of the essay or story or book. Plain, lined journals are best.
Gift cards to coffee shops: Many of us do our best work in coffee- or tea-shops. So gift cards are a winner.
Packs of ear plugs: These work well when we're writing in a cafe or restaurant or on the train commute.