For the writer or blogger on your holiday shopping list, here are ideas to get you started. Some are inexpensive and many are available at a local bookstore such as Barnes & Noble on Rochester Road. Encourage a writer you know by giving a gift this holiday season.
Book Suggestions:
- Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
- Page by Page by Heather Sellers
- Chapter by Chapter by Heather Sellers
- What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter
- Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter
- Breathing In, Breathing Out by Ralph Fletcher
- The Art and Craft of Storytelling by Nancy Lamb
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
- If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
- Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore
- The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
- Making a Literary Life by Carolyn See
- Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
- i Before e (except after c): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff by Judy Parkinson
- How to Become a Famous Writer before you’re Dead by Ariel Gore
- Common Errors in English Usage by Paul Brians
- Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty
- Roget’s International Thesaurus
- Writer’s Market 2013
- WritersInc: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning
- The Associated Press Stylebook
- On Writng: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
- Any Book by a Local Michigan Author
Magazine Suggestions (single issue or subscription):
- Poets & Writers
- Writers’ Digest
- The Writer
- Genre Specific Publication for the Writer
Gift Certificates & Gift Cards to:
- Bookstores (such as Barnes & Noble)
- eBook Reader Credit
- Office Max
- Staples
- Coffee Shops
- Day Spa Treatment
Writers’ Accessories:
- Spiral Journals (large, medium, small)
- Moleskins (purse or pocket size notebooks)
- Cross Roller Ball Pens
- Fancy File Folders
- Flash Drive Memory Stick
- Business Card Holder
- Mini Laptop Computer
- External Hard Drive
- Digital Voice Recorder
- Software for Writers (such as Scrivener)
- eBook Reader (such as the Nook)
- Pocket Translator
- Phone Tap to record phone interviews
- Solar Charger for Cell Phones and Computers
- Proofreader or Copy Editing services
This list was compiled by Michael Dwyer and the Freelancer Marketplace Writers’ Group which meets at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Rochester Hills on the third Tuesday of the month (except in December) at 7:30 p.m. Next meeting is January 15, 2013.
Rochester Hills resident, Michael Dwyer, is a published writer, broadcast journalist, and founder of The Rochester Writers’ Conference.
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