Holiday Gift-giving Guide for the Writer, new or published, on your Holiday Gift List 2010
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
- Writer’s Market 2011
- WritersInc: A Sudent Handbook for Writing and Learning
- The Associated Press Stylebook
- Any Book by a Local 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 Borders)
- Office Depot
- 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
- Kindle Book Reader
- Pocket Translator
- Solar Charger for Cell Phones and Computers
This list was compiled by Michael Dwyer and the Freelancer Marketplace Writers’ Group which meets at Borders Bookstore in Rochester Hills on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Café.
Rochester Hills resident, Michael Dwyer, is a published writer, broadcast journalist, and founder of The Rochester Writers’ Conference. www.RochesterWriters.com
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