Sixteen actually-useful last-minute holiday gifts for the writer in your life (or you)
...And only one of them is Neon sponcon! ::jazz hands::
Happy almost-holidays! Are you all done with your gift shopping?
If so: HA HA I HATE YOU. I’ve barely begun.
Here’s a little last-minute shopping listicle for my fellow chaos clowns. All of this stuff is great for writers—like, really great, not “ha ha aw it’s literary themed like me” great. (The link, in case you’re curious, is to Writers’ Tears whiskey, the single most common gift anyone has given any writer in the Anglophone world in the past 5 years. Props to the Irish company Walsh Whiskey for the marketing move of a lifetime, OMG.)
As always: none of this is sponcon…except the first thing on the list, which is 100% obviously sponcon. None of the other brands paid me to do this or know I’m doing this or know me at all. I am personally experienced in and obsessed with everything except ResortPass, which the good people of Reddit assure me is legit.
Happy shopping.
For everyone
An annual subscription to “How to Glow in the Dark” (HALF OFF THROUGH JANUARY 1)
Ever wanted to go beyond the “Glow” paywall—or bring someone else over? Now’s your chance to do it for peanuts.
This link will get you half off an annual subscription through January 1. (These typically cost $49.99; this link brings the cost down to $25.)
Feel free to share the link with friends.
Bedgear performance pillow, $159-$300
I’ve said it before and will keep saying it over and over until you believe me—at every single stage of a publishing career, nothing (NOTHING!!) makes more of a difference than good sleep. At least nothing any individual person can control.
I got one of these pillows from a mattress store years ago and now bitterly regret it every time I don’t take it on the road. I just don’t sleep as well if it’s not there to cradle me and catch my drool.
For aspiring / rough-drafting authors
National Geographic ultra quiet rock tumbler, $119.99
Fun for the rockhound. Spiritually important for the person who needs a constant, churning, less-quiet-than-advertised reminder of what polished outcomes entail in writing and in life: an absolutely gobsmacking amount of time; months upon months of perpetual (and I mean perpetual) agitation; often-underwhelming results, necessitating a total redo of the entire tortuous process, this time with harder crystals and higher-quality grit; etc. etc.
You can get far cheaper rock tumblers than this, but why buy hamburger when you can at least buy Outback-quality steak?! ::Dwight Schrute chuckle::
Three-night solo staycation, $240+
Extended time alone is, was, and always will be the greatest thing you can give any writer, particularly if they’re parents or caregivers. A clean Motel 6 honestly works as well as the Ritz for this purpose, but if you want to give with flair, take a look at this list of American hotels with literary history.