Words

If you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet, you’re fast running out of time! Only a few more days before the holiday in question… so what are you going to get for that writer friend of yours?

I have three more things for you to consider, all week long. 

This one is the most obvious one, but I felt that it should be mentioned. It’s the thing that we like the most, because not only is it the thing that we do, but it’s the thing that we… well, do. It’s what we do, okay? That’s why you should get this for us.

Books.

Yeah. Told you it was obvious.

But you might be saying that your writer friend already has a mass of books, and that you wouldn’t know what ones to get them. I agree, that can be a problem. Many of my writer friends tends to amass so many books that they wouldn’t even know if they had duplicates of some things. It can get to the point of hoarding. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t encourage it or enlarge it by buying us more books.

Here’s what you do:

What genre does your writer friend write in? Don’t buy them things from that genre. They probably already have their favorites and already know what they really like from that group. So find something in a different genre, perhaps something that appeals to you or that you read and thought they might enjoy.

And here’s the thing most people don’t consider:

Research books are awesome! We like nonfiction, even when we write fiction. We really do. Nonfiction helps us do the research we need to do for our own writing. So in that time that we talk to you about the things we’re writing, jot down some notes and see if you can find us something to help fill the knowledge gaps. After all, we can’t know everything.

Really, buy us books. We like books. A lot. Maybe too much. But buy us books anyway. We’re going to get them whether you buy them for us or not. But this way you have something fun to get us for Christmas. And if you write a little note on the first page, we’ll always remember that the book came from you. That’ll be even cooler.

Seriously. Buy us books.

[love]

{Rani D.}