I started my Christmas shopping weeks ago. Personally I love being done with it by October if possible so that I can actually enjoy the holidays and not stress about it. I know that finding the perfect gift for a love one can be a lot of pressure, so I’ve been giving it some thought, and I have compiled a list of gift ideas for the writer/author in your life!
I have sorted them in the following order: more expensive/ GIFT type items, less expensive STOCKING STUFFER type items, and then lastly, thoughtful diy gifts that you can make for free or next to nothing!
I’ve included some of my personal favorite must have products, and will include links (not sponsored) for you to be able to find them easily! I hope this list helps you to choose the perfect gift to make this holiday season special!
Gifts: > $20
- Lamy Fountain Pen (I LOVE THIS PEN!)
- The Conspire Planner – A strategic planner made just for authors! The one planner every author needs to make the business strategy just as fun and creative as writing.
- Fringe Studio or Paperblanks notebook(s) (These are my FAV!!!!)
- A custom shirt for them to where to signings/events
- A personalized stationary set
- An annotated copy of their book with all of your thoughts and reactions. What lines made you laugh, cry, which characters do you love/love to hate/hate to love? (As an author I can tell you this would literally make me cry happy tears.)
- A Special Edition or autographed copy of their fav book
- Fun/Nerdy apparel or merch from their fav book or series (Storiarts or Etsy are great)
- A book writing/editing survival kit (with their fav coffee/tea, snacks, a fun mug, and some small office supplies)
- Gift them a subscription to spotify premium to help them set the writing mood
- “Donate” the amount of an annual subscription to cover the cost of one of the author services they need (bookfunnel, mailchimp, website hosting etc)
- Support their kickstarter
- “Donate” money toward ad spend or something they wouldn’t usually treat themselves to
- Treat them to Conspire Con to help them grow their author business! (Shameless plug lol)
Stocking Stuffers: < $20
- Cute bookish page flags or other small office supplies (Girl of all work has some cute stuff!)
- Zebra Mildliner highlighters I swear by these!
- A coffee/tea warmer for their desk
- A giftcard to their fav coffee shop for them to go have a free writing day out
- A custom embosser for their personal library (tons of options on etsy!)
- Their book as a custom pair of earrings or keychain (options on etsy!)
- If they have a Lamy or you got them one, different sized nibs or colored ink cartridges would be a great stocking stuffer.
Free or DIY:
- Make them a playlist of songs that remind you of them or their books (bring back the mixtape era! lol)
- Leave a review of their book on Amazon/Goodreads/BookBub
- Post a reel or tiktok about how much you love their book(s) to help spread the word
- Offer to babysit or pet sit for them to get away for a writing retreat
- Make them an encouragement jar to keep on their desk full of positive feedback on their writing/books (stories about other readers they’ve shared with you but may forget, other people’s reviews from online, things you’ve thought but never actually told them) for those hard author days.
- Make them a fun TBR jar for them to keep track of all the books they want to read. (Bonus: include some sort of really cute paper strips or color coding pens for them to write them with)
- Make them a TBW jar for them to keep track of all their story ideas or random plot twists etc for when they get stuck writing or don’t know what to write next. (Bonus: again fun paper or writing implements)
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