Holiday Gift Guide for Writers for $25.00 Or Less

Memory Sticks or Flash Drives are great for anyone, but especially useful for writers. Memory Sticks/Flash Drives make it easier for your writer to save their works and transfer them to another computer. They also take up less space than CD's and they are less fragile. Memory sticks/ Flash drives are priced to fit into anyone's budget for gift. Home Depot had them for $13.00 and office supply stores have sales on larger storage capacity drives often and it is possible to get a 1 gig memory stick or flash drive for $19.95

Supplies, all writers need supplies for submissions, manuscripts and of course writing. You can supply your writer with high grade Secure-Fit Script Mailers, Script Binding Mallet, Classic Linen Script Covers, Manuscript Boxes, Laser Index Cards and Large Moleskine Notebooks and Journals. Theses supplies are all under $25.00 and can be purchased from The Writers Store at www.writersstore.com.

Gift Certificate for Office Supply Store, Staples, Office Depot, or your favorite office supply store. The writer on your list will be able to use it as they need for ink, paper, envelopes, etc.

Subscription to Writers Digest contains articles geared toward specific genres,
Business information specifically for writers tips & tricks for rekindling your creative spark, inspirational stories of writers who are living the dream, and how they got there. Also contains markets for print, online and e publishing. $19.95 is for 6 issues and you can order a subscription online at www.writersdigest.com

A Book on Writing no writer ever has enough. Some good books are Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark ISBN: 0316014982 from Amazon.com $13.59. Or give them a book on writing by their favorite writer, On Writing by Stephen King $7.99 at most bookstores. Or How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich and Ina Yalof for $13.95 at most bookstores. If a writer is trying to break into a specific genre browse in the bookstores they are filled with writing guides for every arena of writing.

Fun Stuff, deadlines, and submissions can leave a writer frazzled. Put a smile on you writer face with a Jane Austin action figure. This 5-1/4" (13.3 cm) tall, hard vinyl action figure comes with a book (Pride & Prejudice) and a writing desk with removable quill pen. Other action figures available are Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Each action figure is $9.95.

Horrified B-Movie Victims Play Set, Each dramatic play set includes nine 2-1/2 inch to 3 inch tall, hard vinyl victims captured in utterly terrified poses. Are they reacting to the advances of a giant, man-eating alpaca or the sight of your grandma in her nightgown and curlers? The possibilities are endless and the price is right at $14.95. The action figure dolls and play set and available from www.writersstore.com

A Gift Certificate for Portrait, some editors require pictures of the writer. Living on a writing budget doesn't always allow for extra's such a portraits. J.C. Penney offers a good deal if you are using your MasterCard. You receive a free 10x13 traditional portrait and no sitting fee (a $19.98 value) when you use your MasterCard card. You can also purchase additional portrait sheets for $3.99 each (regularly $9.99) with this offer. To redeem this offer, present this certificate at time of sitting. Promotion code: PC1817351. Call 1-800-59-SMILE for the location nearest you.

I'd Rather Be Writing license plate frame for your writer's car lets the world know that they are writer, whether they are driving onto a big studio lot, or just jaunting out to make more copies of their script. A great gift, one size fits all. Cost is $14.95 and available from the I'd Rather Store at www.cafepress.com/idratherstore. Click on hobbies. You can find an array of I'd Rather Be Writing Gifts.