10 Gifts For Writers They'll Actually Use

[Carol Rose]

For your Santa list

http://relentlesswriters.blogspot.com/2015/12/10-gifts-for-writers-theyll-actually-use.html

 

[Jason Byrne]

I love these! Headphones are particularly apt. And one of my favorite things EVER was when I had an actual full pot of coffee brewer sitting on my desk, next to the computer screen. We were third shift, at that point, and I went through precisely sixteen cups of coffee, every night.

 

[Carol Rose]

I love these! Headphones are particularly apt. And one of my favorite things EVER was when I had an actual full pot of coffee brewer sitting on my desk, next to the computer screen. We were third shift, at that point, and I went through precisely sixteen cups of coffee, every night.

I would LOVE a coffee maker in my writing room. Cause, you know, it's a long walk downstairs to the kitchen. LOL!!

 

[Jason Byrne]

I would LOVE a coffee maker in my writing room. Cause, you know, it's a long walk downstairs to the kitchen. LOL!!

It is. It's also a long reach to the desk for dinner, but for coffee I could be bothered to make it.

 

[Stephen Drake]

I do go through lots of coffee, but I use getting some and draining some as an opportunity to stretch out my back and legs. Gotta do some exercise...sometimes.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Headphones and a writing workshop. Definitely. I actually don't drink coffee, so the coffee machine would be wasted on me. Scrivener might be nice - I've heard good things but have never tried it myself.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Headphones and a writing workshop. Definitely. I actually don't drink coffee, so the coffee machine would be wasted on me. Scrivener might be nice - I've heard good things but have never tried it myself.

I've heard it spoken of here on the forum, but tend to glaze over, because I haven't dealt with it personally.

 

[Carol Rose]

Headphones and a writing workshop. Definitely. I actually don't drink coffee, so the coffee machine would be wasted on me. Scrivener might be nice - I've heard good things but have never tried it myself.

Everyone I know who has it loves it.

 

[Jason Byrne]

So it's like a plot-organizational tool?

 

[Robinne Weiss]

I use Scrivener. It's great, except for a few little things, like a piss-poor dictionary (I turn off the spell checker, and do the final edit in Word). It deals beautifully with novel-length files, it has lots of nifty tools for organizing notes, related files, chapters, sections, comments, etc. all together so you don't have to flip between screens/programs/etc. to find things while you're writing. And it makes formatting for submission, self-pub, or whatever a snap.

 

[Jennifer Stone]

My perfect gifts for Christmas; a new laptop, a nice teapot, leaf tea, books and more books. Reading leads to the best writing, I think.
Oh and a sample of chocolates, Thorntons is good.

 

[Jason Byrne]

I use Scrivener. It's great, except for a few little things, like a piss-poor dictionary (I turn off the spell checker, and do the final edit in Word). It deals beautifully with novel-length files, it has lots of nifty tools for organizing notes, related files, chapters, sections, comments, etc. all together so you don't have to flip between screens/programs/etc. to find things while you're writing. And it makes formatting for submission, self-pub, or whatever a snap.

Similar to remembering the dialogue word-for-word in the earlier section for which you're looking, to reference a detail, and searching for it.

 

[Robinne Weiss]

My perfect Christmas gift--someone else to get up in the morning to do the milking! (That'll never happen, though)

 

[Jason Byrne]

My perfect gifts for Christmas; a new laptop, a nice teapot, leaf tea, books and more books. Reading leads to the best writing, I think.
Oh and a sample of chocolates, Thorntons is good.

That's pretty damn good...

What's on my list...
- O'Byrne coat of arms t-shirt and/or O'Byrne coat of arms iPod case.
- to get my iPod out of pawn and/or my baby (sword) out of pawn.
- probably something else. I don't know.

 

[Jennifer Stone]

That's pretty damn good...

What's on my list...
- O'Byrne coat of arms t-shirt and/or O'Byrne coat of arms iPod case.
- to get my iPod out of pawn and/or my baby (sword) out of pawn.
- probably something else. I don't know.

You have a coat of arms? Must see...

 

[Jason Byrne]

You have a coat of arms? Must see...

Hell yeah:

"I have fought and conquered."

 

[Jason Byrne]

I generally go with the older style, that doesn't include the helmet and mermaid brushing its hair for some stupid reason:

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Mermaids are cool though, possibly a nod to a nautical root of the family?

 

[Chase Gamwell]

I'm surprised a good keyboard isn't on that list. Mine was being RMA'd for two weeks and I was forced to use a crappy wireless Logitech. I've never missed my mechanical so much in my entire life. Typing is SO MUCH EASIER when the keys engage so easily.

Other than that, editorial services would be cool, I guess. I'm anti spending money, so cheap stuff for me all day, every day.

 

[Alistair Roberts]

That's pretty damn good...

What's on my list...
- O'Byrne coat of arms t-shirt and/or O'Byrne coat of arms iPod case.
- to get my iPod out of pawn and/or my baby (sword) out of pawn.
- probably something else. I don't know.

Any relation to Chief Miles O'Brien?

 

[Stephen Drake]

Is @Jason Byrne related to this guy?
http://www.amazon.com/Byrnes-Standard-Book-Pool-Billiards/dp/0156005549

I have most of them and they are great!

 

[Jason Byrne]

Any relation to Chief Miles O'Brien?

Yes, actually! He's my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson!
Or he should be, given a date of birth of 2328

Chip off the ol' block, really.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Is @Jason Byrne related to this guy?
http://www.amazon.com/Byrnes-Standard-Book-Pool-Billiards/dp/0156005549

I have most of them and they are great!

You know, I saw a guy reading this book once, and lost my sh*t. My grandfather was named Robert "Bob" Byrne. His father brought him over from Ireland as a baby and chucked him. So I'm only third-generation US. He still managed to marry the good Irish girl Mary-Alice Curry. Different Bob Byrne, though.

Hang on — there are pictures of them...

 

[Richard Sutton]

I would LOVE a coffee maker in my writing room. Cause, you know, it's a long walk downstairs to the kitchen. LOL!!

Carol, I'm working on a pump-driven drip system which would attach to the office chair and connect directly to the kitchen... more later.

 

[Carol Rose]

Carol, I'm working on a pump-driven drip system which would attach to the office chair and connect directly to the kitchen... more later.

*pumps fist in air* YES!!!!

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Carol, I'm working on a pump-driven drip system which would attach to the office chair and connect directly to the kitchen... more later.

Does it also connect to an IV you can insert into your arm???

 

[Richard Sutton]

It will have an approved Medical connection as well, for a vein port.

 

[KG Christopher]

I do like a pencil sharpener. When I get stuck, I often sharpen a pencil to distract myself. Needless to say, I do have lots of below average size pencils.

 

[Jennifer Stone]

I do like a pencil sharpener. When I get stuck, I often sharpen a pencil to distract myself. Needless to say, I do have lots of below average size pencils.

As a child in school, I used to hunt through the pencil box to find the ones that had been whittled away to stubs. They were my favourites

 

[KG Christopher]

As a child in school, I used to hunt through the pencil box to find the ones that had been whittled away to stubs. They were my favourites

That was always a 'girl' thing, my middle girl still does it, and she's 16! She looks for the pencil that's the size of a thumb nail.