Writing and Publishing-Related
Workshops or Courses
A weekly course with Brian Henry. Details of
classes starting in January 2016 here.
A consult with Brian … here.
(And if no one buys any of these, I`m going to starve come the new year.)
Stocking Stuffers
A gift bag of coffee or tea and snack foods, because
writers have long thought that caffeine and sugar are their best friends.
Healthy snacks, because it’s not true that sugar is
your bff.
A Christmas classic: A Christmas Carol by Dickens,
Christmas at Thomspon Hall by Trollope, The Night Before Christmas by Gogol, The Nutcracker by Hoffman … here
A gift certificate to Tim Horton’s, because a
comfortable café is often the best place to write.
Fingerless
gloves (type and have warm fingers)
Reading is Sexy button … here
AquaNotes waterproof notepads (for
shower ideas—yes, these really work!)
Pens
A stamp with a happy face for critiquing your
fellow writers
Creativity games and helpers
Bananagrams anagram game …
here
Scrabble Magnetic Refrigerator Tiles … here
The Writer's Toolbox: Creative Games and Exercises for Inspiring the
'Write' Side of Your Brain ... here
For Writers Who Outline
Index cards
Notebooks
Corkboard & pushpins
Whiteboard with dry erase markers and eraser
Technology Helpers
Dragon Naturally Speaking (options at
Amazon) for voice recognition-driven writing
Typing program (learn to type faster!)
Wireless/ergonomic keyboard or mouse
Virtual keyboard for
mobile use
Big Ticket Items
New computer
Bigger computer monitor
eReader or eTablet (Kindle/Kindle
Fire, iPad, Android tablet, etc.)
Ergonomic desk chair
Cover design or editing costs for self-published
authors
Writing Craft and Publishing-Related
Books
The Art of Fiction, John Gardner
The Art of War for Writers,
James Scott Bell
The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron
Bird by Bird: some instructions on
writing and life, by Anne Lamott.
Conflict, Action and Suspense, William Noble
The Elements of Style, William Strunk and E.B. White
The Fiction Editor, Thomas McCormak
How Stories Work, James
Woods
On Writing: a memoir of the craft, Stephen King
Spunk and Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold Contemporary
Style, Arthur Plotnik
Writing
Down the Bones, Natlie
Goldberg
The Thesaurus books by Angela Ackerman and Becca
Puglisi (The Emotion
Thesaurus, The Positive
Trait Thesaurus, and The Negative
Trait Thesaurus)
Save the Cat by
Blake Snyder
Rivet Your Reader with Deep Point of View by Jill Elizabeth Nelson
The Power of
Point of View by Alicia Rasley
Miscellaneous Suggestions
Comfort clothes (robe and fuzzy slippers, sweat
pants, but be careful; you may never change out of them. See here!)
Gift basket full of writing-related ideas (pens,
notebooks, special beverage and glass, inspirational items or quotes, etc.)
Gift cards for books
Gift cards for office supply stores
Fun reader/writer-type gifts (“Careful, or you’ll end up in my
novel” mug,“gifts for
writers,” The Literary Gift Company,
etc.)
Subscription to music source (Pandora, Spotify, Grooveshark, etc.)
Lithographs: Shirts and totes printed with images
and the text of your favourite novels. Tattoos available, too … here.
Out of Print Tee’s: T-shirts, tote bags, iphone
cases – all sorts of things, decorated with your favourite book covers (here).
Premium level of online service (Dropbox for automatic backups, Amazon Prime for free
shipping/lending library, etc.)
Entry fee for a writing contest
Massage gift certificates, a back or foot massager
A head scratcher!
Writing time (anything from babysitting to a
writers’ retreat to a housecleaning service)
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~ Brian
See Brian Henry’s schedule here, including
writing workshops and creative writing courses in Barrie, Brampton, Bolton, Burlington, Caledon, Cambridge,
Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Midland,
Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara on the Lake, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa,
Peterborough, St. Catharines, Stouffville, Sudbury, Toronto, Halton,
Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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