Writerly Christmas Haul 2015 – Eve Messenger
Ho, ho, ho! ‘Tis the season for displaying, flipping through, hooking up, playing with, and just all-round jump around with glee about our favorite “writerly” and “readerly” Christmas, Hannukah, and Kwanzaa gifts. Here were my favorites this year:
- Stephen King’s On Writing, the only craft book I wanted to own. I was so happy to find it under the tree.
- New speakers handcrafted from curly maple wood by my talented husband. Now I can listen to music in style.
- Bananagrams, a fun, fast-paced anagram/crossword game that I adore. Now I just have to find people brave enough to play me. . .
- A Barnes & Noble gift card (yessssss).
And. . . wait for it . . .
- A Kindle Paperwhite with graphics so similar to real paper that when I first opened it I kept trying to peel the label off. Except it wasn’t a label–it was the graphic that appears on the screen when it’s shut off, haha. I doubt I’ll ever fully give up the familiar, tactile joy of reading real books, but it’s great to have a close electronic equivalent plus all the conveniences of being able to read in any kind of light, access more books at lower prices, and contend with fewer stacks of read books.
Oh, and I can’t believe I almost forgot. I got a new printer! It’s exactly the kind of black-ink-only workhorse I wanted for printing manuscripts. We haven’t had a working printer in our home for so long, and then I went and broke my classroom computer by printing out too many novel manuscripts (sorry, boss).
Here he is: Brother HL-L2380DW. Isn’t he handsome?
Eve Messenger 
Wow! King’s On writing! Good for you:)
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Yay! Early in my writing “apprenticeship” I read several books on the writing craft, but On Writing is the one I keep hearing, have never read, and really wanted to own a copy. Have you read it?
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Yup, and it was awesome. Full of useful tips by my favorite author:)
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So Stephen King is your favorite author–I guess that’s not a surprise considering your blog is called World of Horror.” 🙂
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Awesome! Bananagrams is such a fun game 😀 I got a much-needed whiteboard for my writing office (looking forward to putting that baby to good use!) and oodles of sticky-notes, pens, and other assorted supplies. Ho ho ho indeed!
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Ah, that sounds like writing supplies heaven, Nate. What kinds of things do you think you’ll be writing on your whiteboard, plot diagrams, notes from your agents and publishers?
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Probably chapter-by-chapter outlines as well as random bits of brainstorming. Or drawings of food.
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It really would be handy to have an at-a-glance plot outline handy on the wall. I need to add a white board to wish list for next year. Then again, my birthday is coming in February…hmm.
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On Writing is awesome!
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That’s what EVERYBODY says. I feel so lucky to finally own a copy!
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What a great haul! I’m so excited for you that you got an e-reader, I adore mine, and I’m about to go on my first vacation with it, so I can take 30+ books with me without actually having to pack them…
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I LOVE traveling. Maybe I can enjoy your vacation vicariously. Where are we going?:D
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