Do you have a writer on your gift list? Here are a few simple ideas that may give him or her the inspiration to write the GAN in 2009.
    
   ●   A 2009 market guide. Depending on the type of writing they do, you
        can find market guides for poets, children’s writers, artists and
        illustrators, short and long fiction, or a guide that combines many
        writing types.
             http://www.fwbookstore.com/category/writers-digest
    
   ●   A gift certificate to an online writing course could be fun. Try
        Gotham Writers
             http://www.writingclasses.com or WOW
             http://www.writersonlineworkshops.com
    
   ●   How about a nifty lap desk or ergonomic chair. Levengers bills
        itself  as a reader’s catalog, but it has many things for writers.
             http://www.levenger.com
    
   ●   Of course, great books are always in demand. This is the time of
        year when anthologies are out—Great American Short Story; Great
        American Mystery Short Story; The Pushcart Prize; The O’Henry Prize.
        All are great collections of short stories that have appeared in the
        previous year’s publications.
             http://www.Amazon.com 
             http://www.barnesandnoble.com
    
   ●   But not all gifts cost money. Offer to run errands or make dinner for
        your writer. A basket of IOUs and a loaf of homemade bread can be
        the best gifts at any time of year.