8 Gifts for Writers You Love

From $0 to $1,000, a gift for every budget

ML Sadler
5 min readNov 29, 2020
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We can be lousy gift-givers. Oh, maybe not you. But you know that others are because you have received some of the bad gifts — or no gifts — from friends and family. Let’s fix that this year.

If you have a writer in your life, you can get your holiday shopping done today. Whether you have no money to spend or are ready to put a dent in your credit limit, these gifts will tell your writer that you think highly of them.

Gift #1: ApePal Writing Desk ($80)

Great writers have discipline and consistency, and part of that is when and where they write every day. While it is possible to write while sitting on the couch or lying in bed, sitting at a desk is more effective. It says, “It’s time to work.” One of my favorite writing desks is a simple $80 desk by ApePal you can pick up through Amazon. It’s small-sized but it can become the jobsite for your writer to show up to every day.

Gift #2: Leuchtturm1917 Dotted Notebook ($20)

Every writer needs a place to write down ideas or to sketch out the flow of an article or a book. I love these notebooks because they are sturdy, the paper is a bit heavy and I prefer dots over lines or plain pages. Dots hint at…

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ML Sadler

New York City-based Writer, Novelist, Builder and Business Leader