Oh, if these gifts for writers were but possible — perhaps someday…

Writer’s Christmas List attributed to Debbie Ridpath Ohi at InkyGirl.com

Ten Holiday FANTASY Gifts for the Writer in Your Life by Lindsay Schopfer 

1. A cat video filter for her internet browser  

2. A “Cliff Notes” version of a book on the craft of writing

3. A word processor that auto-corrects telling instead of showing (Editor’s note: Why can’t magic wands be word processors, we are fantasizing after all.)

4. An instant-inspiration pill that is not harmful, habit-forming, or fattening

5. A mobile desk so she can pace and write at the same time (See gift item #9 below)

6. A voice-activated graphic design program that will take an infinite number of vocal commands to design the perfect book cover

7. A music app that syncs up the type of scene she’s writing with the appropriate mood music

8. Special glasses that can scan peoples’ brains and instantly know whether they’ll be interested in her book or not

9. An automated candy dispenser that will only release a piece of chocolate for each time she writes another 1,000 words (see Gift Item #5 above)

10. A keyboard that makes the writer typing feel like petting a dog (or a cat — editor’s note) 

What would you add to the Fantasy Gifts for Authors List?

Leave your reply in the comment section below along with the best way to contact you. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Many thanks to Lindsay Schopfer  (who is very qualified to write an article on fantasy gifts, as he is an acclaimed fantasy author and writing craft coach ) for sharing this blog post with the Chanticleer Reviews Community.

Lindsay Schopfer is the author of The Adventures of Keltin Moore, a series of steampunk-flavored fantasy novels about a professional monster hunter. He also wrote the sci-fi survivalist novel Lost Under Two Moons and the fantasy short story collection Magic, Mystery and Mirth. His short fiction has appeared in Merely This and Nothing More: Poe Goes Punk from Writerpunk Press and Unnatural Dragons from Clockwork Dragon.  

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