I hope there are lots of people out there who are thinking: Let's see, my son/daughter/sister/brother/friend
is a writer. In light of that, what would a good
Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Druid gift be?
Besides the obvious (a copy of You've Got a Book in You; a new pen), the best gift you can give a
writer is time. Yeah, baby! Of course time cannot be given any more than health
can, but opportunity for uninterrupted time devoted to a single task can be. How
about an hour a day of quiet time with no resentment attached? Or a couple of
days—better still, a week—at a motel in another town where intense work could
get done? Or a course in time management.
I've always dreamed of getting passage on a transoceanic
freighter where I could get the better part of a book done. In the middle of
the Pacific, you can't hear your cell phone…. And there are no excuses.
If you give the gift of time to a writer, watch their
reaction. Unbridled joy? Dread? If it's dread, so much the more reason for
having given the gift.
Come to think of it, time is a gift that reveals more about
the recipient than the giver, isn't it?
May your holiday season be filled with good cheer, love, and
plenty of ink.
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