Ten Gift Ideas for a Published Author (or Yourself!) This Holiday Season

Diane Hatz
5 min readNov 13, 2024

Celebrate yours or a friend’s writing career with fun gifts

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The holidays are fast approaching, which means it’s that time of the year: buying gifts for friends and family (and, most importantly, yourself!)

If you have a published author on your holiday list and would like to buy him/her something other than notebooks and pens, here are some suggestions from a fellow writer.

Though I would like to note, every writer I know always appreciates a new journal! Pens can be more tricky if they have a favorite kind (like I do).

I’m going to refer to gifts that you might give someone else, but remember, you can also treat yourself!

And before I jump into these gift ideas, do you want to know the best present to give an author, especially an indie author? Buy their book on Amazon and leave a review.

Unless you’ve published an indie book, you most likely won’t understand how much this means to a writer. The vast majority of books are sold on Amazon, and a review helps boost the book with the algorithm.

Having said that, some fun and perhaps quirky ideas include:

Personalized Christmas Ornament

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Diane Hatz
Diane Hatz

Written by Diane Hatz

Author. Organizer. Inner activist. Looking for answers one pen stroke, meditation, and road trip at a time. Rock Gods & Messy Monsters out now.

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