$$ = $50 – $100
$$$ = $100 – $500
$$$$ = Pfff it’s only money
1. $ Gift Certificates – Not exactly techy, but easy.
2. $$ Portable Backup Storage – Encourage writers to backup their masterpieces with portable storage.
4. $$ Ergonomic Keyboard - Try it, they may like it and improve their health at the same time. (Keep the receipt just in case)
5. $$+ Digital Voice Recorder – Often times writers dream the stories they are writing and or their imaginations become alive just before they lie down to sleep. Having a voice recorder handy helps ensure they capture the thought-on-the-spot.
6. $$+ Update Writing Software - Find out if your writer gift recipient is using the latest version of their writing software or if they’ve been wanting to try something new.
7. $$$ Noise Cancellation Headphones - We like it quiet. If you opt for the over-the-ear kind, throw in a pack of earplugs. This combo helps drown out the most annoying cafe/airplane background noises.
* CNet Review of the best noise cancellation headphones
8. $$$ iPod - No explanation necessary.
9. $$$+ Extended Monitor – Expand a writer’s real estate. Once they start working with a 24" plus monitor they’ll wonder how they ever got along without one.
10. $$$ Netbook – Why? See article
11. $$$ eReader – Because you can never have too many books in hand.
12.$$$$ Laptop – Free a writer from the confines of their desk.
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I’ll take one of each!
You should do an article on the benefits of multiple monitors for writers. I totally agree with you that once you try it, you will wonder how you got along with just one monitor.