{"id":21670,"date":"2022-12-15T17:20:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T22:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/?p=21670"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:56:00","slug":"the-best-holiday-gifts-for-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2022\/12\/the-best-holiday-gifts-for-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Holiday Gifts for Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, the San Francisco Writer’s Conference published my blog post with some of the best holiday gifts for writers<\/a>, as suggested by colleagues, clients and friends. I loved their responses which shared the best gifts they’ve given or received and why it’s such a perfect present for a writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s Support BIWOC Businesses in Our Holiday Giving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After my post was published I served as a beta reader for an article by my colleague and former client Laurie Hunt<\/a> about “The Whitewash Dilemma” that focuses on the work for white women to do to uncover our biases when it comes to race, do our own inner work about our racism and also realize what white women can do to be allies with BIWOC (Black, Indigenous [and] Women of Color). As I read the article, I realized how I came up short in my recent post, and could have featured BIWOC businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, today’s post is an attempt to remedy that, be more of an ally to BIWOC owned businesses by featuring them (and purchasing from them). In addition, I include here suggestions of best holiday gifts for writers from a few colleagues whose responses I received after the original article was published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIWOC- and Diverse-Owned Businesses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BOOKSTORES!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here are some resources for purchasing gifts from BIWOC or diversely owned businesses:<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Here is a list of bookstores<\/a> owned by people from a variety of backgrounds–Black, Indigenous, Asian, from diversebooks.org which was updated last month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Here is a list of Black-owned independent bookstores<\/a> from Oprah Daily.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Duende District <\/a>makes “tiny bookstores for & by people of color\u2014 where all are welcome.” <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Red Planet Books and Comics<\/a> is the only Native comic shop in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    COACHING and SERVICES!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n