writer gifts

A version of this story appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * It’s easy to nod along to the narrative that 2020 is a raging dumpster fire, the worst year ever—what with the pandemic and the near-daily googling of “Do I have Covid or is this always what my throat feels like?” See also: the wildfires in California and Australia. Social unrest. Racial tensions. Divisive US election. The Beirut explosion. International conflicts. Locusts. Genocide. The existential freight of it all feels like we’re wearing a snowsuit stuffed with sawdust. And we’re pedaling a bike. And the bike is under water. Which is why it’s so weird to think about holiday gifting right now. Or is it? Because if there’s anything we need to close out 2020 (and stay out!), it’s the […]