A 3-5 year old laptop with a wireless card.
Herbal teas.
Rooibos teas.
Guidance with regard to writing query letters.
Room & board, travel expenses and entry fees to a day the Mid Ohio racetrack.
Bulletin board for above my desk.
2-3 Moleskine or similar notebooks.
Large paper map of the eastern half of the Midwest.
A new desk chair. Mine is 12 years old and completely shot.
$40 to pay for Schrivener
Things to help keep SK occupied:
Educational and documentary videos.
Scotch tape.
A babysitter a couple mornings a week.
Craft foam.
Construction paper.
Colored paper clips.
Things that can be stuck into foam - golf tees, pins, etc. She likes building worlds this way!
Legos and Duplos.
If you hear anything about query letters, I'd love to read it, too. Those things scare me.
Posted by: Alan | 12 February 2012 at 07:14 AM
Will do.
Still sounds better than writing a book proposal, which is what those poor sots who write non-fiction have to do.
Posted by: Elephantschild | 12 February 2012 at 07:47 AM