Shopping for Men

Thanks to Bonnie for all her help with recipes! She won a copy of Midnight Magic by Shari Anton and some Dove chocolates. Congratulations!

Men are impossible to shop for. This is when I wish I were the Goddess of Tools and knew what to order from a Tool catalog. Both my father and my husband enjoy building things, and they are always happy with gifts involving power tools. I think it’s the element of danger. You have the ability to cause major bodily damage, and if you survive the task, you have something to show for it.

But since the majorly cool power tools involve some serious digits in the banking department, I’m left staring at clamps. Maybe a wrench or two. I actually bought my husband a flashlight for his birthday that came on a tripod. It’s sort of a tool, honey! Really. :loser:

So I have GOT to figure out something cooler than a pair of jeans. But what? I feel like I’ve used up my Christmas shopping mojo. If you have any ideas that have worked for your husband/significant other, please send them my way. I’m all ears.

Off topic: The writing has been going well lately. I’m slowly starting to figure out my process. Basically, if the writing comes to a screeching halt, it’s because I am doing something wrong. If I sketch out my rough ideas for the scene ahead of time, it gives me a starting point and often it will take off from there. I don’t outline. I can’t figure out what’s going to happen through the course of an entire book, so I tend to write down 4 or 5 major turning points. Then when I write, I look at whichever turning point I’m heading for and figure out rough scene ideas. Tonight, it was cooking. I love days like today. My goal is to finish a rough draft of this book by March. That gives me a little bit of time for revising. I’m a heavy reviser.

Okay, but back to my dilemma. What are you buying for the men in your life this year?