The biggest shopping weekend is halfway over already, but don't worry -- there are tons of great gifts out there for the writers in your life. We've compiled a shopping guide with creative and easy gifts to get you started. (And don't forget local bookstores small and independent presses when you're working through your holiday list.)

In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, students at Carnegie Mellon put together a few recipes from books, including Alice's "Eat-me" cookies, Anne of Green Gable's plum puffs, and Harry Potter's violet pudding. It got me thinking about the literary foods that have stayed with me: the horehound candy and pulled taffy in the Little House books and the roasted potatoes -- cooked in a tin can -- in Ruth Sawyer's Roller Skates. From slightly later, I remember apple pie with vanilla ice cream in On the Road and ice-cold wine chilled by a stream in The Sun Also Rises. Anyone else's mouth watering yet? What's your favorite literary food? (If you're stumped, Literary Food Porn is one place to start.)

After months of anticipation, New Moon opened at 12:01 last night to sold-out theaters across the nation, and is projected to bring in $85 to $100 million this weekend. Are you one of the fans who've already seen the movie? How did it measure up to the book, and to the Twilight film? Let us know.

Photo: Stephenie Meyer at the New Moon premiere earlier this week.

We're over halfway done with NaNoWriMo and I'm curious about what's been happening in other parts of the country this month. What events have you hosted or attended? And how's your month going, generally? (I'm woefully behind, but hope to catch up over Thanksgiving.) Tell us about your write-in.

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