When you’re getting presents for everyone else on your shopping list this holiday, don’t forget to get yourself something too. Preferably it’ll be something to help you be smarter and more productive in your writing business but that is also cute and fun to use.

Smart phones like the Sprint HTC Touch Pro (pictured) and thin notebooks out right now are the very definition of smart and cute. Personally, I’d love a smart phone but I haven’t decided whether to wait until my current cell phone contract expires next summer or bite the bullet or upgrade sooner.

If you’re considering making some purchases this holiday season – or before Dec. 31 so you can take it as a tax deduction in 2008 – read what electronic gadgets other self-employed small business owners are treating themselves to in this gadget gift guide that I wrote for Inc.’s technology Website, IncTechnology.com.

Think of it this way, you’ll be helping yourself and the economy too.