Thinking with Sam Harrelson

Thinking with Sam Harrelson


ThinkingOutLoud 8: Reading Out of Writer’s Block

March 18, 2014

Elisabeth and Merianna talk about how reading in a genre can help authors get out of writer’s block. They also discuss that as an author, you have to be careful about reading too much in the genre so that you don’t sound too much like another writer. After which, they try to name their top three books, quite unsuccessfully.


Show Notes:


25 Books that Will Blow Your Mind


List Challenge (Just in case you’re wondering, Elisabeth got 43. Merianna scored 34.)


Elisabeth’s Top Three Books (always subject to change):

- Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game

- John Steinback’s Of Mice and Men

- Partricia McConnell’s For the Love of a Dog


Merianna’s Top Three Books (always subject to change):

- Margaret Atwood’s Handmaiden’s Tale

- Lois Lowry’s The Giver

- Cory Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom