Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT Hume Amateur Hour
Cassidy Carson and JT Hume
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Our mission here at the "CC & JT Amateur Hour" is to "help writers write," and part of our madness is to publicly examine our creative motivations. In this episode, we dive into why we write and don't write about graphic sex.
This is not then general, ten-thousand-foot view that we've done in previous episodes. We talk about our motivations, challenges, and prejudices about our characters having sex in our books. We go deep and, as always, CC and I learn something new about each other, even after 40+ years of intimate monogamy.
We ask our fellows writers to chime in on the subject: how far do your character go, and why or why not do you go there? Add your comments below.
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We send our thanks to Mr. Bill Brown for organizing the writers event at the Reno Public Market on Saturday, December 6. We had a lot of fun and managed to sell books. Win-win!
If you want to us catch in person:
Saturday, December 13: Nevada State Museum in Carson City.
Sunday, December 14: Sierra Arts Foundation, Riverside Gallery, in Reno.
CC is writing the sequels to her successful #PassionRestored novel with hopes of both books being released in 2026. The prequels to the “Serving Salvation” series that encompasses three novellas are being edited. Target release date: Valentines Day 2026. (Related: Finding Salvation Part One placed as a finalist in the Nov categories in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards.)
We dropped the price of these e-books to 99¢ on Amazon, Apple, B&N, Google, and Kobo:
A Sheriff in Nevada
Finding Salvation Part One
From Tundra to Tiara
Hope Knocks Twice
Love and Death on I-80 West
#Passionrestored
Serving Salvation Book One
The links to these magnificent works of literary art can be found on our Books page. This price change applies to the e-books only. If you’d like an autographed paperback, check out our online bookstore.
Enjoy our podcast and, as always, thank you for your support.
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Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers and publishers and are the co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.”
Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.
Our Website: www.carsonhume.com
Who We are: https://carsonhume.com/about/
Our Books: https://carsonhume.com/books-2/
Our bookstore: https://carsonhume.square.site/
Our Business: https://twomoorebooks.com/
For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: Spotify, Apple, Pocket Casts, and Radio Public.
Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.
Happy holidays to all who engage in joy and frivolity at this time of year which, considering the number of celebrations there are, means everyone.
We're back from West Sacramento after Thanksgiving with the relations, something we're always happy to do. Added bonus: the trip gave us the topic of this week's podcast: getting outside of our comfort zones.
Writers are very much creatures of habits, so sometimes our complacency needs a kick in the pants. For us, that meant two nights in the Embassy Suites where they wait on you hand and foot. We're so used to taking care of ourselves at hotels, so to have someone park our car and carry our luggage was surreal.
But busting out of comfort zones gives writers material for their books and maybe, just maybe, fresh energy for their manuscript. Check out our discussion.
If you want to us catch in person:
Saturday, December 6: Reno Public Market in central Reno.
Saturday, December 13: Nevada State Museum in Carson City.
Sunday, December 14: Sierra Arts Foundation, Riverside Gallery, in Reno.
CC is writing the sequels to her successful #PassionRestored novel with hopes of both books being released in 2026. The prequels to the "Serving Salvation" series that encompasses three novellas are being edited. Target release date: Valentines Day 2026. (Related: Finding Salvation Part One placed as a finalist in the Nov categories in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards.)
We dropped the price of these e-books to 99¢ on Amazon, Apple, B&N, Google, and Kobo:
A Sheriff in Nevada
Finding Salvation Part One
From Tundra to Tiara
Hope Knocks Twice
Love and Death on I-80 West
#Passionrestored
Serving Salvation Book One
The links to these magnificent works of literary art (😉) can be found on our Books page. This price change applies to the e-books only. If you’d like an autographed paperback, check out our online bookstore.
Enjoy our podcast and, as always, thank you for your support.
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Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers and publishers and are the co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.”
Two of our books were "Finalists" in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We also support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.
Our Website: www.carsonhume.com
Who We are: https://carsonhume.com/about/
Our Books: https://carsonhume.com/books-2/
Our bookstore: https://carsonhume.square.site/
Our Business: https://twomoorebooks.com/
For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: Spotify, Apple, Pocket Casts, and Radio Public.
Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.
“The CC & JT Amateur Hour” welcomes children book authors and IT wizards Lingarasu Kittusamy and Darani Kettimuthu to the podcast. They are using innovative technologies, their own artistic expertise, and feedback from their family to bring new books to the public.
Our conversation with Lingarasu and Darani explores the journey of creating children's books, emphasizing the importance of starting with personal experiences and gradually expanding to a broader audience. They shared their insights on focusing on family engagement before reaching out to the public, highlighting the success of initial efforts with their own child and friends.
This is both an interesting and fantastic interview with insights on developing and publishing books for children. Please check it out.
You can find their extensive inventory on Amazon.
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Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers and publishers and are the co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our growing book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded over 230 episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.”
Two of our books were "Finalists" in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We also support “The Nevada Author Network” with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.
Our Website: www.carsonhume.com
Who We are: https://carsonhume.com/about/
Our Books: https://carsonhume.com/books-2/
Our bookstore: https://carsonhume.square.site/
Our Business: https://twomoorebooks.com/
For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: Spotify, Apple, Pocket Casts, and Radio Public.
Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.
On the Nevada Author Network, Nikolai Wisekal discusses the critical decision authors face between writing for creativity and pursuing publishing. He notes publishing is basically a professional promise between a business and a reader, bringing with it their expectations and demands. Creativity, on the other hand, is literary art for the author, allowing the writer to have total freedom over cover art, the manuscript, and associated work products such as blurbs.
Nikolai also spends time on the business of releasing chapters via a membership service such as Patreon and the now defunct Amazon Vella. He outlines why releasing chapters one at a time to subscribers can be a challenge, especially to readers who are used to having the entire book in their hands.
The podcast closes with an in-depth discussion on how writers can be successful at book signings. Nikolai wrote the attached guide from his own experiences (PDF).
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You can find Nikolai at his website https://nikolaiwisekal.com/
He is on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nwisekal
His Patreon site is https://www.patreon.com/NikolaiWisekal
Chapters of "Scales and Pages" are available as an audio experience on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHFiLw8VXO9ahB1hhbtB1NBxeMDHPHvNE
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Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our growing book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast mission for “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” is to “help writers write.” We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We also support “The Nevada Author Network” with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.
Our Website: www.carsonhume.com
Who We are: https://carsonhume.com/about/
Our Books: https://carsonhume.com/books-2/
Our bookstore: https://carsonhume.square.site/
Our Business: https://twomoorebooks.com/
For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: Spotify, Apple, Pocket Casts, and Radio Public.
Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.
Before we dive into the meat of the podcast, we completely forgot to mention that Zoey and Finding Salvation Part One placed as finalists in their respective categories in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. To say this recognition is an honor is an understatement. We send our sincerest thanks to our creation team of our fabulous Beta readers, Teri Case and Red Adept Editing. Thank you to everyone who was involved.
While we were doing a book signing at Comma Coffee this week, I found that A Sheriff in Nevada received a 1-star written review from a local reader. I like 1-star reviews because it tells potential readers that someone who doesn't know the writer read the book. This particular review gave CC and me a chance to talk about reviews in general. Spoiler: yeah, I pushed back a little.
We dropped the price of these e-books to 99¢ on Amazon, Apple, B&N, Google, and Kobo:
A Sheriff in Nevada
Finding Salvation Part One
From Tundra to Tiara
Hope Knocks Twice
Love and Death on I-80 West
#Passionrestored
Serving Salvation Book One
The links to these magnificent works of literary art (😉) can be found on our Books page. This price change applies to the e-books only. If you’d like an autographed paperback, check out our online bookstore.
If you want to meet up with us, we'll be at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City for their holiday fest on Saturday, December 13, and the Sierra Arts Foundation in Reno on Sunday, December 14. We're working on a possible third December date, too. More details to come.
If you are a member of the Sierra Arts Foundation and have books in their bookstores, we invite you to join us on the Nevada Author Network. If you are a writer looking to publicize your books on an award-winning podcast with tens of followers, reach out to us through our Contact page.
Enjoy our podcast and, as always, thank you for your support.
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Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our growing book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast mission for “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” is to “help writers write.” We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We also support “The Nevada Author Network” with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.
Our Website: www.carsonhume.com
Who We are: https://carsonhume.com/about/
Our Books: https://carsonhume.com/books-2/
Our bookstore: https://carsonhume.square.site/
Our Business: https://twomoorebooks.com/
Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.