Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT Hume Amateur Hour

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For Episode 220 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we were busy and we are tired.

We started the week on Sunday, April 13 with the book signing at the Nevada State Museum. We got to meet new friends and sell them our books. We got to chat with our fellow independent writers. We got to enjoy a beautiful spring day in a place that has so many memories for us. A great day.

During the week, we organized the release of Serving Salvation Book Two, the next book in the Salvation series. We’re put the manuscript and cover on some of the platforms, and we put the manuscript on Book Sirens. (Please let us know if you want to be an ARC reader.) We’ll be doing a cover reveal soon, along with the pre-sale.

Also this week, we learned that the Las Vegas Clark County Library System purchased our book catalogue. They are making our ebooks available for checkout. This is the second public library in Nevada to purchase our catalog, and it’s the largest system in the state. If you are a patron of the Churchill County Library or the Clark County Library, please enjoy our ebooks through your Libby app for free!

On Saturday, we recorded the first six podcasts for the Nevada Authors Network (NAN) at the Sierra Arts Foundation (SAF) Deport Art Gallery and Bookstore in Sparks. It was an absolute joy to talk about writing one-on-one with our colleagues, all of whom are very articulate and passionate about their books. You are our people. We will begin releasing the NAN podcasts and videos beginning on Wednesday, May 7, and our first guest will be Tia Flores, SAF program director. Tune in!

We’re getting ready for Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 26, because we have an independent bookstore. We are joining One More Chapter in their grand opening on the same day, along with many of our author colleagues, and doing a book signing. If you’re in the area, stop by the Old Post Office next to the Pioneer Center in downtown Reno on Saturday, April 26 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. You’ll get to meet us and a bunch of excellent writers as we support Independent Bookstores.

You’ll hear in the podcast that we believe in the Arts. We may have gotten carried away, but it’s all good. You’ll see. 

Check us out and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!

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For Episode 219 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we believe in you, the independent writer.

As we enter the final prep for our book signing at the Nevada State Museum, we’re giving you (and us) a pep talk.

When we started this full-time writing gig a year ago, we knew we’d be riding a roller coaster of feelings, expectations, and disappointment. But golly, what a ride, especially in the last six months. The economy has not been our friend, and we’ve had to scale back plans and dreams accordingly.

Not scaled back: our belief in our colleagues and ourselves. April is Independent Writers Month, and more than ever, we need to pull together and lift each other up. This is one reason why we are partnering with the Sierra Arts Foundation. We hope to give indy writers another marketing platform to talk about themselves and their works.

Streets and buildings make a town, but it’s creative art that makes it a community, and writers are artists. Keep writing and keep believing in yourself. If you need strength, we’re happy to share some of ours. You got this!

Reminders:

-We will be at the Nevada State Museum on Sunday, April 13 for a book signing. Please join us!

-We will be recording a second podcast for the Nevada Authors Network on April 19 for release in May.

-Prices are slashed on bookstore. Go through our website to get there.

-We have more books coming out this year. 

Check us out and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!

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/⁠

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple⁠ ⁠Pocket Casts⁠ ⁠Radio Public⁠

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For Episode 218 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we’re all about baseball, and frankly, I’m surprised we don’t talk more about baseball on our little writers podcast.

We went to Game 3 of the Athletics home opener in West Sacramento, and we joined a few thousand of our close friends as they took on our Chicago Cubs. It was a three-day celebration of Rickey Henderson, the Man of Steal, whose accomplishments and personality transcended the sport. So much love for the Rickey!

We have been true-blue Cubs fans since the 1980s. We talk about our own Northside experiences and our time in Sutter Health Field.

It wasn’t all baseball. We spent time with family and we visited the Capital Books in downtown Sacramento. We had fun talking about writing with folks who don’t write (authors will get this).

Important announcements:

-We will be at the Nevada State Museum on Sunday, April 13 for a book signing. Please join us!

-We will be recording a second podcast for the Nevada Authors Network on April 19 for release in May.

-Prices are slashed on bookstore. Go through our website to get there.

-Updates on works in progress that are coming out this year. 

Check us out and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!

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/⁠

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple⁠ ⁠Pocket Casts⁠ ⁠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.

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In Episode 217 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we’re wrapping up March 2025, and we find that we had a “slow” month.

We do our monthly wrap-up and learn that March 2025 didn’t have a lot of bells and whistles like previous months. It’s not to say it wasn’t exciting, but it was busy.

Significantly, we used the time to prepare for our upcoming events:

-On April 13, we’re doing a book signing at the Nevada State Museum.

-Later in April, we start recording podcast of the Nevada Authors Network (NAN) in partnership with the Sierra Arts Foundation.

-In June, we’re doing another book signing, this time at the Reno Barnes and Noble on South Virginia Street.

Part of the prep was a small road trip to Sparks, Nevada to visit the SAF Depot Gallery and Bookstore, pictured above. We’ll be doing our NAN podcasts there. We also visited the Sparks Heritage Museum in Victoria Square, and we saw pictures and exhibits that reminded us of the good ol days. Both are worthy places to visit, along with all of Victorian Square.

We chatted about editing and writing, of course, and we outlined our upcoming releases (these dates are not set in stone):

-May 2025: Serving Salvation Book 2.

-June 2025: Virginia City Romance (Restless Spirits Book 1).

-July 2025: Serving Salvation Book 3.

-September 2025: Restless Spirits Book 2.

-October 2025: A Sheriff in Nevada Book 3.

Finally, we celebrated CC’s first year of retirement, and what a year it was, too. Please check out our podcast and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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/⁠

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple⁠ ⁠Pocket Casts⁠ ⁠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.

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In Episode 216 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we can’t get away from our brains.

Intellectually, we knew being full-time writers and running a business was an around-the-clock experience, but now that we’re immersed, the reality of a 24/7 existence has set in.

When we’re not writing, we’re thinking about our business. When we’re not doing business things, CC and I talking about our marketing and expanding (or talking about writing). 

In the podcast, we chat about this “new” life, and we try to come up with ideas on how to escape from ourselves. More importantly, we ask for your ideas.

We’re happy to announce two signing events where local folks have a chance to meet us in public: one in April and one in July.

Another big announcement: we slashed prices in our book store! The prices are comparable to some platforms and better than others. Please check out our bookstore and buy, buy, buy.

Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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/⁠

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple⁠ ⁠Pocket Casts⁠ ⁠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.

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In Episode 215 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠, it’s the economy, silly.

Every independent writer is a business to some degree, and all of us make tough decisions about how we spend our money. CC and I had dreams above traveling and doing book signings and stuff, but the current economy is not kind to indy writers. There are the Amazon and billionaire boycotts, not to mention how everyone has to do an extra budgeting just to buy eggs.

We use this space to talk about those challenges and what we’re doing to mitigate them, starting with our online bookstore and being careful on choosing events.

With these challenges, why do we do what we do? Because we love writing and we love meeting people who want to talk about writing.

Also mentioned: current editing/writing status, upcoming releases, kindness, and the importance of St. Patrick’s Day.

Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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/⁠

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple⁠ ⁠Pocket Casts⁠ ⁠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.

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In Episode 214 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠, we had another great week with a lot of different moving parts:

You can now find our books on the shelves at Thistle and Nightshade, a wonder little bookstore in Reno, Nevada. Our sincere appreciation to Alyx (pictured) and Rhiannon for adding us to their expansive and varied inventory. You can find Thistle and Nightside in northwest Reno off Mae Anne Avenue. Definitely worth your time!

We announced at the last meeting of the Sierra Arts Literary Community that we are offering our podcast and video services to writers. We're partnering with the Sierra Arts Foundation (SAF) to release a weekly podcast and video featuring a Sierra Nevada writer and their upcoming book. We know from our experience that marketing is a steep climb for independent writers, so we’re hoping our efforts with writers and the SAF will elevate the visibility of Northern Nevada’s excellent writers. We hope to start in May.

Happy birthday to CC’s Dad and Happy Employee Appreciate Day (Friday), and a special hello to International Women’s Day. CC joined 44 other powerful women gathered on the Women’s Podcasting Network to discuss their individual podcasts and respective businesses. CC learned a lot about how women around the road are making a difference in the world (like her!).

We participated in the Smashwords “25% off ebook sale” (our books always seem to be on sale), and we began the registration process for this year’s Carson Farmers Market. And somehow we managed to advance our writing projects. CC is still untying the Gordian knot that is her VC Ghost romance, and I passed 40K words on the third book of the “Sheriff in Nevada” series.

We rejiggered our production schedule because the CFO for Two Moore Books, LLC (who is me) got grouchy about business expenditures. The upside for you, our fans, is our book release schedule extends into 2026 now.

Whew.

We managed to get to the main topic of today’s podcast: reviews, reviews, reviews. They’re almost as important as the books, and they are essential to a writer’s success, whether they are mainstream or independent writers. We talked about the impact and necessity of reviews, and we outlined the two Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) websites we checked out: Book Sirens and Net Galley. We also begged our readers to leave reviews because feedback makes us better human beings and better writers.

Is that all? Is that enough? (Grin) I think so.

One last thing: please buy direct from us and help support the arts (and a couple of starving writers :))

Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!

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/⁠

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple⁠ ⁠Pocket Casts⁠ ⁠Radio Public⁠

Know a writer or someone who wants to be a writer? Then forward this post to them and invite them to listen to our writers podcast. Thank you!

In Episode 213 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠, we wrap up February 2025. A lot of things happened in our little creative corner of the literary world.

Incomplete list:

• ZOEY: the release, the reviews, and the sales.
• Related: we talked about the importance of writers having a media package.
• We have a new local partner for some of our physical books.
• CC is celebrating International Women’s Day with the Women in Podcasting Network.
• We permanently dropped the cost of two books on our online bookstore.
• “The Tucci Chronicles” are still on sale.
• Our e-books and paperbacks can be found on thirteen new distributors via Draft2Digital.
• Related: One of them, Smashwords, is having e-book sale (25% off). Woo!
• Our currents works in progress.

February was a full month and the rest of 2025 looks exactly the same. Sit down, buckle up, and have fun!

And remember: please buy direct from us and help support the arts (and a couple of starving writers :))

Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!

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/⁠

Book Designs: ⁠https://twomoorebooks.com/two-moore-designs/⁠

(Book designs are free for now)

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple⁠ ⁠Pocket Casts⁠ ⁠Radio Public⁠

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In Episode 212 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠, we talk about Draft2Digital and how we’re using it to expand our books to libraries and book sellers around the world. I was also publicly embarrassed about three of my books.

[Important: Two Moore Books, LLC is not compensated by vendors when we discuss their products and websites. We are discussing our interactions and experiences. Your mileage may vary.]

CC discovered Draft2Digital which “distribute[s] ebook and paperback books to all the major retailers online, plus hundreds of storefronts worldwide.” We’re using it to get our inventory onto more book websites and, most importantly, into all flavors of libraries. We talk about the creation process, as well as the profit margins and lessons learned. We are definitely excited to see our books all over the world.

[Spoiler: E-books were super easy if you already have the materials and blurbs on hand.]

Understandably, most library sites will not accept NSFW novels like “The Tucci Chronicles,” which is very graphic. It’s a compilation of two books: “Love & Death on I-80 West” and “Starting Over in Las Vegas.” If you watch our YouTube, you’ll see me turn very red when I talk about these books.

We have a bunch of “Tucci” paperbacks in our inventory, so we’re doing a sale: “The Tucci Chronicles” is available on our website for $20.

CC discussed Milanote and how she is using it to organize her ongoing efforts with her VC Ghost manuscript.

ZOEY is still on sale for 99¢ and will be released soon.

Here’s our online bookstore. Autographed author copies, folks!

All this and more! Have a listen and let us know. TIA LYL!

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/⁠

Book Designs: ⁠https://twomoorebooks.com/two-moore-designs/⁠

(Book designs are free for now)

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠Pocket Casts⁠⁠Radio Public⁠

Know a writer or someone who wants to be a writer? Then forward this post to them and invite them to listen to our writers podcast. Thank you!

In Episode 211 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠, we salute Wham! and the fortieth anniversary of their mega-hit Careless Whisper. Where has the time gone?

Aside from George and Andrew, the main topic is inserting real life (RL) characters and events in your books. As writers, the temptation is strong to include someone from RL into our books because they may be very interesting or very frustrating. CC and I outline both the good and not-so-good reasons for using the people you know in your books. We also touch on using popular culture references (hello, Backstreet Boys!).

Also: holding a business retreat at the very top of the wheel at Harveys; a tease about a new physical outlet for our books; ZOEY is still on sale for 99¢ and will be released soon.

Advanced reader copies of ZOEY are available on Book Sirens.

Here’s the story about the bomb and explosion at Harveys in 1980.

Here is CC’s YouTube channel that she mentioned.

And here’s our online bookstore. Autographed author copies, folks!

All this and more! Have a listen and let us know. TIA LYL!

Our website is ⁠www.carsonhume.com⁠

Who We are: ⁠https://carsonhume.com/about/⁠

Our Books: ⁠https://carsonhume.com/books-2/⁠

Our Business: ⁠https://twomoorebooks.com/⁠

Book Designs: ⁠https://twomoorebooks.com/two-moore-designs/⁠

(Book designs are free for now)

⁠please buy us coffee!⁠

For those who listen on the way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠Pocket Casts⁠⁠Radio Public⁠