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

In today's Amateur Hour, CC and I discuss the books that took us from childhood reading to adult fiction, and the impact they continue to have on us as adults.

We chat about sump pumps, our works in progress, and "From Tundra to Tiara," as well as our plans for the future.

Have a listen and check us out at www.carsonhume.com. TIA! LYL!

Twenty-two months since we started in isolation, and here is our 100th episode of the CC and JT Amateur Hour ("where production values go to die"). This episode coincides with the debut of "From Tundra to Tiara," so honestly, how could we not do this today?

Not all is sunshine as real life taught us a valuable lesson about perspective (trigger: COVID). We're also thankful that small businesses survive and thrive, like Hoffman Plumbing who helped us not have a flooded basement.

We chatted about our favorite episodes out of the 100, plus we learned something about Amazon Kindle fraud. Yes, it appears people are fraudulently downloading our books (sigh).

We are especially thankful to you, our steady and loyal listeners.

Have a listen, check us out at www.carsonhume.com, and be ready to listen to more fun from the CC and JT Amateur Hour. TIA! LYL!

Our 99th podcast, and we're almost done with another cycle of writing-editing-publishing a book with "From Tundra to Tiara" being released tomorrow, Monday, January 9. 

We talk at length about what we learned from our collaborative effort in writing a book, along with the challenges of contrasting writing styles and the English language itself.

We segue over to the biggest roadblock for independent writers: getting the word about our new book. Marketing is pushing that big rock up the mountain with no certainty that our efforts or money are producing good results (but we keep pushing).

We cite Sisyphus, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Wouk, and Billy Mack from "Love Actually" in this podcast (no spoilers). There's a range of characters for you.

This is a heck of an episode. Check us out on carsonhume.com and take care of you. TIA! LYL!

We started 2023 with a power and internet outage from a humungous storm that knocked out services for a hundred-plus square miles in Northern Nevada. We're finally back on line, so here is the delayed second chapter of your future favorite Netflix/Hallmark cozy romantic movie. 

The first two chapters of "From Tundra to Tiara" are posted on our website, so feel free to follow along.

It will be released in a week and it's still 99¢. Always free on Kindle Unlimited.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BMZG6S2Z

All that took up most of the podcast, aside from our best wishes to you for the upcoming new year.

Check us out on carsonhume.com and take care of you. TIA! LYL!

As promised, here we are, reading the first chapter of your future favorite Netflix/Hallmark cozy romantic movie. Well, we can hope, anyway. The first two chapters of "From Tundra to Tiara" are posted on our website, so feel free to follow along as we read.

We also chat about good and bad holiday movies, and we pick our favorite of the season: "A New York Christmas Wedding" on Netflix. And there's the usual talk about the holidays along with the hope and prayer that you're having the best season you can have.

Check us out on carsonhume.com and take care of you. TIA! LYL!

Ah, "the horror of the holidays are upon us," as my grandfather used to say. One common theme, no matter your culture or beliefs, are the strong emotions we feel during these days. CC and I remember two of our strongest Christmas memories, and we use them to illustrate how to transcribe those memories into prose.

There's the usual chat about the plans for our current works in progress, and there's the YouTube thing I'm doing. 

We also talk about our plans for our current book scheduled for release in January, not to mention the two chapters posted for you on our website.

Have a listen and let us know what you think. Our website is www.carsonhume.com

TIA! LYL!

PS: That's our first tree from forty years ago.

Jam-packed podcast where we talked about my completed space epic and how it differs from the three modern eponymous sci-fi adventures. Lots of talks about techno-babble and characters. If you're writing one, or considering writing one, here are some great ideas.

Also: Two free chapters from our latest release, "From Tundra to Tiara," hitting the shelves on January 9, 2023! Go to our website at www.carsonhume.com

Speaking of which, a reminder that FTTT is 99¢ until January 9, so preorder while it's cheap. And it's free on Kindle Unlimited, of course. Here you go! 

Thank you all for listening!

Our single brain is on display in this podcast because we wandered all over the writer's landscape today, starting with writing posture, segueing to mojo and frame of mind, and ending with a chat about writers spending money. We did learn that CC and I had different elementary school experiences. Have a listen!

Related: the podcast on Money got a lot of love this week, per the analytics. 

We're at the end of our first graphic arts class. Hope you enjoy the logo! 

We also did the usual update of our personal writing projects, so here's the usual reminder that we have a book coming out on January 9, 2023. Preorder it for 99¢ now for the price goes up on January 10, 2023. Here's the link.

You can learn all about us at our website: www.carsonhume.com

Have a great week, everyone!

Writing believable dialogue is one of the biggest challenges in prose because "dialogue is character," and characters are what drive our books. We discuss dialogue at length with examples from famous movies, and we provide ideas on how to improve your own written dialogue (spoiler: "listen").

We bring you up to speed on our own writing projects and the progress of our marketing plan for "From Tundra to Tiara." (Preorder now for 99¢ before the price jumps to $2.99.)

Learn more about us at www.carsonhume.com TIA! LYL!

(Charlie has nothing to do with the podcast. We think she's cute.)

A little bit longer post for this week's podcast.

Tomorrow starts the presale of our new book on Amazon. This week, we discuss kicking off our marketing campaign tomorrow (Monday, November 21) with all sorts of plans and incentives. We're doing the title reveal this week and the cover reveal next week. 

The biggest challenge will be navigating through the uncertainty of social media, which may disappear without warning. Here's our plans to push this book:

1. We will be offering free books from our Amazon libraries (CC and JT) sometime in the next few weeks.

2. The new book will be released on Monday, January 9. Between Monday, November 21 and the release date, you can preorder the book for 99¢. On Tuesday, January 10, the price of the book jumps to $2.99. Pre-order while it's cheap!

3. When you preorder the book, reach out to us via our contact page on our website or email ([email protected]) with your name and address. We'll send you a holiday slash thank you card with our picture and special message.

We will put together a mailing list someday, but if you have a WordPress account, you can get automatic updates from our blog posts.

We are doing all of this extra stress and anxiety to ourselves because we believe in our book and we believe in you. Thank you for playing along.

Our website is www.carsonhume.com

(PS: We're so wrapped up in our plan that I think we said Tuesday (Nov 22) is the title reveal. Nope. It's Monday (Nov 21). Sorry for any confusion.)