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

Episode 165: At some point, writers will be asked to explain their books, so CC and I do a little on-air practicing with her interviewing me. The main questions: How do I write strong female characters? Where do I get my ideas? First book I remember reading? What is my daily writing process and where is my favorite place to write? What would I tell non-writers about writing? Being interviewed is a...

We’re back from our first trip as a retired couple, and we use the podcast to talk about travel as a metaphor for change, maturity, and aging. Often, we’re made uncomfortable by traveling to familiar places only to find they’ve changed a lot. That happens when you get to a certain age. We also discuss some big plans and announce our next adventure which is codenamed “The BAT.” Have a listen and ch...

The big day came and CC is retired. Woo! Raise the Roof! Understandably, today’s podcast is about what happened during CC’s week, her feelings, and our next great adventure. Spoilers: traveling and writing books. Have a listen and check us out at www.carsonhume.com . TIA LYL!

I feel Episode 162 should have gigantic Trigger Warning: “Religion is mentioned.” We wade into the minefield as we discuss the influence of religion on how we were raised, how that upbringing influences our writing, and how we as writers choose whether or not to include organized religion in our books. It’s a complicated subject and I don’t know if we did it justice. We may do a Part Two next week...

We could say Episode 161 is an exercise in applying strong memories to the craft of writing. After all, “we write what we know.” In reality, it’s an excuse for CC and me to reminisce about our strongest memories from our trips to Ireland. That’s what we people of a certain age like to do. Discussed: Blarney Castle, Ross Castle, Christchurch, Dublin tourism, the color green, and a rabbit. Check out...

Episode 160 is another hodgepodge of writing updates, opinions and predictions.  The key center answers the question, “If your life had a book title, what would it be?” You will be surprised to learn that people married for 40+ years came up with the same answer. Shocking! We also discuss the Cubs, Cinema Therapy, current projects, the time change, retirement, routines, and our furniture. Have a l...

Episode 159 is a deep dive into our editing process. The first draft of my three-book Space Epic is done, and the Author (me) and Editor-in Chief (CC) of Two Moore Books describe the editing process.  Have a listen and enjoy! TIA! LYL! www.carsonhume.com

Episode 158 Our “word of the day” podcast theme continues with one of CC’s favorites: “ennui.” Everybody deals with it at sometime in their lives, but creative artists seem to wrestle with ennui like Heracles beating down Antaeus (google it, kids). We talk about our own struggles and come up with some hopefully helpful ideas. We do a shout out to our family and all families who are struggling with...

Episode 157: There are writers who can stay in their lane, and there are writers who jump from murder thrillers to space epics. The surest path to success for independent writers seems to be write and publish “predictable” books, so why can’t every author stick to this tried and true formula?  We naturally use Uncle Steve, Aunt Barbara, and John Grisham as examples. Have a listen and check us out...

It’s Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s Day week. For episode 156, we finally give in and hopelessly (or hopefully) pander for clicks by diving head first into the Taylor-Travis romance of the century (we obviously have no self respect). But we do things a little different here. We debate on the plausibility of their relationship, and how as writers, if we would go there and create a story like the...

Episode 155 is one of Life’s Big Changes hitting home here at Two Moore Books. We’re talking graduation, marriage, children, and buying a house level of change. We’re both excited and feeling a deep sense of dread, but we’re also anxious to get going. The funny part of this story is how the hiring practices of the State of Nevada played an important role. Have a listen and check us out on www.cars...

Episode 154 is about the passion in writing a romance book…or writing romance in your book. What's the difference? We discuss how we were "programmed" from an early age and by society to write our respective flavors of romantic novels. We spoil " Romancing the Stone ," " The Lost City ," and the Marvel Universe movies. Also: short business updates and the saga of...

The podcast/broadcast is back after a one week hiatus due to technical issues (now resolved), and we have a funny bookselling story. Not only did it make us laugh, but it confirmed that we are book nerds. We touched on one of the world's most solitary professions that sits squarely in the public eye, and we ask you (the indy writer) about running a business. At what point do you go from being...

Episode 152 is a bonus podcast from the Dungeon of Doom studio where we briefly (for us) discuss the challenges of success. Since our expansion across e-pub sites. one of our series is seeing financial success, which begs for a sequel: -Good news: Kind of working on that third book. -Bad news: Working much harder on a different series. What do we do? Shift gears to the book series gaining traction...

Episode 151 is another vent session about our book publishing company Two Moore Books. We had a good week when we were rewarded by our hard work, but we were also reminded of how far we have to go as a small book publishing company: Overthinking: -We salute David Soul, an icon of our youth. - A Sheriff in Nevada : selling it and creating the paperback for Amazon and B&N. -We plugged the Nevada...

Episode 150 comes to you from our brand new studio which we lovingly call the Dungeon of Doom. We talk about our dreams and aspirations for the new year, plus we reminisce about something that happened 42 years ago. In case you missed it, we recorded Episode 149 which was our CY2023 recap with Two Moore Books, Paris, road trip, and our future books. Have a listen and check us out at www.carsonhume...

Let's keep this short and sweet. Episode 149 is our end-of-year wrap-up for calendar year 2023: -Two Moore Books -Paris -Road Trip -Six books in the queue! And we lay the groundwork for an exciting 2024. We can hardly wait to get things started. Woo! Check us out at www.carsonhume.com TIA LYL!

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the three movies that our part of our Christmas tradition (Love Actually, Die Hard, Christmas Vacation). For Episode 148, we watched three movies that were homages (or parodies) of traditional Christmas movies: Elf, Gremlins, and Scrooged. We talked about what worked and didn't work, and why they didn't appeal to us as "traditional" movies a...

For Episode 147, we reveal the winner of the annual ugly Christmas sweater contest (hint: I win every year with the same sweater). More importantly, we dive into the the technical details behind writing sequels. I've written three series, and I've started a fourth, and I wish I knew now what I didn't know when I did the first three. We cite "Star Wars" and "The Matrix.&q...

"Tradition is peer pressure from your ancestors" is how we framed Episode 146. We go down down tradition's path by discussing some of our family traditions this time of year, which now requires we watch three holiday movies: Die Hard, Christmas Vacation, and Love Actually. We talk about these movies appeal to us. As promised, here's the link when we eviscerated "Love Actuall...

It's Episode 145, and the book writing/publishing company known as Two Moore Books is fully engaged in developing its literary, audio, and aural presence on the internet. Literary: As we discuss in this podcast/broadcast, our full catalog is published on three platforms and in progress on two more (Apple and Barnes & Noble). Our catalog should be fully published on all five platforms by th...

This week's podcast/broadcast featured a live unboxing of " The Tucci Chronicles ," and we compare the Amazon and Barnes & Noble paperback copies. We have another in-depth discussion of the meat-and-potatoes side of writing. We've expanding our publishing inventory to include Barnes & Noble , Apple, Kobo , and Google. We chat about the strengths of each publisher. We are...

We dive into the "sausage making" portion of self-publishing a book. Writing a book itself is a complex process, but that's only the beginning, so there's a lot to unpack in this week's podcast/broadcast: - Cover reveal of "The Tucci Chronicles"! - Update on CC's writing projects and her YouTube bio. - My plan to sell my books on on Kobo and Barnes & Noble -...

What goes through a writer’s mind, and how do their thoughts, dreams, and experiences translate to the written word? How do they choose to go light or dark in their writing? We use our two most recent releases to discuss the yin and yang of a writer’s mind. (Yes, we just released a book on November 10 and we're releasing another one on December 1. Details in the podcast.) This podcast/broadcas...

This week's podcast/broadcast is about our four projects: -CC finished formatting "From Tundra to Tiara"! We'll release it Friday, November 10, for $9.99 -I finished formatting "The Tucci Chronicles"! That will be released soon. -CC's is deep into Nano and writing Book 2 of a brand new series. -My Nano project is the third book of the "Sheriff in Nevada" s...