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

Never judge a book by the cover. Sue may look like someone's mother and grandmother, but she likes to write fantasy and science fiction. The weird speculative fiction really gets her imagination working overtime. She likes writing about time travel, reincarnation, soul swapping, and weird scientific experimentsOh, and yes, she's a mother and grandmother who likes to do Pilates, travel, walk the dog, and read—not usually all at the same time.Sue joins us on the Nevada Author Network to talk about her catalog of books and her awards, and we find out why “Greece” is more than just a word to her.You can find Sue on her website.Her social media sites include Facebook and Twitter/X.You can go here to learn more about the Sierra Arts Foundation.You can contact Two Moore Books, LLC via their main website.

For episode 228 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we're on America's Loneliest Road.You can have the usual (and expensive) fun in a Disney park or on a beach somewhere, or you can find adventure on Highway 50 that intersects Nevada from west to east. We traveled this long and winding road this week because that is what Nevada nerds do when we go on vacation. We stopped at the Free Little Libraries in Carson City, Dayton, Fallon, Eureka, and Ely to drop off a copy of Hope Knocks Twice. If you pick up one of those books, please leave a review.We spent a few nights in Ely to take in all the tourist stops. The Great Basin National Park is home to Mt. Wheeler, the bristlecone pines, and the Lehman Caves, all of which we checked out a few years ago. At the White Pine County Museum, we found a surprise directly related to CC's former life.We took a ride on the Nevada Northern Railroad, and we got to extensively tour their workshop and museum. We can't overstate what a privilege it was to view the train engines and cars in their “natural” setting, along with the attached metal-working shops. If you're any kind of mechanical geek, you have to go. And make sure you check in with the shop managers (the cats).While on the ride, we discovered yet another surprise, this one directly related to one of my books.Gosh, so much fun.In the rest of the podcast, we talk about our interviews with writers in this place and on the Nevada Author Network, and we bring you up to date on our works in progress.-Serving Salvation Book Two is out. It's available on most platforms and our online bookstore.-Serving Salvation Book Three will be released in August.-CC's manuscript for her Virginia City Romance is at Red Adept for proofing. New release July 2025.-Teri and the wonderful Betas finished the third book of the A Sheriff in Nevada series. Time to make the donuts (and do my editing).You can meet and greet us at these two great book signings:-Barnes and Noble in south Reno on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:00pm.-Artown at the Reno Public Market (Virginia and Plumb) on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 1:00pm.All this and more. Check us out. TIA LYL!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 Nevada Author Network welcomes Teresa Breeden to the microphone.Teresa (pen name: Tori Briar) is a poet/writer who finds her inspiration when writing for her family. A proud Loyola Marymount Lion, she graduated with her English degree (writing emphasis) and a passion to create art, whether it be with words in the heart of a poem, with ink on paper, or with watercolors and sketches of monsters.When her daughter was born, she wanted to share her love of reading, so Teresa started paying more attention to available novels. Her favorite genre is fantasy, but she found that there were relatively few fantasy books with female protagonists. That's when she set out to write her first novel.Her passion and creativity led her to being awarded the Nevada Arts Council Fellowship for Literature, and she has published over sixty poems.Her book, Falling, was published under her pen name, Tori Briar. In her words, Falling “is the story of high school sophomore Kallie, an introvert with a mean round kick, who has survived the reoccurring violence of a family curse only by faithfully following rules she must now break to stay alive; and Adlai, a powerful but lonely vampire who tends to break his toys. As their paths continue to cross, Kallie must decide how far she's willing to bend her rules to survive and figure out whether Adlai is the hero who seems to show up when she most needs help, or the most dangerous villain she's ever faced.”Teresa joins us to discuss her journey and inspirations.You can find Teresa through her website at http://www.toribriar.com/Her social media sites include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter/X.You can learn more about the Sierra Arts Foundation at https://sierraarts.org/You can contact Two Moore Books, LLC via their main website at https://www.carsonhume.com

For our Sunday podcast, we had the privilege and honor to interview Kendall Brown, a northern Nevada writer who, in her words, "is a proud Marine Corps wife, a passionate small business owner, an experienced dog trainer, and the engaging author of two award-winning books: '10 Secrets of a Lazy Dog Trainer' and 'Let's Get a Dog!'"Kendall shared her life growing up, her challenges with her first service dog, and how her writing style emulates one of the world's most beloved writers, veterinarian James Herriot from "All Creatures Great and Small."Kendall's books have been recognized with awards and numerous positive reviews, and she was a finalist in the 2025 International Book Awards, one of the world's most extensive and prestigious international book awards for mainstream, indie, and self-published titles.We had a lot of fun with our "Seven Questions," our literary adaptation of James Lipton's questions from "Inside the Actor's Studio":-What was your "I am a real honest-to-goodness writer” moment?-Who is your writing role model and why?-What do you love about writing?-What do you absolutely dread about writing?-What single significant life experience affects your writing, good or bad?-Would you recommend “the writing life” to a loved one? Why?-What is something unexpected in your past that we won't see in your bio?You can learn more about Kendall's books at 10secretsofalazydogtrainer.com and about her business is customk9servicedogs.comWe will be posting more writer interviews to include Rich Moreno, Teresa Breeden, Suzanne Morgan, Lynda Bailey, Joel Flanagan-Grannemann, Jacci Turner, Dr. Deborah Derrickson Kossmann, Alice Osborn, and Justin Egar.We're having a lot of fun and hope you join along.Commercial time: You can support our efforts to spotlight writers in Nevada and from around the world by checking out our books, podcasts, and other goodies at www.carsonhume.com and our virtual bookstore at https://carsonhume.square.site/. 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.

For episode 227 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we are celebrating our forty-third anniversary.On this date in 1982, we found ourselves kneeling at the altar in old St. Teresa's of Avila Catholic Church on West King Street in Carson City, Nevada. In the days since, we had a bunch of kids, saw the Information Age revolution, watched our country transform, and grew together as a couple. Sometime in there, we started our little publishing company Two Moore Books, LLC, and we published fifteen books.It's been a ride.As part of the TMB experience, we have writers from Nevada and across the country coming onto our little podcast. This schedule is tentative and (hello, redundancy) subject to change:June 8: Interview - Kendall BrownJune 11: Interview - Teresa Breeden (Nevada Author Network)June 15: Our regular podcastJune 18: Interview - Sue Dugan (Nevada Author Network)June 22: Interview - Rich MorenoJune 25: Suzanne Morgan (Nevada Author Network)June 29: Interview - Our regular podcastYou can meet and greet us at these two great book signings:-Barnes and Noble in south Reno on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:00pm.-Artown at the Reno Public Market (Virginia and Plumb) on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 1:00pm.Thank you for joining us on the big 43rd anniversary. TIA LYL!⁠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 Public⁠Note: 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.

Angela Laverghetta is a Northern Nevada based fantasy author and developmental editor. A Nevada resident since 1993 and graduate of Western Nevada College, Angela has fallen in love with the forever blue sky and grand mountain vistas of the west. In fact, almost all her writings take place locally, including her debut modern fantasy novel The Buried Knight published in 2023, and its sequel, The Hidden Druid, published at the end of 2024. A voracious reader as a child, Angela always knew she wanted to write books of her own, but it wasn't until a dramatic life change in 2015 that she allowed herself to reclaim her dream. A dream that has stretched to encompass helping other young or beginning authors reach their dream with her developmental editing. When not writing or editing, you can find her handling her zoo of many pets, reading her youngest son's fanfiction, or curling up in a blanket with a mug of tea and a stack of four or five books in easy reach. To stay up to date on release dates and for more Nevada adventures, join her newsletter or purchase books directly at www.angelalaverghettabooks.comAngela's books are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo, and locally at the Nevada State Museum Gift Shop, Grassroots, Thistle & Nightshade, and the Depot Art Gallery and Bookstore.You can also find her on social media: Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, TikTok, and Facebook.You can learn more about the Sierra Arts Foundation at https://sierraarts.org/You can contact Two Moore Books, LLC via their main website at https://www.carsonhume.com

For Episode 226 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we are traveling to a new frontier.We often receive requests from published writers from around the world asking to be on our podcast. The time has come. We are throwing open the doors to published writers who want to join the Amateur Hour.  Our plan is to alternate the Sunday interviews with our regular show (every other week).One caveat: if you are a member of the Sierra Arts Foundation and you have books in the SAF Depot Gallery and Bookstore, we'll schedule you for the Nevada Authors Network.Are you interested? Click on our “Contact Us” page and let us know.We had a great interview with Jacci Turner talking about the release of “Wind Catcher.”CC had fun on Threads. She received 190 responses when she asked how many indie writers first published when they were 60 and older. We feel energized by the range of people who “rewired” their lives after retirement. Fun topic!Book Notes:-Serving Salvation Book Two is out. It's available on most platforms and our online bookstore.-Serving Salvation Book Three will be released in August.-CC's manuscript for her Virginia City Romance is at Red Adept for proofing. New release July 2025.-Teri and the wonderful Betas finished the third book of the A Sheriff in Nevada series. Time to make the donuts (and do my editing).Two Moore Books, LLC is partnered with the Sierra Arts Foundation to highlight a local author and member of the Sierra Arts Literary Community. So far:-Tia Flores, Program Director, Sierra Arts Foundation-Author Mariposa Cruz, author of “Man of the House.-Ken Sutherland, creator of the “Heartbreaker” series.-Elaine Sargent, author of “Rhinestone Confidential.”Coming soon: Angela Laverghetta and Teresa BreedenYou can meet and greet us at these two great book signings:-Barnes and Noble in south Reno on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:00pm.-Artown at the Reno Public Market (Virginia and Plumb) on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 1:00pm.All this and Moore! Check us out. TIA LYL!⁠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 Public⁠Note: 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.

Northern Nevada writer Jacci Turner joins the CC and JT Amateur Hour to talk about her new book, "Wind Catcher." She talks about her inspirations and how she creates books with a positive view of life.You can learn more about Jacci and her books at https://www.jacciturner.com/

Elaine Sargent's writing odyssey began as a college journalism student where she was a reporter for the university newspaper. Her beat was Arts and Entertainment, and she was assigned to interview on-campus artists and review shows in hopes of ultimately becoming a fashion journalist. Her path took a turn when she discovered the University of Nevada costume design program, which allowed her to combine her two professional interests: writing and fashion.This unique mixture led to her employment behind the stage in Nevada's famous showrooms, outfitting and costuming showgirls and other performers. Elaine joins the Nevada Authors Network to discuss how she developed and wrote Rhinestone Confidential through her personal experiences and in-depth interviews with past colleagues and friends.Rhinestone Confidential is available at the Radical Cat Bookstore in Reno, Nevada, and on Amazon. You can learn more about Elaine on her Instagram and Facebook pages.You can learn more about the Sierra Arts Foundation at https://sierraarts.org/You can contact Two Moore Books, LLC via their main website at https://www.carsonhume.com

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For Episode 225 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we set ourselves up for disappointment.We often say that “writing is a solo project done on the public stage,” meaning we're alone in our endeavors, but that's not true. We rely on beta readers, editors, and cover designers to produce the best book possible. We learned this week what happens when success strikes one of our key partners: we had to slip book release dates. Sad for us, but happy for them! We discuss our feelings on the subject and how we adjusted our plans.Related: -Serving Salvation Book Two is out. It's available on most platforms and our online bookstore.-The Virginia City Romance is at Red Adept for proofing. The new release date is July 2025-Serving Salvation Book Three will be released in August 2025.-The third book of the A Sheriff in Nevada series is with Teri, the awesome creative editor. Two Moore Books, LLC is partnered with the Sierra Arts Foundation to highlight a local author and member of the Sierra Arts Literary Community. So far:-Tia Flores – Program Director, Sierra Arts Foundation-Author Mariposa Cruz, author of “Man of the House-Ken Sutherland, creator of the “Heartbreaker” series-Next up: Elaine Sargent on May 28You can meet and greet us at these two great book signings:-Barnes and Noble in south Reno on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:00pm.-Artown at the Reno Public Market (Virginia and Plumb) on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 1:00pm.All this and Moore! Check us out. TIA LYL!⁠please buy us coffee!⁠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.

Ken Sutherland learned the art of writing through the radio business. Not blessed with the stereotypical deep voice of the airwaves, he realized he needed to say something interesting to stay employed, and he began to write. As his career and reputation grew, he became the go-to guy for anything that needed to be written: news, sales proposals, and especially commercials. He takes pride in having been the creative force behind more than forty thousand commercials. His passion and professionalism were recognized by his peers when he was inducted in the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2005.Upon his retirement, Ken finished the first books of his successful and intriguing Heartbreaker series, including Heartbreaker, The Hollywood Diamond Murders, and the soon-to-be-released third book, Unfinished Business.Ken joins the Nevada Authors Network to talk about how the Heartbreaker series came to life from his experiences in his Hall of Fame career.You can learn more about Ken and his books at https://kensutherlandauthor.com/You can learn more about the Sierra Arts Foundation at https://sierraarts.org/You can contact Two Moore Books, LLC via their main website at https://www.carsonhume.com

For Episode 224 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we debate whether independent writers deserve more than three-star reviews.An apology up front: CC and I have a plague. Not the plague, but we're not feeling great. We are getting better.CC found this statement on the internet: “Most indy authors don't deserve more than a three-star review.” This absolute statement triggered a discussion, and we decided to bring that debate to this week's podcast. CC takes up why this is wrong while I play devil's advocate on why indy writers shouldn't get four- or five-star reviews.Book Notes:-Serving Salvation Book Two is out. It's available on most platforms and our online bookstore.-Serving Salvation Book Three will be released in July.-The Virginia City Romance is at Red Adept for line editing and will be released next month.- CC is running a cover design contest at 99Designs.-The third book of the A Sheriff in Nevada series is with Teri, the awesome creative editor.Two Moore Books, LLC is partnered with the Sierra Arts Foundation to highlight a local author and member of the Sierra Arts Literary Community. So far:-Tia Flores – Program Director, Sierra Arts Foundation-Author Mariposa Cruz, author of “Man of the House.-Next up: Ken Sutherland on May 21You can meet and greet us at these two great book signings:-Barnes and Noble in south Reno on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:00pm.-Artown at the Reno Public Market (Virginia and Plumb) on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 1:00pm.All this and Moore! Check us out. TIA LYL!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.

Mariposa Cruz is the author of Man of the House, the first book in the Knits & Brews series. She joins the Nevada Authors Network to discuss her books and inspirations.Bonus: Mariposa wrote about her experience with CC and JT from Two Moore Books. You can learn more about Mariposa at https://createontheside.wordpress.com/You can learn more about the Sierra Arts Foundation at https://sierraarts.org/You can contact Two Moore Books, LLC via their main website at https://www.carsonhume.com

For Episode 223 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we're a little all over the place. It was a week.Reminder: Serving Salvation Book Two will be released on May 14. Book One got very nice reviews, and the B1 ebook is available for 99 cents on the major platforms. Check out our Books page.Happy Mother's Day not only to mothers, but to those who step up and be a mother in times of need. And to the dads who ran out to the store at the last minute for their kids.Here's a story all writers can relate to. We were blessed with a visit from the grandkids on Saturday, and our youngest mentioned they were taking a school field trip to Virginia City, Nevada (they live in Sparks). When CC mentioned she wrote a book about Virginia City, the grandkid said, “But you're retired.”Context: they are the child of a New York Times bestselling author, and the grandchild of two full-time authors, so they intuitively understand at ten years old that writing is hard work. We wish everyone was so intelligent (objectively speaking).Aside from that, we spent most of the week editing, editing, and editing. CC tells of her challenges this week getting her book back to Red Adept under the deadline.The other significant event was the May 7 kickoff of the Nevada Authors network, our partnership with the Sierra Arts Foundation to highlight a local writer every week. We will interview Mariposa Cruz for the May 14 broadcast. You can check out those podcasts on our main site at Two Moore Books.Also mentioned in this podcast:Leo XIV, the Deep Dish Pope, and being Culturally CatholicTeri CaseDr. Marissa and The Parent DoctorSusan at The Garden Answer (Andrews Seed Company)Being DeafCheck us out and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!Our Website: ⁠www.carsonhume.com⁠Who 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 Public⁠Note: 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.

Tia Flores, Sierra Arts Foundation Program Director, joins the Nevada Authors Network to discuss the challenges facing the arts in Reno.In her current role as a program director for a regional arts organization, Tia enjoys designing and facilitating professional development workshops for artists and educators. Tia views the act of art making as a place ofconnection, discovery, refuge and celebration.As an artist and a fourth generation Nevadan, Tia is known for her culturally themed pyrographic calabaza sculptures that depict the vast beauty of the Nevada desert and its natural inhabitants. Her artwork has been featured on HGTV's That's Cleaver!, Voices of America, PBS ArtEffects, and published in a variety of books and magazines. Tia is one of a handful of female artists featured in the book, Women Artists of the Great Basin by Mary Lee Fulkerson.As an educator, Tia was an elementary a visual arts teacher and taught high school art which included fine art, digital, graphic design and AP Studio Art. During this time, she created an integrated art curriculum, ArtSciMath to help her students with their spatial reasoning and problem solving skills. Tia has presented at regional and national educational conferences stressing the importance of arts education to stimulate critical and innovative thinking for all students.Thank you for joining us. This weekly podcast is a partnership between the Sierra Arts Foundation and Two Moore Books, LLC to promote Northern Nevada writers. Join us weekly as we interview local authors about their books.

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!For Episode 222 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we dive into the dark recesses of some of the most important places for writers of historical fiction and fact-based historical fiction: the archives.This week, CC attended the annual Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists (CIMA) in Boise, Idaho, where she networked with the guardians of records in repositories across the western United States. Archivists are librarians on Mountain Dew Plus because each and every one of them is passionate about the records on their shelves and in their files. For writers in particular, archivists are data experts, and they will bend over backwards to help their patrons access the records they need.Along with our trip to Boise, CC got to fan-girl and swing by Ontario, Oregon, the home of the Garden Answer. She's been watching Laura for many years and, in truth, served as a partial inspiration for our own podcast. We stopped by her parents' garden store, Andrews Seed Company, and got to meet Susan, Laura's mom, who was very patient and polite with two out-of-town rubes who had so many questions. Thank you, Susan!This week, we debut the Nevada Authors Network, our partnership with Sierra Arts Foundation to promote Northern Nevada writers. Join us weekly as we interview local authors about their books. The podcasts can be found on our main Two Moore Books website.We are featured on Susan Winters's "Create on the Side!" blog. Thank you for having us, Susan!Finally, if you want to meet us in person, we're doing book signings on June 28 at the Reno Barnes and Noble and on July 5 as part of Author's Day at Reno Art Town. We're excited about it!Included: we bring you up to speed on current events and we talk about our current writing projects.Check us out and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!Our Website: ⁠www.carsonhume.com⁠Who 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 Public⁠Note: 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.

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!For Episode 221 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we take on Meta and discuss their “fair use” of seven million literary works to train their artificial intelligence system.For those untouched by the controversy, we referred Keziah Weir's excellent Vanity Fair article, “This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value” (link) and cite this paragraph as background:“Lawyers for Meta are indeed invoking that very “fair use” defense in a copyright suit that's been wending its way through the Northern District of California legal system for nearly two years. Richard Kadrey et al. v. Meta Platforms—and the reams of confidential Meta communications, newly in the public record as exhibits for the plaintiffs—offers an unprecedented look at the internal maneuverings behind the company's decision to train its model on a database containing more than 7 million pirated books.”As writers, CC and I have strong opinions about the subject, and we are in sync about how we came to this point, and we agree that the damage is done, and that “the horse has left the barn and it ain't coming back.” We have different and, I think, interesting opinions about the outcomes to this controversy.For our discussion, we pull in:-The Lord of the Rings,-Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon,-Thomas Edison,-Covenant (the movie),-John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemingway,-CC's professional and extensive experience on the “fair use” issue, and-Our short-lived use of Artificial Intelligence (not what you think).Aside from AI, we bring you up to speed on current events, including CIMA and our book signing on Saturday, and we talk about our current writing projects and how we're abused by our editors (no names mentioned)(kidding!).And we started a presale on Serving Salvation Book Two.Check us out and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!Our Website: ⁠www.carsonhume.com⁠Who 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 Public⁠Note: 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.

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!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!Our Website: ⁠www.carsonhume.com⁠Who 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!⁠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.

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!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.com⁠Who 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 Public⁠Note: 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.

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!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.com⁠Who 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 Public⁠Note: 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.

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 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.com⁠Who 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 Public⁠Note: 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.

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 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.com⁠Who 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 Public⁠Note: 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.

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 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.com⁠Who 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 Public⁠Note: 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.

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!Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting the below businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.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.com⁠Who 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

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 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.com⁠Who 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.com⁠Who 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

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 210 ofour lovely award-winning podcast⁠, we dive into the most critical phase of your book aside from its creation: the editing.After weeks (or months or years) of writing your Great American Novel, it's time to hand your baby to another set of eyes and hands. But who should you hand it to and what are they going to do?For our podcast, we useLouise Harnby's excellent post “What are the different types of novel editing?” as a guide to walk you through the editing process. We sprinkle in our own experiences with our excellent editors, and we offer suggestions to writers who may not have the financial resources to hire their own editors. We hope you find this information useful.On the local front, theZOEY e-book is on pre-sale for 99¢, and I am going through CC's VC Ghost manuscript.Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!Our website is⁠www.carsonhume.com⁠Who 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

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 209 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠, we welcomed everyone to Groundhog Day, and we rolled back to the fun we had in January. Finding Salvation Part One was released, CC finished her Virginia City Ghost manuscript and sent it to her main beta reader, and we began the process of setting up ZOEY for pre-sale. So many hours and sweat expended on those alone. The first of the two main topics was the process of picking the covers for ZOEY, and we ended up with two wonderful covers. Mihai Costea created the “Cowboy Cover” and Mohammad Akram did the “Blue Cover.” Both artists did a fantastic job, and they were exceptionally professional and patient with our suggestions. You can reach out to them directly through 99Designs. Important Note: If you want to read ZOEY before the release on February 28 and do me a favor at the same time, you can download an advanced reader copy through Book Sirens. Check it out! The second topic is we opened an online bookstore! It was a comedy of errors, of course, but working on it had me thinking about living day to day versus living towards a dream. Being raised in poverty, I never had a life's dream, but here I am, living that dream: I'm a co-owner of a small bookstore. Cool Beans. Have a listen and let us know what you think. 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: ⁠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! Welcome to Episode 208 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠. Being a Monday, we were a day late and several brain cells short, but hey, we survived a sleepover with our young grandchild and we think we made an interesting episode. Business first: Finding Salvation Part One is still on pre-sale for 99 cents and will be released this Friday, January 31 (yay). On Sunday, February 2, which happens to be Groundhog Day, we'll be doing the cover reveal for ZOEY on the podcast. The reveal for two covers, that is. You'll see. Shameless plug: We are providing books for sale to this week's Sierra Arts Foundation fundraiser, Brew Ha Ha. This is a worthy cause, so please check it out if you're in the Carson/Reno/Sparks area. Writing: CC continues to see the light at the end of the railroad tunnel as she cleans up her “Virginia City Ghost” (working title) manuscript. She might send it out to the Betas in February. She may do her own book cover, too. Our main topic was writing in the Young Adult (YA) genre which is one of three very successful writing genres here in the Twenty-First Century (zombies and vampires being the others). CC and I happen to be reading YA books at the same time, so we're picking up common themes: -YA books are almost instantly relatable because we've all been there. -YA epiphanies hit harder. -There's a freshness in experiencing “real life” for the first time that jaded adults don't enjoy anymore. -Fifteen year old girls/women can be dramatically different than fifteen year old boys/men. We talk at length about these and other themes that can shape a YA novel, including poverty and religion. We use The Hunger Games and Pleasantville to illustrate our points, and we manage for the most part to avoid that boy wizard (you know who). Have a listen and let us know what you think. 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: ⁠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! We're caffeinated for Episode 207 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠. Seriously, we are buzzed. We changed our coffee habits for reasons, but had a big cup during this episode. We brought a lot of energy to this podcast: Happy Birthday to our kid (tomorrow), my grandmother, Dolly Parton, and Edgar Allen Poe! Many thanks to Jacci Turner for ⁠⁠her half-book review⁠⁠ of “From Tundra to Tiara.” Related: please check out her books.  We said goodbye to TikTok which may be back this week. (Edit: it's back) Finding Salvation is still on 99¢ Presale and will be released on January 31. My books Sheriff and Downfall (books page) will be available for sale at this year's Brew HaHa. The Sierra Arts Foundation's big fundraiser of the year will feature books from local authors, plus some of the local authors themselves. Please check it out and spend a lot of money for a great cause. CC had the wonderful experience this week of completing her “VC romance” manuscript. Finishing your first draft is a heady experience.  The meat of the podcast was the various stages of editing. Writers have a love/hate relationship with the process. Some of us are blessed to have excellent editors (Hi, Teri and Red Adept!) which makes our lives easier. We're also blessed to have awesome Beta Readers. But it's still a nerve-racking experience as we watch our “babies” (manuscripts) get changed at the hands of a third party. We talk about the strengths and weaknesses of self-editing versus paying someone with their fresh set of eyes. As we say: “Writing is deeply personal experience done in the bright public light.” Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA LYL! YouTube: https://youtu.be/8geKI4TFAqc 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!⁠

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! Our last podcast audio track got corrupted, so this is the real Episode 206 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠. I made the mistake of reading a popular piece of fiction that sold millions of copies and was made into a movie, earning hundreds of millions.  The mistake was thinking, “Why am I writing what I'm writing and not what this writer is writing?” The differences between us in style and voice are extensive, and I like what I'm doing, yet this writer is sipping cocktails on the French Riviera while I'm drinking Jack in the Box coffee in Carson City. Does every published writer struggle with this comparison? CC and I talk about this. Other happenings: -We had a LOT of fun In Virginia City. -Finding Salvation is still on sale for 99 cents. Please grab it, especially if you have Amazon credits. -You can get advanced reader copies on Finding Salvation and ZOEY on Book Sirens. -Our LLC is real! Huzzah! -Two Moore Designs is out there if you want the interior of your manuscript designed for free! -Our books will be on more shelves in Carson City soon, and we'll be a State of Nevada vendor. -We might have an interesting road trip to chat about in the future. That's enough for now. Have a listen and let us know what you think. 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: ⁠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! For Episode 205 of our lovely award-winning podcast, we look forward to 2025 and how we had to hit the ground running! We were retired slackers for much of December 2024, though we did get organized and got Finding Salvation Part One out the door. Our plan was to relax in December 2024 and get to work in January 2025. January must have heard us because everything that can happen to a writer happened to us in the first two days of the month, including manuscripts returned by our editors, LLC paperwork back from our lawyer, and a half dozen other things that keep writers busy. Whew. We again plug the Sierra Arts Foundation and their fantastic support of Nevada writers. Through them, we are getting out of the house and getting our Nevada-centric novels on bookshelves. We are grateful. One thing we inflicted on ourselves is our trip to Virginia City where we will spend the night in one of VC's most haunted hotels (so they say). CC is working on a paranormal romance set on the Comstock Lode in 1875 at the height of Nevada's Silver Rush, so we're doing the hotel for literary ambiance. We're suffering for our art, and our readers, because we care. We'll probably travel outside of Nevada once or twice this year. We've done almost every US state together, and we've seen Canada, France, Ireland, Japan, and Scotland. Will we discover new lands or go back to old haunts? You'll probably know when we know. The new years will see us releasing more books:Finding Salvation Part One on January 31 (99 cents!) ZOEY in February or March Serving Salvation Book Two in 2025 CC's Virginia City ghost book in mid-2025 If you want to see advanced copies, check out Book Sirens where you can become an advanced review copy (ARC) reader and leave reviews. Writers love reviews, even bad ones! Here we are, five days into 2025, and it's already shaping up to be an exciting time for the CEO and her Chief Minion here at Two Moore Books, LLC. Follow along and enjoy the podcast. 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

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! For Episode 204 of our lovely award-winning podcast, we do our 2024 rewind and hit these high points: CC received international recognition from the Women in Podcasting team by winning the best podcast in the Books and Writing category. That was a fantastic accomplishment! We traveled the breadth and width of the United States by car, along with trips along the length of California. We also traveled to Vancouver Island and took two voyages on the BC ferry. That was fun. On the writing side, we somehow only published the one book: Serving Salvation Part One. We had plans to publish more, but real life got in the way (nothing bad; just complicated). Thanks to our membership in the Sierra Arts Foundation, we placed the Sheriff books on the shelves on the Depot Gallery and Bookstore in Sparks, Nevada. Thanks to Teri in Fallon, Nevada, the same books found a home in the Churchill County Library. They can also be found in Nevada State Library and through their Talking Books Program. So why did we do this public rewind? The less important reason is to remind CC and me that we're getting things done. Life moves fast, and sometimes we get caught up in the trees and forget to look at the forest. The more important reason is we want to show our colleagues, the self-published writers, is that you can achieve success once you believe in yourself and give yourself permission to do great things. If you feel it's necessary, her's your permission and here's your sign. Go out and do great things! We believe in you. 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

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! For Episode 202 of our lovely award-winning podcast, we dive into our holiday tradition of watching Christmas movies. We did our regular rotation of Christmas Vacation, Love Actually, and Die Hard. We auditioned three movies for possible inclusion: Scrooged, Batman Returns, and Red One. Minor spoilage on all of these movies. We ended the podcast with our memories of our first Christmas together (in 1981!) and how it led to me proposing to CC on New Year's Day 1982. Like everything in our lives, it's a tale of comedy and romance. Also: updates on our respective works in progress and news about a surprise Cover Reveal! Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA LYL! And Merry Christmas! 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!

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! For Episode 202 of our lovely award-winning podcast, we chat about our mistakes and bad habits. Every writer has them, which is why we have awesome editors and beta readers. For CC and me, we hold our writing challenges up to the light, and we provide some solutions. As always, we talk about our current works in progress and about how excited we are for the new year. Have a listen to today's episode and let us know what you think. 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!

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! It's Episode 201 of our silly little podcast, so we discuss a significant movie from our youth: 2001: A Space Odyssey. We thoroughly spoil this fifty-six year old movie, but it's for a good cause because it is one of the greatest movies of our lifetime. This Clarke/Kubrick masterpiece is complex, visual, mind bending, and hopeful. From the opening sequence to the war for the waterhole to the Starchild looking down on Earth, we describe how this movie shows how far Humanity has evolved, but in some ways, hasn't evolved at all. We had a great discussion, and we do our best to discuss the impact of the writing and production values, but I'm not sure we did it justice. We're having a lot of fun on our award-winning podcast. Have a listen to today's episode and let us know what you think. 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)

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! It's Episode 200 of our silly little podcast to “help writers write.” We look back fondly on our little endeavor we created during the pandemic, and we've touched on a wide range of subjects. Today we discussed: Elmore Leonard's “10 rules for Good Writing,” Screenwriting: Adapting books to movies, Wrestling with Creative Control, And starting in our Tower of Doom (pictured)! We have had a lot of fun, and we will continue to have a lot of fun with our award-winning podcast. Have a listen to today's episode and let us know what you think. 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)

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! Episode 199 of our podcast “To Help Writers Write” is about Inspiration and what to do with it. We get ideas for our books in different places and from different sources: dreams, the shower, movies, or a random website. We discuss our own experiences, and we have thoughts on what to do with those ideas when lightning strikes. Also discussed: the holidays, the state of our Works in Progress, Two Moore Designs, and some of our big plans for the new year. We were busy in 2024, but 2025 will blow the doors off. We touched on a lot in our award-winning podcast. Have a listen and let us know what you think. 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)

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! Busy week here at the World-Wide Headquarters. So busy, if fact, that we didn't get to today's chosen topic. We'll do that next week. We touched on a lot: We talk about the fun of being fan-owners of the Oakland Ballers, a pro baseball team that proudly represents the East Bay. We flash our Ballers colors! We also talk about our favorite MLB American League team, the Athletics. (I predict where they will ultimately land.) We donated books to Nevada Talking Book Services, “a free library service for Nevadans who are unable to use standard print materials due to a visual or physical disability.” We were happy to support this very worthy cause. We are selling books in the Depot Gallery Book Store in Sparks, Nevada, through the Sierra Arts Foundation. That feels fantastic, especially when they sent me my first hardcopy check. “Two Moore Books LLC” continues to develop, and we spent time on the money aspect of our investment. We are doing an LLC for a feeling of authenticity and legitimacy, but I can't feel like we're hemorrhaging money. On the other hand, this is our dream: to be full-time writers, and we don't own a pair of Harley Davidsons. (We thank Sayyar Lw for guiding us through the process.) Related to this is me starting a side gig to help writers format the interior of their books using the Atticus application. I'm looking for writers to help me experiment with this, so I'll do a couple of manuscripts for free. If you have a handy manuscript, let's work together to make it a better ebook or paperback for posting to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo, and Google. Here's the link. Writing: we actually did writing this week! CC is making great progress on her book based in Virginia City, and my books “ZOEY” and “Finding Salvation Part One” are in the final stages of publication. We'll start releasing these books in the next few weeks (we hope). We thank Red Adept Editing for their patience and support. Finally, we're thinking of doing a “Black Friday to Small Business Saturday to Cyber Monday” sale on some of our books. Once we figure out the details, we'll get it out on social media. Whew! We told you we were busy. Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA LYL! Here are the links of the companies we talked about in today's podcast. We receive no financial compensation for discussing them or providing these links: Oakland Ballers: https://www.oaklandballers.com/landing/index Nevada Talking Book Services: https://nsla.nv.gov/ntbs Sierra Arts Foundation: https://sierraarts.org/ Sayyar Law: https://vistalawyer.net/ Two Moore Books: https://twomoorebooks.com/ Two Moore Designs: https://twomoorebooks.com/two-moore-designs/ Red Adept Editing: https://redadeptediting.com/ 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/

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! Ep 197 of our writer's podcast for writers is “Weird Reasons We Write.”  Our award-winning podcast lately has been stuck at the end of the writing process, like dealing with the public after we publish books. This week, we do a rewind and go back to the beginning to talk about why we write. Not the main reason, maybe, but the secondary or “secret menu” reasons. They may fascinate you. We do our usual “current status” segment, and next year is shaping up to be fun for us. We're creating a business, we're traveling, and we're releasing a bunch of books. CC is posting TikTok's about our “festering turd of a book.” More details here: https://www.tiktok.com/@cassidycarson45 If you know a book cover designer, can you point them to this book cover design contest? It is a guaranteed 99Design contest: https://99designs.com/book-cover-design/contests/finding-salvation-part-one-1301781/brief 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/ Check out our podcast and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

Ep 196 of our writer's podcast for writers is “Press Releases.” With CC's International podcast award, we found ourselves unprepared to take immediate advantage of the good news. We had to sit down and develop a press release on the fly. This led to entries in our local news papers and a live appearance on KOLO TV in Reno, Nevada. Why do you need a press release, you may ask, if all you're doing is publishing an independent book to Amazon? Because that little extra bit of attention that you manufacture could go a long way in making your book more noticeable in the tsunami of books being released every day. And you have a story to tell! We give you ideas for your written press release and for your live TV interview. 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/ Check out our podcast and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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! “Home Means Nevada.” While neither of us are natives, CC's and my Silver State roots run very deep to the point that between us, we have seven published and in-progress Nevada-centric books. What literary quality about our home draws us to write about our home? Is it our familiarity with our state's rich history, landscape, and political structure? We talk about all that and more. We touch on other subjects, including the Nevada Day Parade, the real Nevada Day, and our podcast award from the last weekend. Spoiler: KOLO8. CC is having a lot of fun with reading Edgar Allen Poe for Spooktober, so check out her YouTube Channel. 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/ Check out our podcast and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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! What happened to ZOEY? We had a book release schedule that included a calendar with cover reveal, pre-sale, and the actual release date.  Then that all disappeared. We discuss what happened and give writers a few ideas on how to avoid a similar train wreck. Learn from us (smile). We also briefly talk about our podcast award from the last weekend. CC is having a lot of fun with reading Edgar Allen Poe for Spooktober, so check out her YouTube Channel. 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/ Check out our podcast and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

We are so happy and honored to announce that our little podcast to help writers write was recognized by the Women Podcaster's Network. The “CC and JT Amateur Hour” received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category. Our award sponsor, Alex Sanfilippo from Podmatch, said the following at Friday's virtual award ceremony:  “Both of you are really funny. And I've been listening to your podcast leading up to this. I love that you two innovate and change and get better for your listeners in real time. And you bring people into the journey. I think that's a really rare gift in podcasting. So I just wanted to shout that out because I saw you all doing that. And I was like, I like this. And they keep, you all keep humor involved in the process. It's not like, this is stressful. It's like, [CC and JT] are having fun.” Per their website, the Women in Podcasting Network is a collaborative movement where members inspire and encourage each other. It's the largest collective of women podcasters. The Women in Podcasting Awards are international people's choice style of awards event. Their mission is to elevate women's voices globally and within the podcasting industry. We began our little show during the pandemic many years ago, and after almost 200 episodes, we are excited to receive this validation. We thank Jennifer Henczel, Founder of Women's Podcaster's Network, and we thank the sponsor of the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category, Alex Sanfilippo from Podmatch.  We especially thank our loyal and passionate listeners. We're happy to do this and we're happy to keep doing it! TIA LYL!

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! Marketing is a humongous lift for us, and with a hundred different social media platforms, perhaps an impossible lift. We're finding some success by “building local before going global.” We're getting our books into libraries and small book stories, and we've become members of the Sierra Arts Foundation and the Sierra Arts Literary Community to improve our networking. The SALC has turned into a valuable resource on many levels, and we thank local author Jacci Turner for her leading the way (her website). As we do, we also discuss our writing projects and remind everyone that ZOEY will be available for pre-sale on October 31. CC is having a lot fun with reading Edgar Allen Poe, so check out her YouTube Channel. 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/ Check out our podcast and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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! Episode 191 of our writers podcast has us sitting down with hot coffee on a brisk autumn morning and talking about a little escapism. Being writers and small business owners, we find ourselves consumed with everything related to our books and company processes. What do we do to get away from ourselves, and how do they apply to our writing? (Spoiler: CC does Stardew Valley and I play chess here.) CC is having a lot fun with reading Edgar Allen Poe, so check out her YouTube Channel. We reserved the url for our business: Two Moore Books. There's nothing there, but people love to clicks, so there you go. We discuss the Barnes and Noble paperback cover project, and you can find my books at the Churchill County (Nevada) Library and soon at the Nevada State Library. ZOEY will be available for pre-sale on October 31, and Serving Salvation Book One was released this month on the five platforms for your ordering pleasure. https://carsonhume.com/2024/07/23/pre-release/ Our website is www.carsonhume.com Who We are: https://carsonhume.com/about/ Our Books: https://carsonhume.com/books-2/ Check out our podcast and let us know what you think. LYL TIA!

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! Episode 190 is a low-powered affair as we emerge from our COVID saga. September 29 and September 30 are the last days to vote for CC in the Women's in Podcasting Award, and we ask for your vote. https://womeninpodcasting.net/awards/ We also ask for your vote in picking the cover for “ZOEY,” my next Nevada-centric book. https://carsonhume.com/2024/09/27/pick-my-cover/ If you prefer Barnes & Noble, then the good news is all of our books will soon be available in paperback from B&N in the near future (they're all there in e-book format). We're doing this so we can do a B&N signing. The main topic of this podcast, then, is writers doing public events and signings, and one of us is dragging their feet. Learn the details here. Serving Salvation Book One was released this month on the five platforms for your ordering pleasure. https://carsonhume.com/2024/07/23/pre-release/ Our website is www.carsonhume.com Who We are: https://carsonhume.com/about/ Our Books: https://carsonhume.com/books-2/ Check out our podcast and let us know what you think. LYL TIA!

Episode 189 of our writers podcast for writers is “a book is judged by its cover.” Like it or not, potential readers will pay attention to your book for barely a second unless something from the cover grabs their attention. We talked about those challenges and two book cover contests today: Serving Salvation and Zoey. We had good news on the writing front: Teri from Fallon asked the Churchill County Library to buy A Sheriff in Nevada, and they did! Go check it out.  And speaking of Zoey, it is my next Nevada-centric book and it's looking good! It will be on pre-sale October 31. (By the way, October 31 is the real Nevada Day.) Also discussed: COVID. We're feeling better. We know this is a trigger for some people. We spend less than two minutes talking about our experience this week. CC is still nominated for a Women's in Podcasting Award, and we ask for your vote. https://womeninpodcasting.net/awards/ Serving Salvation Book One was released this month on the five platforms for your ordering pleasure. https://carsonhume.com/2024/07/23/pre-release/ Our website is www.carsonhume.com Who We are: https://carsonhume.com/about/ Our Books: https://carsonhume.com/books-2/ Check out our podcast and let us know what you think. LYL TIA!

Episode 188 of our podcast for writers is a fun one for us and we hope for you.  Like everyone, we've lived some interesting times, so we use those days to play “Three Truths and A Lie.” The twist on our game is how the truths helped make us into the writers we are today. Here's CC's list: She was a mistress in high school. She fondled another man's Oscar. She was in an adult move. She was a reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper. My list: My first published story was about a cat. I spent years going to prison. I almost blew up an apartment building. I sang the National Anthem at a ballgame. What are the truths and which is the lie?  We also bring you up to speed on The Two Moore Books production schedule, this week's book release, the NFL season, the KaboomCon, and the Davis Creek Fire. The third writer in our image is Jacci Turner, an excellent independent writer. Check out her books at https://www.jacciturner.com/ Our website is www.carsonhume.com Have a listen and TIA LYL!