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Hello from Carson City, Nevada, and if this is your first experience with the "CC & JT Amateur Hour," welcome and glad to have you along.First: Please vote for Two Moore Books, LLC in the Nevada Appeal's "Best of Carson City 2026" contest. Winners get huge local exposure. Scroll down to "Community" and "Most Unique Business." You can vote once a day until June 28. Thank you!Next: CC's next book is available for preorder! Haunt Season is the second book in the "Restless Spirits" series and it is live on Amazon right now. We're posting it on the other platforms this week. Preorder your copy today!In the last week, we've done three book signing events and all were an adventure unto themselves. We talked about the lessons learned here:June 6: The Sierra Arts Bookfest in Sparks, Nevada was a gathering of local authors who are members of the Sierra Arts Foundation. We spoke to many people, which is the fun part, and we experienced Mother Nature in her full, wind-blown glory. We're looking forward to next year!June 12: Bub's Bookstore in Carson City opened! We were privileged to participate in their ribbon-cutting ceremonies and chat with our fellow authors, notably Jacci Turner (buy her books!). If you're in the area, please go to Bub's early and often. We need to support our local bookstores!June 13: Nevada Pride at the Brewery Arts was hot and fun! We had a booth right in front of the stage, and we enjoyed live music all day. Everyone was happy and smiling and dancing. We're sticking a pin in this annual event. Appearances:- July 10: I'll be reading "Sheriff" to the residents at Atria Summit Ridge.- July 11: We'll be on a writers panel at Hollow and Quill in Reno, Nevada.– July 18: We may be back at the Reno Public Market.- July 19: CC will be reading to the residents at Atria Summit Ridge.- September 19: We may be at Reno Pagan Pride Project at Idlewild Park.– August 25: CC will be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.- September 20: We may be at the Carson City Airport Aviation Festival.– October: many events. More information as we get closer.Manuscript Status:– CC is also digging into Battle Born Bride. She talks about fast-drafting it.– The sequel to Finding Salvation is with me. Release date to be determined.A reminder: If you are adverse to big box websites (*cough* Amazon), we have a handy little online bookstore of our own. We earn the largest percent of profits from this store, so please consider it. If you're in the Carson City-Reno-Douglas-Dayton area, we will refund the shipping fees and meet you in the public location of your choosing. If you are outside that area, we will refund you the difference on the shipping fees once we get a final number.That's all for now. Take care of you. LYL!You can also hear this podcast on Spotify!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.” We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.Buy us a cup of coffee ♥️VenmoPayPal

Good day from the Worldwide Headquarters of the "CC&JT Amateur Hour" where "Production Values Go To Die." Today's podcast is the usual polyglot of subjects and happenings, notably about our outing to the Churchill County Library in Fallon, Nevada. Thank you to Magdalena and her great team for inviting us. We answered questions about our books, and I read chapter one of "A Sheriff of Nevada," and we had a great time!Here's CC's video of the big dork in the above picture talking about writing. Be kind.Speaking of "chapter one": In this podcast, I read chapter one from the draft of my latest SciFi novel that has neither a name or a cover, but those small details did not deter me. I believe in this book and will be marketing it to traditional publishers after creative editor Teri and the Betas are done tearing it apart. I answered CC's important question: what about this book had me feverishly finishing the first draft of 111K words in less than sixty days? The answer may surprise you, especially if you're a woman.Appearances:– I'm at Comma Coffee two or three times a week. Stop by and say hi.– June 6: We're setting up a booth at the Sierra Arts Foundation Bookfest.– June 12: We will be meeting and greeting at Bub's Bookstore‘s grand opening!– June 13: We will have a table at Nevada Pride via the Brewery Arts Center.– July 18: We may be back at the Reno Public Market.– August 25: CC will be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.– October: many events. More information as we get closer.Manuscript Status:– The sequel to #passionrestored is almost read for preorder. Release in June.– CC is also digging into Battle Born Bride. She talks about fast-drafting it.– The sequel to Finding Salvation is with me. Release date to be determined.A reminder: If you are adverse to big box websites (*cough* Amazon), we have a handy little online bookstore of our own. We earn the largest percent of profits from this store, so please consider it. If you're in the Carson City-Reno-Douglas-Dayton area, we will refund the shipping fees and meet you in the public location of your choosing. If you are outside that area, we will refund you the difference on the shipping fees once we get a final number.That's all for now. Take care of you. LYL!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.” We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. JT was voted as one of the top three most popular authors in Carson Now's “2026 Carson City Local Favorites.”New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!

I finished writing another book.That's not news or a surprise because CC and I are a pair of passionate paragraph producers, but this particular first draft took over my life for two months. The editing phase will do the same, but I'm good with that. I believe in this book so hard, I am going to market to the smaller, traditional publishing companies. Traditional published has it pluses and minuses, many of which I will learn first-hand as I submit the manuscript for review. We talk about all of our processes to get to that point, and my nervousness, in this podcast.If you would like to beta read this manuscript, reach out and state your case.Also:- We send love and strength to all of those affected by the Memorial Day weekend. Many folks are vacationing and partying while others are remembering absent family and friends. You are in our thoughts.- Simple things make us happy. We got stickers this morning. Joy ensured.- Related: Yo, Jack in the Box. Sponsor our podcast!Appearances:– I'm at Comma Coffee two or three times a week. Stop by and say hi.– May 26: I'll be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.– June 6: We're setting up a booth at the Sierra Arts Foundation Bookfest.– June 12: We will be meeting and greeting at Bub's Bookstore‘s grand opening!– June 13: We will have a table at Nevada Pride via the Brewery Arts Center.– July 18: We may be back at the Reno Public Market.– August 25: CC will be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.– October: many events. More information as we get closer.Manuscript Status:– The sequel to #passionrestored is with CC. Release in June.– CC is also digging into Battle Born Bride. She talks about fast-drafting it.– The sequel to Finding Salvation is with me. Release in July.– I'm tapping at a new book (77+K words so far!). Details will come out later.A reminder: If you are adverse to big box websites (*cough* Amazon), we have a handy little online bookstore of our own. We earn the largest percent of profits from this store, so please consider it. If you're in the Carson City-Reno-Douglas-Dayton area, we will refund the shipping fees and meet you in the public location of your choosing. If you are outside that area, we will refund you the difference on the shipping fees once we get a final number.That's all for now. Take care of you. LYL!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.” We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. JT was voted as one of the top three most popular authors in Carson Now's “2026 Carson City Local Favorites.”New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!

Hello from the Worldwide Headquarters, and we are back after one-thousand-mile roundtrip to Cedar City, Utah. It was actually 1,055 miles, so here's fifty-five free miles for your own adventures.

Our brains are not braining today, so this podcast was short and sweet. Short for us, anyway.We did a book signing at the Carson Mall on Mothers Day, and we want to thank Magical Moments for hosting and feeding us. Kudos to them. Aside from that, we mostly talked about our books, and how much we appreciate it when people buy them and leave reviews. In fact, if you love any book, leaving a review and telling your friends about the book is the best thing you can do for a writer. Please do that.If you averse to big box websites (*cough* Amazon), we have a handy little online bookstore of our own. We earn the largest percent of profits from this store, so please consider it. If you're in the Carson City-Reno-Douglas-Dayton area, we will refund the shipping fees and meet you in the public location of your choosing. If you are outside that area, we will refund you the difference on the shipping fees once we get a final number.Appearances:– I'm at Comma Coffee two or three times a week. Stop by and say hi.– May 25: I'll be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.– June 6: We're setting up a booth at the Sierra Arts Foundation Bookfest.– June 13: We may be at Nevada Pride via the Brewery Arts Center.– July 18: We may be back at the Reno Public Market.– August 25: CC will be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.– October: many events. More information as we get closer.Manuscript Status:– The sequel to #passionrestored is with CC. Release in June.– CC is also digging into Battle Born Bride. She talks about fast-drafting it.– The sequel to Finding Salvation is with me. Release in July.– I'm tapping at a new book (77+K words so far!). Details will come out later.That's all for now. Take care of you. LYL!You can also hear this podcast on Spotify!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.” We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. JT was voted as one of the top three most popular authors in Carson Now's “2026 Carson City Local Favorites.”New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!https://youtu.be/EnIWQacPE6A

In this episode of the podcast where "Production Values go to Die," CC and I give the ten-thousand-foot view of writing, editing, and producing a self-published book. Google AI gave us these stages of production:Manuscript Development & EditingProduction & DesignDistribution SetupMarketing & LaunchPost-Launch & ManagementThe two of us are always deep into one of these stages, and since we often have overlapping manuscripts, we can be at different stages at the same time. Sometimes we forget how complex these stages are. Just in this podcast, we mentioned these partners who help publish our books:Jack in the Box (coffee!), Red Adept, Teri Case, Comma Coffee, Sierra Arts Foundation, 99Designs, Book Sirens, Brewery Arts Center, Atticus, Amazon, Kobo, Draft2Digital, Google Books, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, InDesign, and Microsoft Word.(Reminder: 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.)Appearances:– I'm at Comma Coffee two or three times a week. Stop by and say hi.– May 10: We'll have a table at the Mother's Day event at the Carson Mall.– May 25: I'll be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.– June 6: We're setting up a booth at the Sierra Arts Foundation Bookfest.- June 13: We may be at Nevada Pride via the Brewery Arts Center.– July 18: We may be back at the Reno Public Market.– August 25: CC will be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.- October: many events. More information as we get closer.Manuscript Status:– The sequel to #passionrestored is with CC. Release in June.– CC is also digging into Battle Born Bride. She talks about fast-drafting it.– The sequel to Finding Salvation is at Red Adept.– I'm tapping at a new book. Details will come out later.That's all for now. Be especially careful out there. LYL!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.” We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. JT was voted as one of the top three most popular authors in Carson Now's “2026 Carson City Local Favorites.”New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!

Bookmark this page: Publishing Scam Alerts via the Authors Guild.One of the many unfortunate outcomes of the rise of Artificial Intelligence in the Writing Business is the increase of scams aimed at authors desperate for public exposure. Sophisticated emails with specific details about our books claim they will help us gain a wider audience for "a nominal fee."A quick Google search (ironically via their AI) categorizes these scams into four general categories:Impersonation and Phishing Scams,Upfront Fee Scams,Marketing, PR, and Review Scams, and Freelance Writing Scams.The one we see the most is the Book Club scam: someone claims to represent a book club with "hundreds of members," and they will share our book with those members for a fee. Another one we got hit with this week was someone claiming to represent a legitimate publisher, but a quick internet search revealed the IP address on their server was created the day before the email. Yeah, no.Nobody should have access to your money or your dreams without your permission, so when you see these unsolicited emails: hesitate, stop, and research. Do not click any links inside the email. Open another browser window and check out the sender and their organization.Bottom Line: if it sounds to good to be true, it absolutely is too good to be true.Appearances:– I'm at Comma Coffee two or three times a week. Stop by and say hi.- May 10: We'll have a table at the Mother's Day event at the Carson Mall.– May 25: I'll be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.– June 6: We're setting up a booth at the Sierra Arts Foundation Bookfest.– August 25: CC will be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.Manuscript Status:– The sequel to #passionrestored is with CC. Release in late May or early June.– CC is also digging into Battle Born Bride. She talks about fast-drafting it.– The sequel to Finding Salvation is at Red Adept.– I'm tapping at a new book. Details will come out later.That's all for now. Be especially careful out there. LYL!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.” We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. JT was voted as one of the top three most popular authors in Carson Now's “2026 Carson City Local Favorites.”New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!

Happy Easter, everyone, or as the kids call it: Happy Zombie Jesus Day (no offense intended)."The CC & JT Amateur Hour" is a podcast "to help writers write." Today, we go off of that beaten track for the most part to talk religion and politics.I suppose this is a vent session that was stimulated by the kindness paid to us from Jack in the Box (explained in the podcast), as well as seeing hundreds of kids do an Easter Egg hunt in south Carson City. They and their families were having the best fun, and we saw first hand the strength of kindness and love that Jesus hoped He was sending to us during his time on Earth.Unfortunately, we know better, especially in the era of when cruelty is considered strength. Spoiler: it ain't. We propose that the highest form of social evolution is unconditionally loving your neighbors and ourselves as Jesus intended. We support our argument.Back to the writing thing: we had fantastic interviews this week with Ashley Hanna-Morgan and Dr. Dan Morgan (no relation). Both of these authors are smart and articulate and worth your time. Jeff Brunings came on to talk about Truckee Literary Crawl happening on April 10 and 11. Check out his podcast!We gave you an update on our manuscripts (below), but we didn't tell you how you can meet us:– I'm at Comma Coffee two or three times a week. Stop by and say hi.– April 11: We'll be at the Nevada State Museum's Spring Into Adventure event.– May 25: I'll be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.– June 6: We're setting up a booth at the Sierra Arts Foundation Bookfest.– August 25: CC will be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.Manuscript Status:– The sequel to #passionrestored is with CC. Release in late May or early June.– CC is also digging into Battle Born Bride. She talks about fast-drafting it.– The sequel to Finding Salvation is at Red Adept.- I'm tapping at a new book. Details will come out later.That's all for now. Check us out and let us know what you think. LYL!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.”Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!

Yeah, that old feeling again. If Two Moore Books, LLC, had a third partner, "Disappointment" would probably be their name. Perhaps our expectations are too high, but it was a rough week between Book Release Day and making the tough decision about taking our cross-country trip.We are not alone, of course, so we used our feelings and coffee to fuel our discussion about this week's events (good and bad) and to gain perspective. In the big scheme of things, we're doing okay. Really.I finally redid the 99 cent book page so it's much easier to navigate. Check out our seven e-books to get a taste of what we do.We gave you an update on our manuscripts (below), but we didn't tell you how you can meet us:- I'm at Comma Coffee two or three times a week. Stop by and say hi.- April 4: We're setting up a booth at the Carson City Easter Egg Hunt.- April 11: We'll be at the Nevada State Museum's Spring Into Adventure event.- May 25: I'll be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.- June 6: We're setting up a booth at the Sierra Arts Foundation Bookfest.- August 25: CC will be doing an author talk at the Churchill County Library.Manuscript Status:- The sequel to #passionrestored is at our editors. Release in late May or early June.- CC is digging into Battle Born Bride. She talks about fast-drafting it.- The editing on the sequel to Finding Salvation is almost done. Hi, Teri!- The fourth "Sheriff in Nevada" book is adrift on rocks and shoals.That's all for now. Check us out and let us know what you think. LYL!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.”Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!

Hello from the Worldwide Headquarters of Two Moore Books, LLC, and we are busy, which is the topic of today's podcast.CC and I have been on the "independent writing hamster wheel" since long before we retired. We'd work, we write, we sleep, and we do it all over again. Many of you do the same, grabbing a few precious minutes of time here and there to produce books, blogs, and stories. Like us, you may have a thriving writing business to support your creative endeavors.The problem: we don't know how to stop the hamster wheel. We don't know how to hop off. Do you have any ideas? We'd love to hear your thoughts.We erroneously called it the "Best of Carson" in the podcast when the real name is "Carson City Local Favorites 2026." We would appreciate your vote.If you'd like to see us:- On March 17, we'll be at Comma Coffee in the morning to release "Finding Salvation." It is on the major platforms and on our website right now.- On April 4, we will be at the Pumpkin, Pioneers, and Tall Tales Easter Egg Hunt in the Pete Livermore Sports Complex in south Carson City.- On April 11, we got back to the Nevada State Museum for the spring literary event.- In June, we'll be joining our Northern Nevada writing colleagues at the Sierra Arts Foundation Bookfest.Works in Progress:- CC's "Restless Spirits Book 2" (working title) is at the editors and she's hunkering down on "Restless Spirits Book 3."- CC is planning a Young Adult book release for "Battle Born Bride" on October 31.- As said above, "Finding Salvation" will be released on March 17, and the next book set in the same universe will be released in July.- I have temporarily shelved the fourth "Sheriff in Nevada" manuscript for reasons explained in the podcast.That's all for now. Check us out let us know what you think. LYL!YouTubeThis podcast can also be heard on Spotify.+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.”Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!

Welcome back to the podcast where we "help writers write," and today's important subject is how to "Keep It Simple, Silly."We were planning another cross-country trip recently when we realized we were making our lives harder than they needed to be. Not only did we take a step back, we realized that, hey, maybe other writers would be interested in our homegrown solutions to turn complex projects into simple tasks. These are not original ideas by any means, but we stuck a few good ones into this podcast for your listening pleasure and, maybe, your increased sanity and decreased anxiety.Along with planning the trip and doing things on camera, we're writing and publishing almost every day. "Finding Salvation" is available for presale (links below), and the paperbacks should also be out on March 17, including our bookstore. CC is grinding away at her "Restless Spirits" series with a possible publication date of April 2026. And we have more books coming out after those! (Also, did you know we have our own bookstore?)W're having so much fun interviewing other authors about their books and the craft of writing. The first of two recent interviews included VL '"Tori" Stuart, a retired psychologist & author living in Costa Rica, who shared her journey from psychology to writing, her experiences as an expat, and her insights into the dystopian genre (link). On the NV Author Network, Jade Griffin shared her experience and wisdom on the interplay between tabletop gaming and writing. She also highlighted her upcoming projects and reflects on her past works (link).Here are those links to pre-order "Finding Salvation:"AmazonBarnes & NobleGoogleKoboLots going on! We hope you enjoy what we have to say. Take care of you. LYL!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.”Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.New and current newsletter subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of “Finding Salvation Part One” by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information. You can also read our books for free through your local library.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!

Hi, all. It's writers podcast time and we hit a lot of sweet spots today, starting with the reminder that baseball season starts after today's Super Bowl. Woo, sports ball!But seriously, folks, CC and I had a fun chat today about our current and upcoming books in 2026, including the St. Patricks Day release of "Finding Salvation." Three novellas in one book. yay!CC talks about her Restless Series books in which she hopes the second book will be released in April or May. You should really check out the first book.We spend some time in the podcast praising our partners in our books' creative process: the Beta readers. We are so grateful to these literary warriors for accepting the responsibility of reading and critiquing our manuscripts. Their fresh eyes are so important to produce the best copy possible. We provide ideas and thoughts that are mostly centered on one thought: be nice to your Beta readers.

For this episode of the "CC & JT Amateur Hour," we discuss the tools of the writing trade. During our professional experience as authors, we've seen a few things, as the saying goes. CC and I took typing classes back in the day, and we've seen and used all flavors of PC word processors up to and including the most recent version of Microsoft Word.We had the recent privilege of interviewing two writers who, in their own ways, represent the yin and yang of the modern set of writing tools and technology. Arnie Bernstein uses typewriters to create his manuscripts, and Kendall Brown uses virtual reality and ChatCGT to support her creative process.CC and I discuss these methodologies and technologies, noting that each has their strengths and weaknesses. We also make clear we do not advocate the illegal use of AI to infringe on the literary artist's creative works. We do try to predict the future which may include platforms like Amazon and Google imposing their technologies and policies on self-published writers.It's a complex issue, and we encourage you to check out Arnie's, Kendall's, and this podcast before flaming us.

It's time to drop another writer's podcast on you and drop some names, too: Alane, Chaz, Jennifer, Cheryl, Jacci, and Teri. (Those links are our fellow authors. Please click and give them your love.)Welcome back to the podcast that "helps writers write," and 2026 is shaping up to be another fun and busy year.Much of our time is chatting about fans, the ones we see at book signings and the ones who reach out over the internet. CC and I are gratified by how passionate people are about their own writing and about our books, and we learn something new every single time we come in contact with everyone. As we say in the podcast, they keep us energized about writing and they help keep us honest, too. We also chat about Chicago sports and jumping on/off bandwagons. That's why you see Pope Leo XIV.We would like to thank James Raquepau and Kendall Brown for appearing on the podcast. Kendall's episode will be posted on Wednesday, January 14th.Upcoming book releases, all in 2026. These are working titles:March: "Finding Salvation the Book." This is the compilation of the novellas outlining what happened on Earth when the Salvation departed the solar system. The first novella in on Amazon for 99 cents.April: "Restless Spirits Book 2." The sequel to #passionrestored, this book will involve new characters in the same setting as Book 1.June: "Restless Spirits Book 3." More details to follow.July: The next "Finding Salvation" book. What happened to the people who were left behind on Earth?October: Two books will be released on Nevada Day (October 31) because they are both set in Nevada. CC will release "Battle Born Bride" and I will release the fourth book in the "A Sheriff in Nevada" series. More details to follow.Do you want to receive a free e-copy of "Finding Salvation Part One"? New and current subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of "Finding Salvation Part One" by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information.We hope that you enjoy these and other podcasts, and we thank you for following along. LYL!+++Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers, publishers, and co-owners of Two Moore Books, LLC out of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Our human-authored book catalog can be found on our bookstore and the major platforms. Our podcast, “The CC and JT Amateur Hour,” has recorded hundreds of episodes, and our mission is to “help writers write.”Two of our books were “Finalists” in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. We received the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the “Best Authors and Books Podcast” category from the Women Podcasters Network. We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.New and current subscribers can receive a free epub or PDF of "Finding Salvation Part One" by subscribing to our newsletter! Reach out to us via our Contact Page for more information.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/⁠For those who listen on their way to work, we are on these fine podcast platforms: ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Pocket Casts⁠, and ⁠Radio Public⁠.Note: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.⁠please buy us coffee!Photo credit: Pope Leo XIV. Ann Muñoz via Chicago Sun-Times July 2025

In a moment where festivals blur into a constant scroll of names and posters, Ouroboros has always felt anchored to something more elemental. Tucked into the Cantal wilderness, it operates like a temporary ecosystem, built on trust between artists, crews, and the land itself. Toé sits at the center of that orbit. As a DJ, producer, and co-architect of the festival's identity, her presence carries a quiet authority. The same sensibility runs through Soma Animae, her personal platform that reads like a field journal, and through Chimaera, the Eyes Wide Open radio show she curates for LYL. Spend a little time with her work and the through-line becomes clear. Nature is not an aesthetic reference point here. It is the operating system. That context matters when listening back to her set from this year's Ouroboros, now part of our Delayed with series. Peak hour on paper, but the usual signals are intentionally bypassed. Instead of release-driven drama, Toé builds a flexible structure where tension is constantly adjusted, stretched, and rebalanced. Acid pressure appears and dissolves, depth gives way to propulsion, grooves are allowed to settle before being nudged elsewhere. Ouroboros' connection to its surroundings has always shaped how sound functions there, and Toé navigates that dynamic instinctively. The forest is not a backdrop but a participant, absorbing and reflecting the pulse coming from the sound system. For those two hours, the exchange holds steady, neither side dominating. What you hear in this set is that equilibrium, electronic music meeting the physical world without either one blinking first. “We circle around and around and around. As if dancing with the fire's breath. An ever-turning wheel, Like a flame spiraling itself into endless spaces.” Thanks to the producers : Ground Tactic, Marco Shuttle, Black Merlin, Function, Neel, Antigone, Rrose, VC-118A, Echologist, Varuna, Boston 168, Peter Van Hoesen, Silent Servant, Maurizio Cascella, Negative Return, Cio d'Or, Oskitronik, Michal Wolski, Muzmin, Donato Dozzi, Daniel Kane, Varuna, Luke Slater, Shifted, Forest Drive West, Stojche and Andy Martin. - Toé https://soundcloud.com/toe_music https://www.instagram.com/melu_toe https://soundcloud.com/ouroboros-festival https://www.instagram.com/ouroboros.ssss write up by @gilleswasserman Follow us on social media: https://soundcloud.com/itsdelayed https://linktr.ee/delayed https://www.delayed.nyc https://www.facebook.com/itsdelayed https://www.instagram.com/_____delayed https://www.youtube.com/@_____delayed Contact us: info@delayed.nyc

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.

This week, we present two stories about confronting threats -- whether it's actual physical danger or a threat to your career.Part 1: Climate scientist Kim Cobb is exploring a cave in Borneo when rocks begin to fall.Part 2: Neurobiologist Lyl Tomlinson is startled when he's accused of stealing cocaine from his former lab.Kim Cobb is a researcher who uses corals and cave stalagmites to probe the mechanisms of past, present, and future climate change. Kim has sailed on multiple oceanographic cruises to the deep tropics and led caving expeditions to the rainforests of Borneo in support of her research. Kim has received numerous awards for her research, most notably a NSF CAREER Award in 2007, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2008, and the EGU Hans Oeschger Medal in 2020. She served as Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and as a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under President Biden. As a mother to four, Kim is a strong advocate for women in science, and champions diversity and inclusion in all that she does. She is also devoted to the clear and frequent communication of climate change to the public through speaking engagements and social media.Lyl Tomlinson is a Brooklyn native and a post-doctoral researcher and program coordinator at Stony Brook University. He is also a science communication fanatic who often asks: “Would my grandma understand this?” Using this question as a guiding principle, he won the 2014 NASA FameLab science communication competition and became the International final runner-up. In addition to making complex information understandable, he has a growing interest in science policy. Lyl meets with government representatives to advocate for science related issues and regularly develops programs to tackle problems ranging from scientific workforce issues to the Opioid Epidemic. Outside of his work and career passions, he seems to harbor an odd obsession with sprinkles and is a (not so secret) comic book and anime nerd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we present two stories about confronting threats -- whether it's actual physical danger or a threat to your career. Part 1: Climate scientist Kim Cobb is exploring a cave in Borneo when rocks begin to fall. Part 2: Neurobiologist Lyl Tomlinson is startled when he's accused of stealing cocaine from his former lab. Kim Cobb is a researcher who uses corals and cave stalagmites to probe the mechanisms of past, present, and future climate change. Kim has sailed on multiple oceanographic cruises to the deep tropics and led caving expeditions to the rainforests of Borneo in support of her research. Kim has received numerous awards for her research, most notably a NSF CAREER Award in 2007, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2008, and the EGU Hans Oeschger Medal in 2020. She served as Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and as a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under President Biden. As a mother to four, Kim is a strong advocate for women in science, and champions diversity and inclusion in all that she does. She is also devoted to the clear and frequent communication of climate change to the public through speaking engagements and social media. Lyl Tomlinson is a Brooklyn native and a post-doctoral researcher and program coordinator at Stony Brook University. He is also a science communication fanatic who often asks: “Would my grandma understand this?” Using this question as a guiding principle, he won the 2014 NASA FameLab science communication competition and became the International final runner-up. In addition to making complex information understandable, he has a growing interest in science policy. Lyl meets with government representatives to advocate for science related issues and regularly develops programs to tackle problems ranging from scientific workforce issues to the Opioid Epidemic. Outside of his work and career passions, he seems to harbor an odd obsession with sprinkles and is a (not so secret) comic book and anime nerd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

For our 14th episode of LYL, we brought on Jeremy Schneider from Personal Finance Club. You all LOVED the episode so much, we're reposting it for this week's episode! This time of year is when we all tend to re-evaluate our finances—our budgets, investing strategies, debt payoff methods, the whole nine! We figured this episode would be a great refresher as you nail down your finances for 2025. Jeremy is a multi-millionaire that retired at 36 (and one of the kindest people we know). After hitting that milestone, Jeremy dedicated his career to teaching hundreds of thousands of people how to invest and build wealth in the stock market. In this episode, we discussed: What it actually means to invest Why investing is important, especially when you're young How to invest and what to invest in Do you need a financial advisor? And some of YOUR investing questions! Links we mentioned: Nectarine: ⁠https://hellonectarine.com/⁠ PFC Course: ⁠https://www.personalfinanceclub.com/courses/⁠ Watch the replay of our LIVE webinar with PFC: ⁠https://www.personalfinanceclub.com/girlstalkmoney/⁠ Follow PFC on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/personalfinanceclub/⁠ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review the podcast. We appreciate your support!

We get back into the swing of things with a story told by Melissa straight out of Texas. It's got twists, turns, and 911 call recordings to BOOT. Sorry about the all caps in 'boot' I was going for a Texas/pun thing. LYL!

New Age love & wellness influencers turned baby NXIVM: That's kinda the best way we can succinctly describe this week's cult, Twin Flames Universe, one of the most chilling groups we've discussed on the pod thus far. Several months ago, Twin Flames survivor Jessi Hersey, whom you might recognize from the “Escaping Twin Flames” doc on Netflix, slid into our DMs and made a very generous and compelling argument as to why Twin Flames needed airtime on Sounds Like A Cult. After all, it's important to represent the whole LYL, WYB, GTFO cult spectrum! This week, we're asking the fundamental questions: How did this niche online self-help “community” turn so destructive so fast, and how are its tenets low-key a threat to us all? Tune in to find out, and make sure to listen to the very end of the episode. We're making a highly exciting announcement about the next season of SLAC… let's just say there might be a couple new “cult leaders” (ahem, co-hosts) in your future! Follow us on IG @soundslikeacultpod @amanda_montell @reesaronii To order Amanda's new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, click here. To subscribe to Amanda's new Magical Overthinkers podcast and/or watch full episodes on YouTube, click here :) Thank you to our sponsors!!  Visit BetterHelp.com/CULT today to get 10% off your first month. Dipsea is offering an extended 30-day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/cult.  Head to Squarespace.com for a free trial, and when you're ready to launch, go to https://www.squarespace.com/CULT to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Get 20% off your first order of Liquid I.V. when you go to LiquidIV.com and use code CULT at checkout Further reading: How ‘Twin Flames Universe' YouTubers Monetized Heartbreak and Trauma “Everywhere I Went, They Went With Me, Because They Were on My Phone”: Inside the Always Online, All-Consuming World of Twin Flames Universe Why We Can't Get Enough of Cult Documentaries Twin Flames, Explained

Episode 179 of our writers' podcast for writers is about the evolution from science fiction to science fact in our lifetimes. CC and I grew up in what some may call a “golden age” when we watched how technologies dreamt about on TV and in books became reality. We only have to look at our phones and watches as proof. We discuss how the technological evolution affected our own books, notably my in-progress manuscripts lovingly called The Space Epic. We also chat about our other works in progress and immediate plans for the future (road trip!). Our website is www.carsonhume.com Check us out and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!

Today, we're recommending a podcast called Sounds Like A Cult - a podcast about modern day "cults" from host, and literary mastermind behind The Age of Magical Overthinking, Amanda Montell. The episode we're sharing with you today is about the cult of Amazon. Hope you enjoy listening as much as we do. * * * Welcome baaaAAAAaaaAAaack, culties!! Time to *ascend* to the 2024 era of Sounds Like A Cult

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

Welcome baaaAAAAaaaAAaack, culties!! Time to *ascend* to the 2024 era of Sounds Like A Cult

"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 Actually" (check out the beard!). We wore red this week for our family at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. We are all Rebels this week. There's a free book offer in this podcast/broadcast if you listen, but there's one small condition. Have a listen and check us out at www.carsonhume.com. LYL! Take care.

French producer and German based DJ, Aa Sudd, is known for his cutting edge releases on legendary labels such as Midgar as Aa Sudd, amenthia recordings as Konsudd (along with Konduku), Mirror Zone as Vector Trancer and more. He is also the host of the outstanding Hyperterranean show on Lyl radio. As an artist his sound is deeply psychedelic with complex and unconventional rhythms, seamlessly fusing techno, broken beats and drum n bass. Follow https://soundcloud.com/aasudd https://www.instagram.com/aa_sudd/

Another videocast & podcast for our fellow writers: it's Preptober! CC & and chat about getting ready for #nanowrimo and how it's a time of joy, not stress, if you let it. We also talk about our poor Cubs. If you're on TikTok, you can catch us here, but there's a ten-minute limit (we didn't know). The entire video is here on YouTube. Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!

In 2019 Nakeisha “Moma Boo'' Scott started the nonprofit Live Yo Life which is geared to mentoring and counseling teen girls at risk with the main focus of giving to the youth what she needed in her life as she was going down the wrong path without support, positive guidance, and help. On this podcast four young women from the organization share their thoughts and aspirations: Beyonsy Bradford Co-Founder of LYL, Dawnyai Hardy, (24yrs old), assistant Director of LYL,, BreeZjae Scott, LYL Participant Senior in High School Class Of 2024 and Deodessy Johnson, LYL Participant, High School Graduate Class of 2023 offer a fresh perspective from Generation Z. www.liveyolife.org

Is George Lucas good or lucky? Episode 127 of our writers podcast is about writers who capture lightning in a bottle. They submit books and screenplays at just the right time which capture the imagination and take the country by storm. There's lots of examples, starting with Mr. Lucas. Some folks would point to his pop cultural phenomenon of "Star Wars," but we go to the 1973 classic called "American Graffiti." This movie almost singlehandedly brought the 1950s nostalgia craze to the forefront of the Seventies and beyond. The movie also had a direct impact on CC's formative years. We also include the usual updates about our WIPs, our basement (yuck) and the tenants, the deer. Have a listen and check us out at www.carsonhume.com TIA! LYL!

If you're thinking about testing the water about something you'd like to do in your life you may want to have a listen and see what insight you can get as you hear me testing the water at St Andrews beach, Fife - because it's the unexpected that can catch us out. You'll find the podcast episodes mentioned, words of the poem, book, and how to sign up for LYL newsletter and other links mentioned in the podcast here https://www.alisonsmith.co/what-not-to-do-when-testing-water/

What's going on with Episode 126 of our writers' podcast? The better question is what isn't going on with this podcast. We start off with the premise that an epiphany is part of the writer's toolchest, but it's an unreliable tool. Yes, the initial idea of a book can be classified as one, but what happens after you start writing and developing characters and plot? We have ideas on how to create and use epiphanies in your writing. There's also a discussion on how long you should take to write a book. Spoiler: CC has been working on hers for over ten years and I started mine in 2022. They might appear in 2024. Also the usual junk drawer updates: Deer Basement Weather WIPs Killing characters Free book giveaway We go from Stephen King to George R.R. Martin in this one, so check us out at www.carsonhume.com and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL! Image source

Yeah, we joined mainstream and social media in debating Barbie in our podcast, but we went in a different direction with the history of gender-based books and roles. We start in the mass market publishing in the beginning of the 20th Century ("dime store novels") through the "Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew" type books of the Fifties. We work our way into Women's Lib and ERA, and we talk about how the Barbie movie is portrayed in social media. Also: -Our WIPs -Happy Birthday -Deer Update -WGA and the SAGAFTA strikes As a bonus, three of our books will be free on Monday, July 24. Here's that link. If you miss the giveaway, send me proof that you bought them and we'll Venmo you the cost. We'd rather you read the books than worry about buying them. As always, check us out at www.carsonhume.com Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!

Why it is when we can't see the wood for the trees, are overwhelmed and already too busy with too much to think about we keep planting more trees. In this episode we explore why we wouldn't do this in nature and why it's counterproductive in our own lives too. You'll find the words of the poem, book, and how to sign up for LYL newsletter and other links mentioned in the podcast here  https://www.alisonsmith.co/stop-planting-more-trees-in-your-life/  

Episode 124 is about the writer's derivative use of other published works in their own works in progress. Where is the gray area of originality when using William Shakespeare's classic works, for example? Modern literature is full of examples of those who boldly took it upon themselves to "copy" the Bard's great works or at least use them as inspiration for their books. Where do we writers draw the line? What is plagiarism? Also: -Updates on the weather, our basement and the baby deer. -Nanowrimo -How sausage, laws, and books are created. -Using three senses in your writing (Das Boot). As always, we go to a lot of places in less than an hour. If you're a writer or thinking about becoming one, this podcast is for you! Have a listen and check us out at www.carsonhume.com TIA! LYL!

When we're caught up in the story we're telling it can be hard to see the wood for the trees and identify a strategy or action plan for getting unstuck and back on track. That's when taking to a higher vantage point to see all 360 degrees of options comes in, and that's what we explore in more detail in this episode. You'll find the words of the poem, book, and how to sign up for LYL newsletter and other links mentioned in the podcast here https://www.alisonsmith.co/getting-to-a-higher-vantage-point/

Alberto Vazquez conocido como "Capi" es un aficionado de Tigres apasionado por la vida y el futbol, actualmente es Fraile Agustino en el Agustiniano Instituto Filosófico-Teológico en Naucalpan, Estado de México donde se prepara para ser sacerdote.   Durante el episodio nos compartió anécdotas apoyando al equipo, el valor de ser abonado, la experiencia de vivir los partidos en la zona LyL, ver los partidos en un convento, festejos de campeonato, su llamado al servicio y más. Síguenos en Facebook e Instagram Apoya este proyecto adquiriendo una playera de Aguerridos. 

Servando Fernández es aficionado de Tigres desde hace 27 años y un apasionado por la lectura, es colaborador de la revista "Resistencia Auriazul" de Libres y Lokos, un espacio que desde sus inicios comparte la ideología de LyL, escritos con anécdotas, nuevas canciones y más. Platicamos sobre las tribus urbanas, los fanzines, la Expo Tigres, las previas, el libro Pelota de papel donde participó Nahuel Guzmán, recomendaciones de lecturas futboleras y anécdotas de viajes por carretera. Apoya este podcast adquiriendo una playera o sudadera de Aguerridos.

This episode—LYL #103: The right kind of discipline (it's not what you think)—was originally released on December 16, 2019. Today we're going to talk about why you want to shift away from old school self-discipline.   This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to learn… Why I get a cold chill when I hear the word “discipline” How to know if you've trained yourself to do things in a controlled and habitual way Two ways you might be punishing yourself for not being disciplined The lose-lose nature of old school discipline The altogether different kind of magnet you are depending on whether you take action from discipline or alignment  Why I get an uneasy feeling when a client tells me they want help to be more disciplined My belief about sitting on the couch all day eating bon-bons and what it reveals about my former relationship with discipline Whether you should give up discipline altogether Want to find a Love Your Life episode about a particular topic of interest?  Check out the LYL Index.   To access exclusive monthly episodes and binge the 230+ episode archive, subscribe to the premium feed here:  https://loveyourlife.supportingcast.fm For all things Law of Attraction, visit Jennifer365.com. 

This episode—LYL #099: Are you thirsty for what you want?—was originally released on November 18, 2019 Today we're going to talk about why being thirsty for what you want gets in the way of manifesting.   This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to learn… A concept that helped me understand how I was getting in the way of my ability to manifest Clear signs about your vibration that let you know you're not in receiving mode The vibrational difference between desire and desperation The only reason that you have't already gotten what you desire How a vision board could actually get in the way of manifesting 7 ideas for shifting away from being thirsty for what you want.  I know you'll have an opportunity with at least one of these! To access exclusive monthly episodes and binge the 240+ episode archive, subscribe to the premium feed here:  https://loveyourlife.supportingcast.fm For all things Law of Attraction, visit Jennifer365.com. 

Anonymity, prayers, sitting in a circle and sharing your deepest secrets and traumas, an intimate mentor program… is it a cult or a 12-step program? This week, Isa and Amanda are joined by comedian JF Harris to discuss groups like AA, NA, and OA whose ritualistic approach to addiction recovery is definitely culty… but is it a LYL, a WYB, or a GTFO? In honor of Sounds Like A Cult's one-year anniversary, we're hosting our very first ever live show! It's virtual, meaning anyone from anywhere in the world can attend. On June 15th at 9 pm ET, join Isa and Amanda to ask questions, play games, hear us talk about never-before-discussed cults, and dive into alllllll other things culty. Details and ticket info can be found at momenthouse.com/soundslikeacult Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners at HelixSleep.com/cult   For listeners of the show, Calm is offering an exclusive offer of 40% off a Calm Premium subscription at Calm.com/cult Go to HelloFresh.com/cult16 and use code cult16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 102: Bear Talk - A weekly episode of trade reviews by Reed & David. Both traders decided to go over their trades on a weekly podcast to further improve their game. The podcast screen-share can be found on Friendly Bear Research YouTube Channel. The trades covered in this segment are from January 31 - February 4, 2022.Stocks reviewed in this Bear Talk: BCDA, UTME, LYL, ANY, EVLV, EXPRBear Talk weekly trade review screen-share: Bear Talk YouTubeSocial MediaReed HrynewichInstagram: reedhrynewichTwitter: reedhrynewichProfitly: reedgolf19David CapablancaInstagram: reverse_longTwitter: reverse_longYouTube: Friendly Bear ResearchProfitly: reverse_long

Thanks to the fabulous Lylian (aka LYL) again for this creepy tale