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

Cassidy Carson and JT Hume

Cassidy Carson and JT Hume are longtime partners, readers, and independent writers who bring their decades of experience to the podcast world. We start with writing tips, techniques, and challenges, and goes on to explore the interesting world and universe around us.

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Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/06/09

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 recently celebrated our 42nd anniversary, so Episode 175 of our podcast for writers is about the challenge of familiarity. We love to watch and read about new romances, and as writers, those books are relatively easy to write. Think Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew (or 10 Things I Hate About You). The steeper climb is writing a book about the

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Force of Nature

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2024/06/02

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 174 of our writers’ podcast for writers is all about using nature as a character or background for your work. We’ve all encountered nature on some level of our existence, and it serves as a point of commonality around the world, be it a heavy rainstorm, the sound of the ocean, or a sunny day. Nature is a convenient tool in our toolbox because we can

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00:29:42

The California Trail

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2024/05/26

Episode 173 of our writers podcast has us talking about ingenuity and grit of travelers along the 19th Century road known as the California Trail.CC is writing a historical novel, and it was our good luck when we stumbled upon the California Trail Interpretive Center on the first day of our Big A** Trip across America. This Harry Reid project sits along Interstate 80 (exit 292, to be exact) west of Elko, Nevada, and it provides visitors the in-depth historical look at the mass exodus to California

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Snow Squall

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/05/19

Episode 172 takes us back to our Big A** Trip and what we learned from having our “boots on the ground.” For this podcast, we talk about the surviving remnants of an American-built extreme clipper ship, the Snow Squall. Clippers were cargo ships built for speed over capacity, and extreme clipper ships were especially fast, though their construction era in America was relatively short (1845 to 1855).There is only one surviving piece of an American extreme clipper, and the Maine Maritime Museum has

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00:27:57

Home Again

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/05/16

Episode 171 has us home after twenty days and 7500+ miles on the road. We’re doing a bonus podcast to give our quick impressions of our writers research trip: -What we expected versus what we saw. -What we saw on each side of the Continental Divide. -The number of states we traveled through (plus one province). -What we learned in Green River, Utah. Really, there’s too much here to unpack in a thirty-minute podcast, so we hit the high points. We’ll be organizing our brains for weeks. We’ll be

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00:14:24

Day 17 of the BAT

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2024/05/12

Episode 170: Yes, you read that right. This is both Episode 170 of our writers podcast and Day 17 of the Big A** Trip. Happy Mother's Day from Oak Grove, Missouri to all who celebrate. This is a quick and short podcast because we're getting on the road. Again. We share some quick impressions about how different and common things are across America, and we talk about the people we are versus those kids from 40+ years ago. Since this is a writers podcast, we also talk about doing in-person

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Day Nine of the BAT

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2024/05/04

Episode 169 of our writers’ podcast has us bouncing between the Maine cities of Bath and Portland to do boots-on-the-ground research for future books. We did stops at the Maine Maritime Museum, the Maine Historical Society, the Golden Lotus restaurant (yum!), and my paternal grandparents’ house. We traveled 3300 miles to do this research and we were not disappointed. A reminder that you can follow along on our Big A** Trip with the hashtags #ccandjt and #bat2024 The daily updates are on my

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BAT Day 6

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/05/01

This is the Day 6 update of the #ccandjt #bat2024. You can access the rest of the updates at https://jthume.tumblr.com/ Episode 168: Hello from Canada, and the CC and JT Amateur Hour is now an international podcast. Woo. We're giving our loyal listeners an update from the ninth floor of the Holiday Inn in London, Ontario, Canada. We talk about our journey and, because this is a writers podcast, our takeaways from almost 3,000 road miles so far. This is quite the adventure as we travel from

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BAT Day 3

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2024/04/29

This is the Day Three update of the CC and JT BAT. Here are the Day One and Day Two updates. Episode 167 is from our hotel room in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, and we are bushed. Day Three of the BAT was yesterday, all eleven hours, and we started north from Casper, Wyoming. When we lived in Nebraska in the Stone Age, the phrase was “nothing between here and Canada except for barbed wire.” They were right. Long stretches of road in both WY and SD where there is nothing but bushes. Not even trees. The

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The BAT

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2024/04/21

Episode 166 of the Amateur Hour is filled with fun as we announce the “CC and JT 2024 Big Ass Trip” (BAT). Before the end of April, we’re heading to all points east, with stops across two countries, with our destination being the State of Maine. We’ll swing by my sister’s place in Delaware, the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the historic battlefield of Gettysburg (not in that order, obviously). The usual caveats apply when it comes to a BAT like this, especially one for the road, because real life

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Interview

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2024/04/14

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

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00:27:54

California

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/04/07

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

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Retired

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/03/31

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

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"No Religion, Too"

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2024/03/24

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

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Memory

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/03/17

We could say Episode 161 is an exercise in applying strong memories to the craft of writing. After all, “we write what we know.” In reality, it’s an excuse for CC and me to reminisce about our strongest memories from our trips to Ireland. That’s what we people of a certain age like to do. Discussed: Blarney Castle, Ross Castle, Christchurch, Dublin tourism, the color green, and a rabbit. Check out the other 160 podcast episodes on our website at www.carsonhume.com, and may ye be halfway to Heaven

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Squirrel!

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/03/10

Episode 160 is another hodgepodge of writing updates, opinions and predictions. The key center answers the question, “If your life had a book title, what would it be?” You will be surprised to learn that people married for 40+ years came up with the same answer. Shocking! We also discuss the Cubs, Cinema Therapy, current projects, the time change, retirement, routines, and our furniture. Have a listen. I promise it’s more interesting than it sounds. And check us out at www.carsonhume.com TIA

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Process

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2024/03/03

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

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Ennui

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/02/25

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

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Dichotomy vs. Genre

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/02/18

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

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Implausible

Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT... ·

2024/02/11

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

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