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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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00:10:21

Angela Laverghetta

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2025/06/03

Angela Laverghetta is a Northern Nevada based fantasy author and developmental editor. A Nevada resident since 1993 and graduate of Western Nevada College, Angela has fallen in love with the forever blue sky and grand mountain vistas of the west. In fact, almost all her writings take place locally, including her debut modern fantasy novel The Buried Knight published in 2023, and its sequel, The Hidden Druid, published at the end of 2024. A voracious reader as a child, Angela always knew she wanted

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00:28:49

Rebranding

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2025/06/01

For Episode 226 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we are traveling to a new frontier.We often receive requests from published writers from around the world asking to be on our podcast. The time has come. We are throwing open the doors to published writers who want to join the Amateur Hour. Our plan is to alternate the Sunday interviews with our regular show (every other week).One caveat: if you are a member of the Sierra Arts Foundation and you have books in the SAF Depot Gallery and

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00:17:41

Jacci Turner

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2025/05/29

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

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00:11:07

Nevada Authors Network: Elaine Sargent

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2025/05/27

Elaine Sargent’s writing odyssey began as a college journalism student where she was a reporter for the university newspaper. Her beat was Arts and Entertainment, and she was assigned to interview on-campus artists and review shows in hopes of ultimately becoming a fashion journalist. Her path took a turn when she discovered the University of Nevada costume design program, which allowed her to combine her two professional interests: writing and fashion.This unique mixture led to her employment

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00:03:58

Riverside Test

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2025/05/26

We are testing Riverside for our podcast.

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00:33:36

Schedule

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2025/05/25

For Episode 225 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we set ourselves up for disappointment.We often say that “writing is a solo project done on the public stage,” meaning we’re alone in our endeavors, but that’s not true. We rely on beta readers, editors, and cover designers to produce the best book possible. We learned this week what happens when success strikes one of our key partners: we had to slip book release dates. Sad for us, but happy for them! We discuss our feelings on the subject

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00:13:30

Nevada Authors Network: Ken Sutherland

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2025/05/20

Ken Sutherland learned the art of writing through the radio business. Not blessed with the stereotypical deep voice of the airwaves, he realized he needed to say something interesting to stay employed, and he began to write. As his career and reputation grew, he became the go-to guy for anything that needed to be written: news, sales proposals, and especially commercials. He takes pride in having been the creative force behind more than forty thousand commercials. His passion and professionalism

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00:36:34

Indy Writers and Three-Star Reviews

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2025/05/18

For Episode 224 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we debate whether independent writers deserve more than three-star reviews.An apology up front: CC and I have a plague. Not the plague, but we’re not feeling great. We are getting better.CC found this statement on the internet: “Most indy authors don’t deserve more than a three-star review.” This absolute statement triggered a discussion, and we decided to bring that debate to this week’s podcast. CC takes up why this is wrong while I play

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00:08:14

Nevada Authors Network: Mariposa Cruz

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2025/05/13

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

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00:30:07

Editing Editing Editing

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2025/05/11

For Episode 223 of our award-winning podcast⁠ for writers, we’re a little all over the place. It was a week.Reminder: Serving Salvation Book Two will be released on May 14. Book One got very nice reviews, and the B1 ebook is available for 99 cents on the major platforms. Check out our Books page.Happy Mother’s Day not only to mothers, but to those who step up and be a mother in times of need. And to the dads who ran out to the store at the last minute for their kids.Here’s a story all writers can

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00:12:28

Nevada Authors Network: Tia Flores

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2025/05/07

Tia Flores, Sierra Arts Foundation Program Director, joins the Nevada Authors Network to discuss the challenges facing the arts in Reno.In her current role as a program director for a regional arts organization, Tia enjoys designing and facilitating professional development workshops for artists and educators. Tia views the act of art making as a place ofconnection, discovery, refuge and celebration.As an artist and a fourth generation Nevadan, Tia is known for her culturally themed pyrographic

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00:40:28

The Archives

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2025/05/04

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

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00:49:01

License to Steal

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2025/04/27

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”

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00:41:58

Keeping Busy

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2025/04/20

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

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00:42:26

Believe

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2025/04/12

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

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00:48:07

Baseball

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2025/04/06

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

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00:38:24

Sparks

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2025/03/30

Know a writer or someone who wants to be a writer? Then forward this post to them and invite them to listen to our writers podcast. Thank you!In Episode 217 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we’re wrapping up March 2025, and we find that we had a “slow” month.We do our monthly wrap-up and learn that March 2025 didn’t have a lot of bells and whistles like previous months. It’s not to say it wasn’t exciting, but it was busy.Significantly, we used the time to prepare for our upcoming events:-On April 13,

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00:41:28

Vacation from Our Brain

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2025/03/23

Know a writer or someone who wants to be a writer? Then forward this post to them and invite them to listen to our writers podcast. Thank you!In Episode 216 of our award-winning podcast⁠, we can’t get away from our brains.Intellectually, we knew being full-time writers and running a business was an around-the-clock experience, but now that we’re immersed, the reality of a 24/7 existence has set in.When we’re not writing, we’re thinking about our business. When we’re not doing business things, CC and

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00:38:58

Economy

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2025/03/16

Know a writer or someone who wants to be a writer? Then forward this post to them and invite them to listen to our writers podcast. Thank you!In Episode 215 of our lovely award-winning podcast⁠, it’s the economy, silly.Every independent writer is a business to some degree, and all of us make tough decisions about how we spend our money. CC and I had dreams above traveling and doing book signings and stuff, but the current economy is not kind to indy writers. There are the Amazon and billionaire

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00:42:30

Reviews, Please

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2025/03/09

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!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,

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