Hawk Fire

For today’s podcast, we had an organized agenda (really!), then the last twenty-four hours happened.

The Hawk Fire started on the slopes of Peavine Mountain in the immediate northwest region of Reno, and the winds drove it in all directions, including towards our daughter’s home and place of business. We were on the edge of our seats all of yesterday until she made the wise decision to evacuate herself and her three cats. When we woke up this morning, we saw the fire had reached US Highway 395. Oof. Our prayers and strength to all affected.

While this was unfolding, I remembered the Nevada Appeal’s “Best of Carson 2026” contest had ended last week. We did not receive an invitation to the awards ceremony, so we assumed we had lost. I wondered where we placed…and found that we had won our category. Uh, wow. We were voted as the “Most Unique Business” in the Nevada Appeal’s Best of Carson City 2026 Contest. Huh. Go figure. One of the nice things about this contest is the local visibility. We may buy a banner (😜). My thanks to our voters, the Appeal, and our glorious leader Cassidy Carson who leads our endeavors with an iron fist covered with a velvet glove.

Other items of note:
– CC will be giving an author talk this Tuesday, August 25, at 6:00pm at the Churchill County Library in Fallon, Nevada. Her topic will be “Romance in Nevada Novels” or something close to that.
– Her latest book, Battle Born Bride, is available for pre-order. Please, please, please give up one cup of coffee and go grab it.
– We did a podcast with writer and hall of famer Ken Sutherland. Check it out.

That’s all for now. Enjoy the podcast and LYL!

You can also listen to this on Spotify!

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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. Two Moore Books, LLC was voted as the “Most Unique Business” in the Nevada Appeal’s Best of Carson City 2026 contest. JT was voted as one of the top three most popular authors in Carson Now’s “2026 Carson City Local Favorites.”

You can also read our books for free through your local library.

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