Rewind 2024

Pre-sale: Friday, January 3, 2025

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For Episode 204 of our lovely award-winning podcast, we do our 2024 rewind and hit these high points:

CC received international recognition from the Women in Podcasting team by winning the best podcast in the Books and Writing category. That was a fantastic accomplishment!

We traveled the breadth and width of the United States by car, along with trips along the length of California. We also traveled to Vancouver Island and took two voyages on the BC ferry. That was fun.

On the writing side, we somehow only published the one book: Serving Salvation Part One. We had plans to publish more, but real life got in the way (nothing bad; just complicated).

Thanks to our membership in the Sierra Arts Foundation, we placed the Sheriff books on the shelves on the Depot Gallery and Bookstore in Sparks, Nevada. Thanks to Teri in Fallon, Nevada, the same books found a home in the Churchill County Library. They can also be found in Nevada State Library and through their Talking Books Program.

So why did we do this public rewind? The less important reason is to remind CC and me that we’re getting things done. Life moves fast, and sometimes we get caught up in the trees and forget to look at the forest.

The more important reason is we want to show our colleagues, the self-published writers, is that you can achieve success once you believe in yourself and give yourself permission to do great things. If you feel it’s necessary, here’s your permission and here’s your sign.

Go out and do great things!

We believe in you. TIA LYL.

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We’re rewinding 2024 and talking about our accomplishments in the past year. They include lots of travel, big awards, retirement, and so much more. We do this to remind our colleagues, self-published writerstephenkings, that you can do great things when you give yourself permission to be awesome. We believe in you! TIA LYL! #podcast #booktok #writersoftiktok #podcastsoftiktok #writingcommunity #booktoker #writer

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Christmas Eve Update

We’re in the home stretch of the holiday season, so here are four updates to get you through the week.

  1. From Tundra to Tiara:

There’s still time to jump on Cassidy’s “Festering Turd of a Book” Campaign that she’s been pushing on her social media (notably TikTok and YouTube). We dropped the price of FTTT to 99¢ for Christmas Eve and Christmas, so go out and get it, please. Really, the book is as sweet as CC. Download here.

2. FTTT Review:

We got a very nice review of FTTT from Avonna Loves Genre.

The characters pull you into the story and help you easily suspend reality to believe in the H/h’s romance triumphing over everything for their HEA. There are a few surprise twists along Lexie and Travis’ road to romance which makes this a wonderful escape read that I did not want to end. I recommend setting aside some time to enjoy this escapist contemporary romance.

Seems like a good use of your 99¢ here.

3. Finding Salvation Part One:

First there was Serving Salvation Book One, the epic science-fiction slash romance series about the good ship Salvation as it comes to the end of its three-thousand-year journey to save humans. But what happened when the huge Apocalypse Ship left Earth all those years ago? Finding Salvation Part One is the three-part novella that follows one man’s struggle with his humanity as he unravels a horrific murder. The cover reveal for Part One is Friday, December 27, and the novella goes on pre-sale Friday, January 3.

4. Two Moore Books:

Our award-winning podcast on Sunday, December 29 will be dedicated to the new year, including the big reveal that we are forming an Limited Liability Company (LLC) called Two Moore Books. This is our retirement career. We could have bought twin Harley Davidsons Hogs or a big camper trailer or some other monetary black hole, but we believe in our writing and we want to make our efforts as “real” as possible.

We are thankful that you have joined on this journey, and we are looking forward to more success and more fun. No matter your beliefs, we hope you have a most wonderful holiday season. Take care of you, okay?

Christmas 1981

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For Episode 202 of our lovely award-winning podcast, we dive into our holiday tradition of watching Christmas movies. We did our regular rotation of Christmas Vacation, Love Actually, and Die Hard. We auditioned three movies for possible inclusion: Scrooged, Batman Returns, and Red One.

Minor spoilage on all of these movies.

We ended the podcast with our memories of our first Christmas together (in 1981!) and how it led to me proposing to CC on New Year’s Day 1982. Like everything in our lives, it’s a tale of comedy and romance.

Also: updates on our respective works in progress and news about a surprise Cover Reveal!

Edit: We got a very sweet review of From Tundra to Tiara from Avonna Loves Genre. Check it out.

Have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

And Merry Christmas!

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In Episode 203 of our award-winning podcast, we talk about our first Christmas together way back in 1981, and how it led to a marriage proposal and a life of comedy and romance. We watched Christmas Vacation, Love Actually, Die Hard, Scrooged, Batman Returns, and Red One. Minor spoilage. We hope you have a wonderful week, full of joy and happiness! Link in bio. #proposal #podcast #booktok #writersoftiktok #podcastsoftiktok #writingcommunity #booktoker

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Bad Habits

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For Episode 202 of our lovely award-winning podcast, we chat about our mistakes and bad habits. Every writer has them, which is why we have awesome editors and beta readers. For CC and me, we hold our writing challenges up to the light, and we provide some solutions.

As always, we talk about our current works in progress and about how excited we are for the new year. Have a listen to today’s episode and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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Episode 202 of our award-winning podcast for writers is about the mistakes we make as writers. CC and I have fallen into bad habits, and we hold ourselves up to the light so you can learn from us. Check us out. Link in bio. LYL!#booktok #writer #writersoftiktok #podcastsoftiktok #writingcommunity

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As promised, here is the table of my bad words so you can copy and paste them for your own use. For me, use of these leads to a passive voice (yuck).

A littleJustStill
AboutKnowThat
AlmostLateThen
AlreadyLeftThere
AlsoLikeToday
AlwaysMoreTomorrow
AroundNeverTonight
BeenNextToo
ButNowWell
EverOftenWhere
FastReallyWhich
FewSeldomWhy
HasSoYeah
HereSometimesYesterday
Here we areSoonYet
Here I amFacadethe time

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Second Edition

For folks who graciously bought Serving Salvation Book One, I uploaded a second edition yesterday. Fixed a few typos and the name of a minor character whom I think was mentioned once in 73K words. My thanks to Teri for her energy in reading the book and fixing the boo-boo’s.

Let this be a lesson: no manuscript is perfect. It went through an army of editors and readers, and the typos still slipped through, gosh darn it.

If you haven’t bought the book yet, the links and description are below. TIA LYL!

The first of three books (and a series of prequels), Serving Salvation Book One is an adventure of hope, romance, and murder. Leaving a home decimated by global war and environmental disaster, humanity’s only surviving Apocalypse Ship nears the end of its three thousand year journey, but humans continue to be human. Fans of Alastair Reynolds and Battlestar Galactica will enjoy.

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“My God, It’s Full Of Stars.”

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It’s Episode 201 of our silly little podcast, so we discuss a significant movie from our youth: 2001: A Space Odyssey.

We thoroughly spoil this fifty-six year old movie, but it’s for a good cause because it is one of the greatest movies of our lifetime. This Clarke/Kubrick masterpiece is complex, visual, mind bending, and hopeful. From the opening sequence to the war for the waterhole to the Starchild looking down on Earth, we describe how this movie shows how far Humanity has evolved, but in some ways, hasn’t evolved at all.

We had a great discussion, and we do our best to discuss the impact of the writing and production values, but I’m not sure we did it justice.

We’re having lot of fun on our award-winning podcast. Have a listen to today’s episode and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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[Technical note: there’s no TikTok because there is so much to 2001, we blow by the thirty-minute TT limitation.]

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December 2024 Newletter

Welcome to the Two Moore Books News. Our monthly newsletter provides updates on our works in progress, a roundup of the previous month’s podcasts, upcoming book releases, and details about any events we may be attending. Be sure to share this with anyone who you think might be interested in following our adventures. As always, feel free to contact us through our website www.carsonhume.com if you have questions or suggestions.

Episode 200 of “The CC & JT Amateur Hour”

On December 1, 2024 we recorded the 200th episode of our award-winning podcast, where we took a fond look back over some of our most popular topics. These included Elmore Leonard’s “10 Rules for Good Writing,” Screenwriting, wrestling with creative control, and a discussion of our first recording location in the “Tower of Doom” (the office on the top floor of our house). The Amateur Hour continues to grow and evolve, and we hope you’ll follow along on our future adventures.

Nevada Talking Books

Copies of JT Hume’s books, A Sheriff in Nevada and A Sheriff in Nevada: Downfall have been donated to the Nevada Talking Books program within the Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records. After being recorded by volunteers within the program, they will become available to anyone who is a registered participant of the program. Nevada Talking Books Services (NTBS) is a free library service for Nevadans who are unable to use standard print materials due to a visual or physical disability. More information on the program can be found here: https://nsla.nv.gov/ntbs.

Floating Free Book Library

Our friends are taking a long trip on the Majestic Princess, a luxury passenger ship that’s part of the Princess Cruise Line. The ships have a free book library like you might find in your community, so a dozen of our books is aboard this beautiful vessel and will be going to places we’ve never seen. Exciting!

In Case You Missed It: November Podcasts

November 3: Press Release
November 10: Secret Menu of Writing
November 17: Busy Week
November 24: Inspiration

Works in Progress

CC’s Projects: The paranormal romance set in Virginia City will soon be going to beta readers with a target release date of mid-2025. A historical romance set in Carson City is in the early drafting phase and should be ready for release in late 2025.  

JT’s Projects: “Zoey,” is in final edits with an official release date in early 2025. Serving Salvation Book 2 and the prequel Finding Salvation Part 1 are now in the editing phase and will also be out in 2025.

Coming Up in 2025

January is right around the corner, and so is the creation of our writing and publishing business Two Moore Books LLC. We have a lot of fun plans that are bubbling and brewing for 2025, so keep an eye on our websites!

Our Books!
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Episode 200

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It’s Episode 200 of our silly little podcast to “help writers write.”

We look back fondly on our little endeavor we created during the pandemic, and we’ve touched on a wide range of subjects. Today we discussed:

Elmore Leonard’s “10 rules for Good Writing,”
Screenwriting: Adapting books to movies,
Wrestling with Creative Control,
And starting in our Tower of Doom (pictured)!

We have had a lot of fun, and we will continue to have a lot of fun with our award-winning podcast.

Have a listen to today’s episode and let us know what you think. TIA LYL!

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It’s Episode 200 of our podcast to “help writers write.” We look back and discuss Elmore Leonard, Stephen King, dealing with creative control, and screenwriting. It’s been a lot of fun! Link in bio. #booktok #writers #writingcommunity #writersoftiktok #podcastsoftiktok #writing #stephenking #elmoreleonard #booktoker

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Amazon Strike

We just learned about the Amazon workers strike, so we have cancelled the 99¢ sale on Amazon only.

The four books are available on Barnes and Noble and Kobo for 99¢ as soon as their pricing algorithms update. This may take a few hours as of this writing, but be patient. The prices will update soon.

From Tundra to TiaraB&NKobo
Serving SalvationB&NKobo
A Sheriff in NevadaB&NKobo
Hope Knocks TwiceB&NKobo

We appreciate your patience as we make this shift in the sale out of respect to the Amazon workers. Thank you.

Black Friday to Cyber Monday

The Amazon sale is cancelled out of respect to the workers strike. These books are available for 99¢ on Barnes & Noble and Kobo. Here’s the link. Thank you!

Happy (Late) Thanksgiving and a most wonderful holiday season to you.

By the time you read this, four of our favorite books will be on sale for 99¢ from Black Friday (November 29) to Cyber Monday (December 2):

From Tundra to Tiara
A Sheriff in Nevada
Hope Knocks Twice
Serving Salvation

We think they are all wonderful books and well worthy of your time, especially at a combined price of less than a cup of coffee.

All books are also available in paperback. If you are in the Carson City (Nevada) area, we’ll be happy to meet up and discuss them over (ahem) coffee, along with a free autograph!

Reminder: Podcast Episode 200 is this week.

We wish you a warm and wonderful week. TIA LYL!

As always:
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