Hello from the CC and JT Amateur Hour, “where production values go to die,” and we talked a lot about a few things as we continue to wrestle with our video presence. Topics:-Nanowrimo-Our personal writing projects-Overnight success-The public face of our private endeavors-Meeting the public Here’s the YouTube of the podcast. CC is reading EdgarContinue reading “Winging It”
Category Archives: Video
Video Page Update
Twitter/X is dying, so we’re expanding our weekly writer’s podcast to include moving pictures in living color. (Folks of a certain age will link that cliché to the above image. Our videos page. TikTokCC: https://www.tiktok.com/@cassidycarson45JT: https://www.tiktok.com/@carsonhumebooks YouTubeCC: https://www.youtube.com/@cassidycarson1118JT: https://www.youtube.com/@jthume393 InstagramCC: https://www.instagram.com/authorcassidycarson/JT: https://www.instagram.com/jt_hume/ As a bonus, we’re also on Blue Sky!CC: https://bsky.app/profile/authorcarson.bsky.socialJT: https://bsky.app/profile/jthume.bsky.social We don’t knowContinue reading “Video Page Update”
Preptober!
Another videocast & podcast for our fellow writers: it’s Preptober! CC and I 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. Here’s the podcast for your listening pleasure. If you’re on TikTok, you can catch us here,Continue reading “Preptober!”
Video Test
Happy International Podcast Day from The Amateur Hour, so we took the occasion to do a video simulcast of today’s short podcast. As always, production values are low, but you get a peek at CC (nice) and me (sorry) while glimpsing of the Worldwide Headquarters. Also today:–The Race to Wrigley 5k–The Carson City Murals andContinue reading “Video Test”
Screenwriting
Episode 128 is about that great beast called “screenwriting” and how it is a different, yet similar craft to writing a book. There’s the external visual representation versus the internal written word, but there’s also the complex collaboration, visuals, and the outside influences (re: the studios) that change the original product into what you seeContinue reading “Screenwriting”
That Which We Leave Behind
Time for another CC and JT Amateur Hour “where production values go to die.” We like to help writers write. The past is always present, and it grips us all in more ways than one. CC and I discuss how to fold the past into your writing. We talk about the Hume Museum. Peggy theContinue reading “That Which We Leave Behind”
Reading Duties: Videos Page
Important website update: After I recorded the fourth video for “Duties Faithfully Executed,” I updated our website to include a page devoted to videos. The link is up there are the top. For those receiving this update via email, the fourth video is called “The Wonder Years.” Every real and fictional autobiography is required toContinue reading “Reading Duties: Videos Page”
Christmas Memories
Ah, “the horror of the holidays are upon us,” as my grandfather used to say. One common theme, no matter your culture or beliefs, are the strong emotions we feel during these days. CC and I remember two of our strongest Christmas memories, and we use them to illustrate how to transcribe those memories intoContinue reading “Christmas Memories”
Reading Duties
Important edit: Things are coming together. I’ve done three YouTube recordings of “Duties Faithfully Executed,” and am learning the tricks of the trade. Gonna skip listing the first recording in the below list, but it’s on the channel if you want. I’m going to use this blog post for now to list the recordings:The JTContinue reading “Reading Duties”