Our mission here at the "CC & JT Amateur Hour" is to "help writers write," and part of our madness is to publicly examine our creative motivations. In this episode, we dive into why we write and don't write about graphic sex.This is not then general, ten-thousand-foot view that we've done in previous episodes. We talk about our motivations, challenges, and prejudices about our characters having sex in our books. We go deep and, as always, CC and I learn something new about each other, even after 40+ years of intimate...
Our mission here at the "CC & JT Amateur Hour" is to "help writers write," and part of our madness is to publicly examine our creative motivations. In this episode, we dive into why we write and don't write about graphic sex.
This is not then general, ten-thousand-foot view that we've done in previous episodes. We talk about our motivations, challenges, and prejudices about our characters having sex in our books. We go deep and, as always, CC and I learn something new about each other, even after 40+ years of intimate monogamy.
We ask our fellows writers to chime in on the subject: how far do your character go, and why or why not do you go there? Add your comments below.
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We send our thanks to Mr. Bill Brown for organizing the writers event at the Reno Public Market on Saturday, December 6. We had a lot of fun and managed to sell books. Win-win!
If you want to us catch in person:
Saturday, December 13: Nevada State Museum in Carson City.
Sunday, December 14: Sierra Arts Foundation, Riverside Gallery, in Reno.
CC is writing the sequels to her successful #PassionRestored novel with hopes of both books being released in 2026. The prequels to the “Serving Salvation” series that encompasses three novellas are being edited. Target release date: Valentines Day 2026. (Related: Finding Salvation Part One placed as a finalist in the Nov categories in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards.)
We dropped the price of these e-books to 99¢ on Amazon, Apple, B&N, Google, and Kobo:
A Sheriff in Nevada
Finding Salvation Part One
From Tundra to Tiara
Hope Knocks Twice
Love and Death on I-80 West
#Passionrestored
Serving Salvation Book One
The links to these magnificent works of literary art can be found on our Books page. This price change applies to the e-books only. If you’d like an autographed paperback, check out our online bookstore.
Enjoy our podcast and, as always, thank you for your support.
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Cassidy Carson and JT Hume (“CC & JT”) are independent writers and publishers and are the 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.”
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. We support the Nevada Author Network with the Sierra Arts Foundation out of Reno, Nevada.
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