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From Two Hearts and One Braincell: Cassidy Carson & JT Hume Amateur Hour by Cassidy Carson and JT Hume
May 3, 2026 · 39 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the stages of writing, editing, and producing a self-published book.
In this episode of the podcast where "Production Values go to Die," CC and I give the ten-thousand-foot view of writing, editing, and producing a self-published book. Google AI gave us these stages of production: Manuscript Development & Editing Production & Design Distribution Setup Marketing & Launch Post-Launch & Management The two of us are always deep into one of these stages, and since we often have overlapping manuscripts, we can be at different stages at the same time. Sometimes we forget how complex these stages are. Just in this podcast, we mentioned these partners who help publish our books: Jack in the Box (coffee!), Red Adept , Teri Case , Comma Coffee , Sierra Arts Foundation , 99Designs , Book Sirens , Brewery Arts Center , Atticus , Amazon, Kobo, Draft2Digital, Google Books, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, InDesign, and Microsoft Word. (Reminder: Two Moore Books, LLC does not receive financial compensation for promoting third-party businesses and websites. We are speaking to our specific experiences. Your mileage may vary.) Appearances: – I’m at Comma Coffee two or three times a week. Stop by and say hi. – May 10: We’ll have a table at…
People in this episode
Hosts: Cassidy Carson, JT Hume
Topics covered
- self-publishing
- writing
- editing
- book production
- marketing
- distribution
Keywords
- self-publishing
- book production
- editing
- marketing
- distribution
- writing process
- manuscript development
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Jack in the Box, Red Adept, Comma Coffee, Sierra Arts Foundation, 99Designs, Book Sirens, Brewery Arts Center, Atticus, Amazon, Kobo
Products: InDesign, Microsoft Word
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