We'll be at our local Barnes & Noble tomorrow! Please stop by if you're in the area. We'd love to see you.

This week, I talked about the importance of connection over on my Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Stormy autumn weather is perfect paranormal romance writing atmosphere. Book two of my Restless Spirits series is progressing well and my goal is to finish this draft by the end of the month. How’s your writing going?

We will be at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, November 11 for a book signing. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Nevada Department of Veteran Services Suicide Prevention Program. Come on down, get some great coffee and books, and support a worthy cause. Please repost.

We hope you'll join us at our local Barnes & Noble if you happen to be in Reno on November 8, 2025. Many of our books are set in Nevada, but we also have sci-fi, urban and political fiction, and romance. This will be a great time get holiday gifts for your favorite reader!

We had a lot of fun selling books and celebrating Nevada Day yesterday, but boy are we tired this morning. The time change didn’t help matters.

Our "writers podcast for writers" this week is about preparing for and participating in an outdoor writing event. Lots of moving parts. Also: Book Release, Guy Rocha, and a World Series for the ages. carsonhume.com/2025/... #writingcommunity

We’re out at a the Nevada Day parade and @jthume.bsky.social is lonely. Come by to see us!

Balloons!

We’re all set up at the Nevada Day parade. If you’re in Carson City today we hope you’ll stop by and see us in the 3rd and Curry parking lot.

Happy Nevada Day and happy book birthday to "A Sheriff in Nevada: Corona" by @JT_Hume! You can find links to the entire "Sheriff" series on our website: www.carsonhume.com.

"A Sheriff in Nevada: Corona" will be out tomorrow! If you haven't yet checked out this awesome series by @jthume.bsky.social, the e-book of the first installment is just 99 cents on Amazon. Check out www.carsonhume.com for more details.

She calls it "play." I call it "having my butt kicked from here to Halifax."

The newest book in the "Sheriff in Nevada" series by @jthume.bsky.social is coming out on Friday. In honor of the occasion, I've written a post on my Substack about the reality of release week for self-published writers:

During lunch each day, @jthume.bsky.social and I play Words with Friends for a while. We both enjoy our competitive time together. Now it’s time for exercise and an afternoon work session.

Happy Wednesday! #worldseries #writinglife

Writing time!

"A Sheriff in Nevada: Corona," written by my awesome husband @JT_Hume, will be out this Friday, October 31st (Nevada Day). He'd love a few more preorders this week so I hope you'll check out his most popular series. The e-book of the first installment is only 99 cents!

Sheryl Green is the author of "You Had Me At No." In our podcast, she speaks about setting boundaries to prevent burnout, saying people take on responsibilities that aren't theirs to please others. Interesting stuff. Check it out! carsonhume.com/2025/... #writingcommunity

Just a couple Halloween spirits watching the World Series with us.

After a productive writing session yesterday, today didn't turn out quite so well. I realized the reason is that I drank regular coffee yesterday and decaf this morning. Can you guess what I'll be having tomorrow?

A couple months ago, I answered a few questions sent to me by a magazine. That interview just posted here!

Going through some old files and found this beautiful sunrise photo I took in Lone Pine, California several years ago. These are the kinds of vistas that inspire my writing.

Talking up our books to potential readers last Saturday really helped me get back into the writing zone. We also had our best sales day ever. Fun times!

The latest episode of our award-winning podcast is us recovering from two outdoor book signings. We learned a few things. Also: more book signings and 99-cent books. Check us out. carsonhume.com/2025/... #writingcommunity #cheapbooks

If you're a fan of Edgar Allan Poe, be sure to check out my Spooktober playlist over on YouTube:

We’re preparing for another book event tomorrow and just tested our pop-up canopy for the first time. We’ll try to get video in the morning because I’m sure it will be hilarious! 😄

In the mood for a cozy romance? I've dropped the price on these two books: one a cozy contemporary with a reluctant royal and the other a cozy paranormal with later in life characters. You can pick them up here: tinyurl.com/CassidyCarso...

I'm sorta, kind of unemployed and am seeking your guidance. 👋 WordPress: carsonhume.com/2025/... Substack: open.substack.com/pu... #writingcommunity

Spent the afternoon writing in my cozy upstairs office. Feels good to be working on the second book of my Restless Spirits series again.

Today the final door is open! Be sure to check out this fun Halloween event:

A fellow northern Nevada author asked some fun seasonal questions when she interviewed me for her blog: createontheside.wordpress.com

Hello! I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. If you're looking for a new read, there's still time to check out this fun seasonal event:

We’re all set up at the Sierra Arts Book Fest in Victorian Square! We hope you’ll come out to see us.

We've spent most of the past few days preparing for this event tomorrow. Both @jthume.bsky.social and I will be among the many authors attending so we hope you'll stop by if you're in the area!

We both posted yesterday on very similar subjects. Our poor shared braincell is tired!

The eighth door is now open!

The mass enjoyment of K-Pop Demon Hunters and Taylor Swift's new album are wonderful! I'm really enjoying this pop culture moment myself. I'd love to see something similar, even on small scale, happen to an indie author (like myself or my husband). Wouldn't that be amazing?

Spooktober with Edgar Allan Poe continues on my YouTube channel. The entire month is up if you'd like to binge them, or you can enjoy today's reading of "The Haunted Palace":

The fun continues! We're halfway through this event so be sure to check it out soon. ellenmint.blog/2025/10/07/h...

Happy Monday friends! Hope you're all having a great start to the week. I'm not feeling great so I've given myself permission to relax after recording another episode of "The Nevada Author Network" podcast with @jthume.bsky.social. Sometimes, we just need to rest.

We've interviewed dozens of independant and traditional authors on our two writers' podcasts. We talk about some of our favorites and what we learned along the way. carsonhume.com/2025/... #writingcommunity

We're up to day five of this event, but there's still plenty of time to catch up. Be sure to check it out!

If you like Edgar Allan Poe, Spooktober is always available over on my YouTube page! youtu.be/iPcQEmxnfxk?...

If you follow me already, you might recognize today's book. I'm excited to be part of this event! ellenmint.blog/2025/10/04/h...

Check out the great book for day three of this event: ellenmint.blog/2025/10/03/h...

Day two of this fun event! You still have plenty of time to check it out here: ellenmint.blog/2025/10/02/h...

Day two of Spooktober with Edgar Allan Poe is a reading of "The Divine Right of Kings":

Self-doubt is the topic of my weekly Substack:

Are you a fan of Edgar Allan Poe? You can check out my October 1st reading of "Annabelle Lee" here: