October 2026…Amy and J.T. are inspired by J.T.'s niece and talk about words. No, really: words. Why they choose them. (Admittedly, in typical Amy and J.T. style, it takes a hot minute to get there, but they get there.) And, as you can see by how long this episode is, they use quite a few of them...and there are more than the usual amount of expletives.

Some show notes...

• a desk is indeed a table
• J.T. was right and Tom Clancy's book that describes a nuclear detonation is The Sum of All Fears, however the chapter (called "Three Shakes") is not 18 seconds in time, it's 4.4 nanoseconds
• Freakonomics: https://freakonomics.com/
• Seven Bridges: https://www.facebook.com/sevenbridgewriters/ (best link we could find)
• Topamax: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2012/020844s041lbl.pdf
• ...and make sure you SHOW, DO NOT TELL!

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Produced by J.T. Maxwell and Amy Cip

Executive Producers are J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Somehow Edited and Engineered by J.T. Maxwell

Logo Design by Christine Tesseo

Theme song by Slack (slackmusic.com)

Recorded in the How Can I Help? Studios at Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield, RI

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September 2026…this is, without a doubt, the most uniquest and deeperest episode yet. Amy and J.T. go Mariana Trench about, in a very random order: planners, organization, 99% Invisible, motivation, Amy has nine published books, Pilot Frixion Pens, Amarillo, The Telepathy Tapes, Hemingway, core values, ending a friendship, Route 385 in Colorado (not Route 287 like J.T. mentioned incorrectly), AFI, Red Rocks, your why, “should,” what’s important, Lucas and our Writer’s Group, consciousness, hypocrisy, science, awareness, Cadillac Ranch, and Palo Duro Canyon, amongst other things.

And these are the links you’ll want to be aware of:

Pilot Frixion Pens https://www.pilotpen.eu/our-products/frixion/

Amy Bartelloni/Cip https://amycip.com/

Staples link for J.T.’s Mead Planner https://www.staples.com/2027-mead-essentials-9-x-11-calendar-year-weekly-monthly-planner-plastic-cover-navy-crw630g2027/product_24690714

Red Rocks https://www.redrocksonline.com/

Premeer Real Estate https://premeerrealestate.com/

The Telepathy Tapes https://thetelepathytapes.com/

Send J.T. an email at authorjtmaxwell@gmail.com if you have questions, comments, thoughts, insults, or ideas for the next episode.

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Executive Producers are J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Somehow Edited and Engineered by J.T. Maxwell

Logo Design by Christine Tesseo

Theme song by Slack (slackmusic.com)

Recorded in the How Can I Help? Studios at Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield, RI

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In August 2026, J.T. and Amy discuss a whole lotta stuff, in no particular order: J.T.'s big mouth, traveling in Europe, J.T.'s shaving schedule, sabbaticals, watching people write (like, actually watching), targets versus goals, Texas, ROI, Amy fitting bookshelves in a Jeep, BookBub, J.T.'s inability to do what he says for a few months, and more...oh, and to fact-check J.T., it looks like closer to 16% of NFL athletes are broke within 12 years, based on new data. The information he had was a decade old.

Send J.T. an email at authorjtmaxwell@gmail.com if you have questions, comments, thoughts, insults, or ideas for the next episode.

Produced by J.T. Maxwell and Amy Cip

Executive Producers are J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Somehow Edited and Engineered by J.T. Maxwell

Logo Design by Christine Tesseo

Theme song by Slack (slackmusic.com)

Recorded in the How Can I Help? Studios at Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield, RI

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This month, Amy & J.T. talk about demands and pressures: on publishers, on us, on agents, and how they go both ways. We also discuss thought bubbles, schmagents, marketing and branding, and how you can find Amy's blog here: https://amycip.com/

Send J.T. an email at authorjtmaxwell@gmail.com if you have questions, comments, thoughts, insults, or ideas for the next episode.

Produced by J.T. Maxwell and Amy Cip

Executive Producers are J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Somehow Edited and Engineered by J.T. Maxwell

Logo Design by Christine Tesseo

Theme song by Slack (slackmusic.com)

Recorded in the How Can I Help? Studios at Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield, RI

Copyright 2026. All rights reserved. Any other use of this podcast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the podcast without our written consent is strictly prohibited...or, something like that...pesky lawyers...

Right off the top: apologies for the audio. We have NO IDEA what went sideways with Nick, but it did. We did the best we could with it, but it's like asking the Titanic captain for a few life preservers...

Regardless, we talk about Spider-Man, AI, Horatio Alger (who J.T. couldn't name in the moment, but that's who he was thinking of), treating your authorship as a business, and a whole lot more regarding advice and routines.

Send J.T. an email at authorjtmaxwell@gmail.com if you have questions, comments, thoughts, insults, or ideas for the next episode. (And editing/sound insults are welcome this month. It's awful.)

Produced by J.T. Maxwell and Amy Cip

Executive Producers are J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Somehow Brutally Edited and Engineered by J.T. Maxwell

Logo Design by Christine Tesseo

Theme song by Slack (slackmusic.com)

Recorded in the How Can I Help? Studios at Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield, RI

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May 2026: Amy and J.T. dip into some over-arching negativities to creating, like excuses, yeahbuts, perfectionism, and many others. Put your therapist hat back on for this one.

Show notes include J.T. being in Amarillo on Thursday, August 20, with perhaps other dates and stuffs to follow nearby. You can find Mikey (A.K.A. Dr. Michael McCutcheon) at https://www.forensiceducation.net/ and here’s a link from Canada that sort backs up J.T.’s rambling about emotional awareness and creativity: https://ucalgary.ca/news/brain-research-shows-arts-promote-mental-health

Send J.T. an email at authorjtmaxwell@gmail.com if you have questions, comments, thoughts, insults, or ideas for the next episode.

Produced by J.T. Maxwell and Amy Cip

Executive Producers are J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Somehow Edited and Engineered by J.T. Maxwell

Logo Design by Christine Tesseo

Theme song by Slack (slackmusic.com)

Recorded in the How Can I Help? Studios at Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield, RI

Copyright 2026. All rights reserved. Any other use of this podcast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the podcast without our written consent is strictly prohibited...or, something like that...pesky lawyers...

April 2026: In our tenth episode, J.T. and Amy get schooled about branding by our special guest, Chris Whitten. Chris has made a lifetime of understanding how branding works -- especially as an entrepreneur -- and he shares a few of his insights with us. We discuss Branding 101, Personal versus Professional, Red Threads, Self-Limiting Beliefs, Energy versus Time, The Celery Test, values, Simon Sinek, Infinite Games versus Finite Games, The Procrastination Monster, and MySpace, among other topics. It's a glorious doozie!

Show notes this month...

• Baseball was mentioned specifically in the Anti-Trust Laws.
• Lady Gaga's real first name is Stefani.
• https://mookiesmiracle.com/
• https://premeerrealestate.com/
• https://howcanihelpmovement.com/

Send J.T. an email at authorjtmaxwell@gmail.com if you have questions, comments, thoughts, insults, or ideas for the next episode.

Produced by J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Executive Producers are J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Somehow Edited and Engineered by J.T. Maxwell

Logo Design by Christine Tesseo

Theme song by Slack (slackmusic.com)

Recorded in the How Can I Help? Studios at Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield, RI

Copyright 2026. All rights reserved. Any other use of this podcast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the podcast without our written consent is strictly prohibited...or, something like that...pesky lawyers...

March 2026: J.T. and Amy talk about their wins in way more ways than you might expect.

Also, it was Kendall Jenner, and it was 2017...not Kylie in 2018. (I am not up on my Jenners.)

Send J.T. an email at authorjtmaxwell@gmail.com if you have questions, comments, thoughts, insults, or ideas for the next episode.

Produced by J.T. Maxwell & Amy Cip

Executive Producers are J.T. Maxwell, Amy Cip, and Chris Whitten

Somehow Edited and Engineered by J.T. Maxwell

Logo Design by Christine Tesseo

Theme song by Slack (slackmusic.com)

Recorded in the How Can I Help? Studios at Premeer Real Estate in Smithfield, RI

Copyright 2026. All rights reserved. Any other use of this podcast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the podcast without our written consent is strictly prohibited...or, something like that...pesky lawyers...