The Word Count

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟭: 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝘿𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎 In this episode: 💛 Jo’s deadline for Book 3 is TODAY!!! Did she finish? Did she not? Let’s check in! We also have a few surprises! 💛 Somebody has sent a manuscript to submission! 💛 Someone else’s diary is crazy full - will they even make it to the next episode? 💛 Someone needs professional help!  We also give a special shout-out to Kate Mildenhall & Readings...

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 10: 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘  In this episode: 💛 Jo has lost the plot… literally 💛 Fiona is obsessed with maths  💛 Jacq is doing the hustle  Along with your favourite regular features: ✍️ Accountability Check-in   ✍️ Setting goals for the next 2 weeks ✍️ Weekly topic: Finding time to write If you have a question about writing, breadboard, "post-it note theory" or anything in betw...

And… we’re back! Join us for 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝟐 of @𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙙 ✨   We can’t believe it is already 2024 and a new season!  Episode 1 can easily be summed up as 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙅𝙊 𝘿𝙄𝙓𝙊𝙉. Jo's second book A Shadow At The Door was published on 3rd Jan and this ep is both a celebration and a deep dive into what happens once a book is published! (We also may not have let on to Jo it would all be abou...

Join us for our 𝗡𝗬𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 episode ✨   💛 Hear what we learned this year! 💛 Our highs and our lows 💛 What we want to achieve in 2024 (writing goals only Jacq!) There are lots of laughs, a few tears, and some 𝗕𝗜𝗚 goal-setting! This 𝗡𝗬𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 episode is available wherever you love to listen. The link is also in our bio ✨ We’d love to hear your goals too so please let us know in the comments b...

And… we’re back! Join us for 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝟳 of @𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙙 ✨   This is 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 our Christmas episode AND the pod’s penultimate episode for 2023: 💛 Jo shears 23 sheep while her Book 3 deadline looms! 🐑  💛 Fiona is in her new house & planning a big family Christmas 🎄  💛 Jacq’s @talesofthreecorners wins 3 international podcast awards! 🏆🏆🏆 SO.... ✍️ Who hit their goals? ✅  ✍️ Who doesn’t ca...

And we’re back… join us for 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 6 of @𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙙 ✨   In this episode: 💛 Jo is guzzling mojitos in Phuket but swears she is writing 💛 Fiona is totally over packing boxes & dreams of writing 💛 Jacq flies home from NZ Webfest but may have forgotten her goal We talk about the difficulty of keeping an 80k novel inside your head, how we each began writing our book and Jo gives us her be...

Join us for 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 5 of @𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙙 ✨   And we’re back…. Back on track? Back into the thick of it? Back against the wall? Back and forth? You be the judge!  In this episode: 💛 Jo talks BAD Sydney where she was a first time panelist 💛 Fiona is packing for the big move after a surprise getaway 💛 Jacq is surprised to learn she might be the sensible one haha We talk all things @badsydney, ho...

Join us for 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 4 of @𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙙 ✨   We recovered from FESTIVALITIS just long enough to record this decidedly scrappy episode with lots of laughs and a good deal of name-dropping! *cough cough* Ann Cleeves *cough cough* Garry Disher... In this episode: 💛 Jacq manages to surprise us all 💛 Jo has VERY EXCITING news (no, it isn’t a movie deal) 💛 Fiona wrote more than Jo and Jacq combined...

Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication: Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then Fiona Taylor - procrastinating crime writer & host of the Reading By Candlelight pod Jacq Ellem - fellow procrastinator of cozy crime & host of award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners The Word Count is about writing a book to publication, what to ex...

Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication: Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then Fiona Taylor - procrastinating crime writer & host of the Reading By Candlelight pod Jacq Ellem - fellow procrastinator of cozy crime & host of award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners The Word Count is about writing a book to publication, what to ex...

Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication: Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then Fiona Taylor - procrastinating crime writer & host of the Reading By Candlelight pod Jacq Ellem - fellow procrastinator of cozy crime & host of award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners The Word Count is about writing a book to publication, what to ex...