The Word Count

The Word Count

Welcome to the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ writing journey podcast following 3 Aussie writers!๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ is about writing a book to publication, what to expect once you are published and everything in between!!! Each fortnight we check in, set new goals and hold each other accountable while having a laugh along the way in easy-to-listen episodes (under 30 minutes). ๐Ÿ’› Jo Dixon is the bestselling crime author of ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›, ๐ด ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ด๐‘ก ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, and ๐˜ˆ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต with HQ/Harper Collins. She is currently writing her fourth novel. ๐Ÿ’› Fiona is writing a pyschological thriller and is the host of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, where she interviews her favourite authors in under five minutes.  ๐Ÿ’› Jacq is the host of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning podcast ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , and her debut novel of the same name will be published in 2027 with Affirm Press. Follow @thewordcountpod on socials and wherever you love to listen and ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ for being here. We are so glad youโ€™re following us as we write to publication - ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข, ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฒ & ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿ’›

  1. 18 May

    Episode 59 - Party in the USA

    Itโ€™s the news weโ€™vel been bursting to share for monthsโ€ฆ  Jo spills all the behind-the-scenes details of her HUGE FOUR-BOOK DEAL with Poisoned Pen Press! ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ“š Jo shares:  ๐Ÿ’› How the deal actually came about  ๐Ÿ’› Why having an agent changed everything  ๐Ÿ’› What happened when โ€œthe callโ€ finally came  ๐Ÿ’› And whether sheโ€™s come down from cloud nine yet! Plus our usual segments โ€” ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† and ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€” because even life-changing book deals donโ€™t stop the writing chaos ๐Ÿ˜‚ Follow us from ๐™—๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™  โ€” and everything in between ๐Ÿ’› The Word Count is a real-life, real-time writing podcast following Australian writers on the road from blank page to published book โ€” and everything in between. Join Fiona Taylor, Jo Dixon and Jacq Ellem as they share their writing progress, set goals and keep each other accountable, alongside special episodes where Fiona talks with authors and industry guests about writing, publishing and the road to THE END. Easy-to-listen-to episodes of around 30 minutes ๐Ÿ’›

  2. 19 Apr

    Episode 57: Getting Back on Track

    After three weeks of R&R, weโ€™re back in your ears, dear listeners! In this episode:  ๐Ÿ’› Jo returns from her idyllic island interlude  ๐Ÿ’› Jacq shares her publishing date!  ๐Ÿ’› Fiona has recovered from surgeryโ€ฆ but how close is she to finishing? Plus our usual segments โ€” ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† and ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€” as we talk about getting back to the writing after a break. Follow us from ๐™—๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ โ€” ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐Ÿ’› The Word Count is a real-life, real-time writing podcast following Australian writers on the road from blank page to published book โ€” and everything in between. Join Fiona Taylor, Jo Dixon and Jacq Ellem as they share their writing progress, set goals and keep each other accountable, alongside special episodes where Fiona talks with authors and industry guests about writing, publishing and the road to THE END. Easy-to-listen-to episodes of around 30 minutes ๐Ÿ’›

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Welcome to the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ writing journey podcast following 3 Aussie writers!๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ is about writing a book to publication, what to expect once you are published and everything in between!!! Each fortnight we check in, set new goals and hold each other accountable while having a laugh along the way in easy-to-listen episodes (under 30 minutes). ๐Ÿ’› Jo Dixon is the bestselling crime author of ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›, ๐ด ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ด๐‘ก ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, and ๐˜ˆ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต with HQ/Harper Collins. She is currently writing her fourth novel. ๐Ÿ’› Fiona is writing a pyschological thriller and is the host of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, where she interviews her favourite authors in under five minutes.  ๐Ÿ’› Jacq is the host of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning podcast ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , and her debut novel of the same name will be published in 2027 with Affirm Press. Follow @thewordcountpod on socials and wherever you love to listen and ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ for being here. We are so glad youโ€™re following us as we write to publication - ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข, ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฒ & ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿ’›