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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’›

  1. 2d ago

    BONUS EPISODE: Listen to "James and Ashley Stay At Home"

    In this bonus episode, weโ€™re sharing an episode from one of our favourite podcasts โ€” ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—”๐˜ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ, hosted by authors James McKenzie Watson and Ashley Kalagian Blunt. If you havenโ€™t discovered their podcast yet, this is the perfect introduction. James and Ashley chat with award-winning Irish author ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜‡ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ about her bestselling novel Strange Sally Diamond, her journey to becoming a writer, creating the bookโ€™s unforgettable protagonist, and her writing process. Plus, Liz names her pick for the greatest crime novel of the past ten years! About James and Ashley Stay At Home Authors and friends James McKenzie Watson and Ashley Kalagian Blunt talk with writers, artists and health professionals about books, writing, creativity and navigating life with chronic illness. We hope you enjoy this little taste of James and Ashley Stay At Home โ€” and weโ€™ll be back next week with another accountability episode with Jo and Jacq! ๐Ÿ’› ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท. ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›

  2. Aug 16

    Episode 64: Mentoring 101

    A new series begins! ๐Ÿ’› Fiona is joined by internationally bestselling author and her very own writing mentor, Hayley Scrivenor, for the first episode in a three-month series all about mentoring. Fiona and Hayley talk about how their professional relationship began, what Hayley really thought when she first read Fionaโ€™s writing ๐Ÿซฃ and the role a mentor can play in helping you reach THE END. If youโ€™ve ever wondered what it would be like to have a writing mentor, are thinking about being mentored yourself, or are simply curious about what a mentor actually does, this series is for you โœ๏ธ Weโ€™d love to know what you think of the new format and this first episode. And if you have a question youโ€™d like Fiona to ask Hayley, please let us know. ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท. ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›

  3. Aug 3

    Episode 63: A New Chapter

    A new chapter begins for The Word Count. Weโ€™re sharing some exciting changes to the podcast and a fresh direction for the months ahead.  You'll have to listen to this episode to find out what's in store... ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ’› Plus, with authors Leearna Shaw, Kelly Sgroi and Tanya Scott all visiting Fiona for a Winter Writers Retreat when we recorded, we couldn't resist inviting them onto the podcast to say hello! ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท. ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›

  4. Jul 19

    Episode 62: Molar, Mortar & Manuscripts

    What have we been up to over the past two weeks? Find out in this episode as we talk about whatโ€™s holding our manuscriptsโ€”and usโ€”together. As metaphors go, itโ€™s a stretchโ€ฆ but weโ€™re all stretched to the limit at the moment, so it was the best we could do. Please forgive us, dearest listeners! ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท. ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›

  5. Jul 5

    Episode 61: What Happened To June

    Annnddddโ€ฆ weโ€™re back! We hope you missed us! ๐Ÿ’› Itโ€™s been five weeks, dearest listeners, since we were last in your ears. Soโ€ฆ what have we been up to? This episode tells all, including our Accountability (what were our goals back in May??? ๐Ÿค”) and some shiny new goals for the next two weeks. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท. ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›

  6. May 31

    Episode 60: Best Laid Plans

    Itโ€™s the final episode of Season 5, dear listenersโ€ฆ and weโ€™re getting very honest. What happens when writing plans fall apart? In this episode:  โœ๏ธ Jo shares the reality of where things are at with Book 4  โœ๏ธ Fiona talks about finally breaking through a month-long writing block  โœ๏ธ Jacq attempts to wrangle her 2000+ book collection into some kind of order! 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€” with goals set for our month-long mid-year break. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท. ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›

  7. May 18

    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’› ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท. ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›

  8. May 4

    Episode 58 - Where To From Here?

    This oneโ€™s for every writer who hasnโ€™t cracked the 3% club โ€” because only 3% of people who start a book actually finishโ€ฆ and right now, Fiona is trying to become one of them.  In response to her honest and relatable cry for help, Jo and Jacq share their best advice on getting to the end, drawing on their own writing experiences and whatโ€™s worked for them. 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. 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’› ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท. ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  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’›

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  • Creator
    The Word Count
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    65
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    ยฉ 2026 The Word Count
  • Show Website
    The Word Count