16 episodes

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‘› and ๐ด ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ด๐‘ก ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, editing her third and writing her fourth novels.ย 

๐Ÿ’› Fiona is writing a domestic thriller and is the host of ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ต๐‘ฆ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก where she interviews Australian authors.ย 

๐Ÿ’› Jacq is writing cozy crime, short stories, middle grade, and picture books, and 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‘ .

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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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‘› and ๐ด ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ด๐‘ก ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, editing her third and writing her fourth novels.ย 

๐Ÿ’› Fiona is writing a domestic thriller and is the host of ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ต๐‘ฆ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก where she interviews Australian authors.ย 

๐Ÿ’› Jacq is writing cozy crime, short stories, middle grade, and picture books, and 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‘ .

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’›

    Episode 16: Does Social Media Matter?

    Episode 16: Does Social Media Matter?

    ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ: ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?
    Donโ€™t miss this episode if you want to know:
    ๐Ÿ’› ๐——๐—œ๐—— Jo FINALLY hand in pesky Book 3? ๐Ÿ“–
    ๐Ÿ’› ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง does twerking have to do with writing? โœ๏ธย 
    ๐Ÿ’› ๐—ช๐—›๐—ข is actually turning their back on socials (maybe ๐Ÿ˜‚)?


    Along with your favourite regular features:
    โœ๏ธ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ
    โœ๏ธ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™–๐™ก๐™จ for the next 2 weeks
    โœ๏ธ ๐™’๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜: Does Social Media Matter?ย 


    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 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 mins)๐Ÿ’›ย 


    Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:
    Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then & A Shadow At The Door 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

    • 29 min
    Episode 15: Taking A Breath

    Episode 15: Taking A Breath

    ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ: ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—” ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต


    Donโ€™t miss this episode if you want to know:


    ๐Ÿ’› ๐—ช๐—›๐—ข has been hiding a 120K word Manuscript! ๐Ÿคฏ
    ๐Ÿ’› ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š a break for maximum creativity โœจ
    ๐Ÿ’› ๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—–๐—› bookish festivals weโ€™ll be attending ๐Ÿ“–


    Along with your favourite regular features:
    โœ๏ธ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ
    โœ๏ธ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™–๐™ก๐™จ for the next 2 weeks
    โœ๏ธ ๐™’๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜: Taking A Breathย 


    ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ is available wherever you love to listen. The link is also in our bio โœจย 


    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 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’›ย 
    Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:
    Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then & A Shadow At The Door 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

    • 28 min
    Episode 14: When The Writing Isnโ€™t Going To Plan

    Episode 14: When The Writing Isnโ€™t Going To Plan

    Donโ€™t miss this episode if you want to know:
    ๐Ÿ’› ๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—–๐—› of us wrote ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ of words
    ๐Ÿ’› ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง to do when it just isnโ€™t workingย 
    ๐Ÿ’› ๐—ช๐—›๐—ข has been lying on the floor crying

    Along with your favourite regular features:
    โœ๏ธ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ
    โœ๏ธ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™–๐™ก๐™จ for the next 2 weeks
    โœ๏ธ ๐™’๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜: When the writing isnโ€™t going to planโ€ฆ
    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 published, and everything in between. Each fortnight we check in, set goals, and have a lot of fun while we try to keep each other accountable! ๐Ÿ’›


    Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:
    Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then & A Shadow At The Door 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

    • 31 min
    Episode 13: You Need To Calm Down!

    Episode 13: You Need To Calm Down!

    ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿ’›
    ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ: ๐’€๐‘ถ๐‘ผ ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐‘ช๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ด ๐‘ซ๐‘ถ๐‘พ๐‘ต!


    There may be a few Tay Tay references in this episode because someone is still basking in the ERAs afterglow but we do manage to relate them all to the writing ๐Ÿซถ


    In this episode:


    ๐Ÿ’› Someone receives a setbackโ€ฆ but theyโ€™re up for the challenge!
    ๐Ÿ’› One of us achieves ALL their goalsโ€ฆ who could that be?
    ๐Ÿ’› And one of us just needs to calm down and finish their bookย 


    Along with your favourite regular features:
    โœ๏ธ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ
    โœ๏ธ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™–๐™ก๐™จ for the next 2 weeks
    โœ๏ธ ๐™’๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜: Building writing momentum


    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 published, and everything in between. Each fortnight we check in, set goals, and have a lot of fun while we try to keep each other accountable! ๐Ÿ’›


    Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:
    Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then & A Shadow At The Door 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

    • 25 min
    Episode 12: What Happens On Book Tour...

    Episode 12: What Happens On Book Tour...

    ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿ’›


    ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ: ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—˜๐—ง๐—–


    In this episode:


    ๐Ÿ’› Jo has gone on tourโ€ฆ & what happens on tour doesnโ€™t stay on tour!
    ๐Ÿ’› Jacq has been on fire! Almost!! Not quite!!! But closeโ€ฆ
    ๐Ÿ’› And Fiona? Well Fiona has flown across the country & back just to record this episode before leaving for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour in Sydneyโ€ฆ now that is dedication! ๐Ÿซถ


    We give special shout outs to some amazing authors and their books in this episode - @hollycraigauthor #TheRip, @kerrynmayne #JoyMoodyIsOutOfTImeย  and @dervlamctiernan #WhatHappenedToNina ๐Ÿ’›


    There also may have been some discussion about a certain @taylorswift and her #SydneyTSTheErasTour โ€ฆ and Phil might be looking for a new job after referring to Fiona as a #teenager because that would be a #Swiftie ๐Ÿ™„(only joking Philโ€ฆ we love you!)


    Along with your favourite regular features:
    โœ๏ธ The ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ ย 
    โœ๏ธ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™–๐™ก๐™จ for the next 2 weeks


    AND, our FIRST EVER Listener question: ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™„ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ?


    ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ (๐—ฆ๐Ÿฎ) is available wherever you love to listen. The link is also in our bio โœจย 


    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 published, and everything in between. Each fortnight we check in, set goals, and have a lot of fun while we try to keep each other accountable! ๐Ÿ’›


    Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:
    Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then & A Shadow At The Door 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

    • 25 min
    Episode 11: All About Deadlines

    Episode 11: All About Deadlines

    ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ: ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™‡ ๐˜ผ๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™‡๐™„๐™‰๐™€๐™Ž
    In this episode:
    ๐Ÿ’› Joโ€™s deadline for Book 3 is TODAY!!! Did she finish? Did she not? Letโ€™s check in!


    We also have a few surprises!
    ๐Ÿ’› Somebody has sent a manuscript to submission!
    ๐Ÿ’› Someone elseโ€™s diary is crazy full - will they even make it to the next episode?
    ๐Ÿ’› Someone needs professional help!ย 


    We also give a special shout-out to Kate Mildenhall & Readings Books for their inclusive support of authors and readers ๐Ÿ’›


    Along with your favourite regular features:
    โœ๏ธ The ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ ย 
    โœ๏ธ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™–๐™ก๐™จ for the next 2 weeks
    โœ๏ธ ๐™’๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜: All About Deadlines
    If you have a question about writing, editing, or publishing youโ€™d like us to address in future episodes, please send us a DM - ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข, ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฒ & ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿ’›


    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 published, and everything in between. Each fortnight we check in, set goals, and have a lot of fun while we try to keep each other accountable! ๐Ÿ’›
    Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:
    Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then & A Shadow At The Door 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

    • 25 min

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