We probably should have called this episode โThe One Where Jo Lets The Secret Out Of The Bagโ (listen to the end, youโll understand ๐๐)๐ We discuss pitching - what works and what doesnโtย ๐ Fiona and Jacq commit to entering Pitchable at @qldwriters๐ Jo and Jacq talk about doing their nudie solstice swim!Of course, we have your favourite segments: Accountability and Setting Goals โจย ๐ Follow us so you never miss an episode.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 - host of the Reading By Candlelight pod, writing her first novel Jacq Ellem - host of internationally award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ! ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 30 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด) ๐
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Episode 40: Your Questions Answered
Weโre celebrating our 40th episode by answering ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ burning questions โ about us, the podcast, writingโฆ and more!PLUS, we announce the lucky dear listener whoโs won an ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผโ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น โ ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ โ along with ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ฎ @๐บ๐ผ๐น๐น๐๐.๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ, and the newest obsession: ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐-๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐!And of course, your favourite segments: Accountability and Setting Goals โจย ๐ Follow us so you never miss an episode.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 - host of the Reading By Candlelight pod, writing her first novel Jacq Ellem - host of internationally award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ! ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 30 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด) ๐
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Episode 39: Writing Through Brainstorms
Aaaannndddโฆ weโre back!Itโs been SEVEN LONG WEEKS since we were last in your ears, dear listeners - and we hope you missed us! ๐ย We've chatted a little longer than usual because it's been so long since the last episode, but it's still under 40 minutes!ย This episode is (fittingly) all about Brainstorms:๐ Jo shares how her brain surgery wentย ๐ Fiona tries to brainstorm her way out of the messy middleย ๐ And Jacq, as always, is the brainy one reading books weโve never even heard ofOf course, your favourite segments are back: Accountability and Setting Goals โจย ๐ Follow us so you never miss an episode.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 - host of the Reading By Candlelight pod, writing her first novel Jacq Ellem - host of internationally award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ! ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 30 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด) ๐
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Episode 38: Messy Middle Madness
Learning how to manage the messy middle of your manuscript is all part of writing a novel.Fiona is at 55,000 words and calls on Jo and Jacq this episode to share their wisdom on managing writing forward when feeling lost.ย ๐ Donโt forget to follow us so you never miss an episode.Huge thanks to Postie for producing this ep, and to Phil for lending his fabulous voice to our intros! ๐Follow 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 - host of the Reading By Candlelight pod, writing her first novel Jacq Ellem - host of internationally award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ! ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 30 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด) ๐
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Episode 37: Creativity & Curveballs
Weโve had a one-week medical break butโฆ weโre baaaack!And you know weโve always promised to keep things real on THE WORD COUNTโso this episode is all about why we needed the break and what it means for us going forward.๐ WHO ended up in hospital?ย ๐ DID we hit our creative goals?ย ๐ WHAT are our Easter plans?๐ Donโt forget to follow us so you never miss an episode.Huge thanks to Postie for producing this ep, and to Phil for lending his fabulous voice to our intros! ๐Follow 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 - host of the Reading By Candlelight pod, writing her first novel Jacq Ellem - host of internationally award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ! ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 30 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด) ๐
Welcome to the ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ writing journey podcast following 3 Aussie writers!๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ 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).๐ Jo Dixon is the bestselling crime author of ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ด๐๐ ๐โ๐๐ and ๐ด ๐โ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ด๐ก ๐โ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐, editing her third and writing her fourth novels. ๐ Fiona is writing a domestic thriller and is the host of ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ก where she interviews Australian authors. ๐ Jacq is writing cozy crime, short stories, middle grade, and picture books, and is the host of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning podcast ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ .Follow @thewordcountpod on socials and wherever you love to listen and ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ for being here. We are so glad youโre following us as we write to publication - ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฒ & ๐๐ฐ ๐