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Episode 17: Dealing With Disappointment


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๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ: ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ

Dear Listenerโ€ฆ if youโ€™ve ever felt disheartened, downcast, dispirited, discouraged or disillusioned about your writing, this is the episode for you! We have an honest discussion about our writing and publishing disappointments and how we handle them.

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—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ 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 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 - host of the Reading By Candlelight pod, writing her first novel
  • Jacq Ellem - host of internationally award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners


๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ-๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ-๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ! ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ-๐˜ต๐˜ฐ-๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 30 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด) ๐Ÿ’›

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