The Word Count

Episode 29: Making the Most of Your Mentor


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Todayโ€™s episode did not go to plan. Youโ€™ll understand once you listen.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ:

โœ… Tied the topic to exciting news

โœ… Recorded before Joโ€™s fab party

โœ… Created an engaging title

We did NOT check whether any of us had EVER been professionally mentored for their writing ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿคฏ

Let the hilarity ensue ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ข ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ:

๐Ÿ’› Fionaโ€™s exciting news!

๐Ÿ’› A competition youโ€™ll want to win!!

๐Ÿ’› More laughs than you can count!!!

Forgive us, dear listeners, we honestly have no idea what we are doing - ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข, ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฒ & ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ



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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