The Word Count

Episode 55: Getting Ready


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One of us has finished a ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜!
Youโ€™ll need to listen to find out who.

This episode, weโ€™re getting ready to host our inaugural writing retreat down in Tassie, sharing book recommendations (many in the case of Jacq!) and talking accountability, goals, and the realities of writing life.

โœ๏ธ Are you drafting, editing or stuck right now? Follow us from ๐™—๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ โ€” ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ 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 & A Disappearing Act (HQ/Harper Collins)
  • Fiona Taylor - host of Three Questions with Fiona Taylor, writing her first novel, a psychological thriller
  • Jacq Ellem - host of internationally award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners and soon to be published (2027, Affirm Press)


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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