And we’re back… join us for 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 6 of @𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙙 ✨  

In this episode:

💛 Jo is guzzling mojitos in Phuket but swears she is writing

💛 Fiona is totally over packing boxes & dreams of writing

💛 Jacq flies home from NZ Webfest but may have forgotten her goal

We talk about the difficulty of keeping an 80k novel inside your head, how we each began writing our book and Jo gives us her best advice on starting that process. Fiona talks about catching up with authors @clairevanryn, @meganrogers, @alliparker and @kylieorr. Jo gives an impromptu review of Kylie’s next book #TheEleventhFloor and Jacq introduces us to Chuck Wendig while talking about the villages that live rent-free in her head.

So please join us for Episode 6 - available wherever you love to listen. The link is also in our bio ✨ We’d love to hear your goals too so please let us know in the comments below - 𝘍𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢, 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘲 & 𝘑𝘰 💛

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Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:

• Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then
• 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

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 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 on our journey to publication! 📒📒📒

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 — 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛.

𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑟, 𝐽𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑥𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑞 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑁𝐷.

𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑦-𝑡𝑜-𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛-𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 💛

Join us for 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 5 of @𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙙 ✨  

And we’re back…. Back on track? Back into the thick of it? Back against the wall? Back and forth? You be the judge! 

In this episode:

💛 Jo talks BAD Sydney where she was a first time panelist

💛 Fiona is packing for the big move after a surprise getaway

💛 Jacq is surprised to learn she might be the sensible one haha

We talk all things @badsydney, how to fit in the writing when life gets busy and how the writing community motivates us individually and collectively. New goals are set, and hopefully, we all stay put in one place for two weeks… or will we?

So please join us for Episode 5 - available wherever you love to listen. The link is also in our bio ✨ We’d love to hear your goals too so please let us know in the comments below - 𝘍𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢, 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘲 & 𝘑𝘰 💛

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Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:

• Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then
• 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

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 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 on our journey to publication! 📒📒📒

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 — 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛.

𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑟, 𝐽𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑥𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑞 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑁𝐷.

𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑦-𝑡𝑜-𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛-𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 💛

Join us for 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 4 of @𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙙 ✨  

We recovered from FESTIVALITIS just long enough to record this decidedly scrappy episode with lots of laughs and a good deal of name-dropping! *cough cough* Ann Cleeves *cough cough* Garry Disher...

In this episode:

💛 Jacq manages to surprise us all

💛 Jo has VERY EXCITING news (no, it isn’t a movie deal)

💛 Fiona wrote more than Jo and Jacq combined but did she hit her goal?

We also shout out to @prakky who wrote a BLOG POST about us. You can’t buy that level of fame! We share what we did @terroraustralisfestival last week (what happens in the Huon Valley…) and disclose that awesome game-changing #AnnCleeves writing advice we learned in her Masterclass. 

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Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:

• Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then
• 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

The Word Count 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 on our journey to publication!

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 — 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛.

𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑟, 𝐽𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑥𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑞 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑁𝐷.

𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑦-𝑡𝑜-𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛-𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 💛

Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:

• Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then
• 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

The Word Count 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 on our journey to publication!

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 — 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛.

𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑟, 𝐽𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑥𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑞 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑁𝐷.

𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑦-𝑡𝑜-𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛-𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 💛

Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:

• Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then
• 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

The Word Count 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 on our journey to publication!

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 — 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛.

𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑟, 𝐽𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑥𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑞 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑁𝐷.

𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑦-𝑡𝑜-𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛-𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 💛

Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:

• Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then
• 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

The Word Count 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 on our journey to publication!

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 — 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛.

𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑟, 𝐽𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑥𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑞 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑁𝐷.

𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑦-𝑡𝑜-𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛-𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 30 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 💛