The Word Count

The Word Count

By Fiona Taylor, Jo Dixon, Jacq EllemArtsBooks
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The Word Count episodes

  • Episode 1

    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 haveย a lot of fun while we try to keep each other accountable on our journey to publication!

    ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›.

    ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท.

    ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›

    25 min

About The Word Count

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Welcome to the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ writing journey podcast following 3 Aussie writers!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ is about writing a book to publication, what to expect onceโ€ฆ

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