The Word Count
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ is about writing a book to publication, what to expect once you are 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 minutes).
๐ Jo Dixon is the bestselling crime author of ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ด๐๐ ๐โ๐๐ and ๐ด ๐โ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ด๐ก ๐โ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐, editing her third and writing her fourth novels.
๐ Fiona is writing a domestic thriller and is the host of ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ก where she interviews Australian authors.
๐ Jacq is writing cozy crime, short stories, middle grade, and picture books, and is the host of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning podcast ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ .
Follow @thewordcountpod on socials and wherever you love to listen and ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ for being here. We are so glad youโre following us as we write to publication - ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฒ & ๐๐ฐ ๐
The Word Count
Episode 36: Writing Routines and Rituals
This episode of ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ takes us the furthest apart weโve ever been โ ๐ฐ๐ฐ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ, ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐! โ๏ธ Jo & Jacq are on their idyllic island (๐ข๐ฌ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฆ), while Fiona is in Perth for her KSP Fellowship writing retreat.
As always, we check in on accountability, set new writing goals for the next fortnight, and dive into the routines & rituals that shape our writing lives.
โจ In This Episode:
๐ Jo enters the FINAL stage of Book 3 ๐
๐ Fiona shares her KSP word count โ๏ธ
๐ Jacq has us aghast that she writes while multitasking ๐คฏ #wecouldnever ๐
๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ @๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ_๐ซ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ_๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ Fiona gave a shoutout to her upcoming book but called it by its old title ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ It is, of course, THE RIVER WHISPERS, which is available for pre-order now! ๐
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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 & 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
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ! ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ 30 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด) ๐