The Word Count
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๐ Jo Dixon is the bestselling crime author of ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ด๐๐ ๐โ๐๐, ๐ด ๐โ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ด๐ก ๐โ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐, and ๐ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ต with HQ/Harper Collins. She is currently writing her fourth novel.
๐ Fiona is writing a pyschological thriller and is the host of ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ, where she interviews her favourite authors in under five minutes.
๐ Jacq is the host of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning podcast ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , and her debut novel of the same name will be published in 2027 with Affirm Press.
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The Word Count
Episode 52 - Wrangling 2026
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Annnndโฆ weโre back, dear listeners!
After a restorative holiday break, weโre back at our desks, in front of our microphones, and ready for another year of ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ.
๐ Did Jo finish a first draft of Book 4?
๐ Did Fiona finish a first draft of Book 1?
๐ Did Jacqโฆ well, Jacq was just going to see what happens โ so maybe thatโs a given ๐
Along with accountability, weโre sharing our word for 2026, what weโre reading, and what weโre going to do differently this year as we wrangle 2026 into shape and give ourselves the best possible chance of achieving our writing dreams.
So sit back, grab your beverage of choice, and enjoy Episode 52, available wherever you love to listen ๐ง
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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 & 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)
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 (๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 30 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด) ๐