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31/05/2026

✨ 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 ✨ 🎙️ Episode 60: Best Laid Plans

It’s the final episode of Season 5, dear listeners… and as always we’re very honest. What happens when writing plans fall apart?

In this episode: ✍️ Jo shares the reality of where things are at with Book 4 after a chat with her publisher  ✍️ Fiona talks about finally breaking through a month-long writing block (thanks BT & HC 💛) ✍️ Jacq attempts to wrangle her 2000+ book collection into some kind of order!

Plus our usual segments — 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 and 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 — with goals set for our month-long mid-year break.

Follow us from 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 — and everything in between 💛

🎧 Ep 60: 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪 Wherever you love to listen (link in bio & stories)

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31/05/2026

𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙨 📚

We love to share what we have been reading with you all, dearest listeners.

Here are our reading recommendations from 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟱𝟵 of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵:

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Strangers in the Villa -

𝙅𝘼𝘾𝙌
The Graduate -

𝙁𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼
Kill For Me Kill For You -

Listen to Episode 59 to hear what we had to say about them (link in bio and stories). We highly recommend adding all three to your TBR! 💛

❓Have you read any of these?

21/05/2026

Our latest episode is all about Jo Dixon taking America… with a 4 book publishing deal, that is 🙌❤️🤍💙

Jo spills the tea in Episode 59 - Party In The USA 🇺🇸 is available now wherever you love to listen.

Jo’s books - The House of Now & Then, A Shadow at the Door, A Disappearing Act and the upcoming untitled Book 4 - will be published by Poisoned Pen Press.

We are SO proud of Jo… so don’t expect us to stop singing about this anytime soon 😜

18/05/2026

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟱𝟵: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦𝗔 🇺🇸🥂

It’s the news we’vel been bursting to share for months…

Jo spills all the behind-the-scene details of her HUGE FOUR BOOK DEAL with Poisoned Pen Press! 🤯📚

Jo shares: 💛 How the deal actually came about 💛 Why having an agent changed everything 💛 What happened when “the call” finally came 💛 And whether she’s come down from cloud nine yet!

Plus our usual segments — 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 and 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 — because even life-changing book deals don’t stop the writing chaos 😂

Follow us from 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 — and everything in between 💛

🎙️ 𝗘𝗽 𝟱𝟵: 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪 wherever you love to listen (link in bio and stories)

13/05/2026

𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙨 📚

What have we been reading lately, dearest listeners?

Here are our picks from 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟱𝟴 of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵:

𝙅𝙊
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 - Nicci French

𝙅𝘼𝘾𝙌
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘹𝘪 - .gunasekera

𝙁𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼
𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 -

Have you read any of these? We highly recommend adding all three to your TBR! 💛

11/05/2026

THE NEWS IS OUT!!!!
Congratulations Jo on your US deal. We are so proud of you!!! 💛💛

Jo shared this exciting news with Fiona and Jacq and then everyone at the Word Count writing retreat back in March. We celebrated with bubbles back then, but there’s some very relieved writers who can finally share in celebrating this amazing news!

Photos taken writing retreat 20th March, 2026 by Fiona. You can see our retreaters behind Jo in the bottom photo 😜

Details below -

Get • .dixon.writes Nearly 2 months ago, I got up super early to take a planned Teams call… only to go into total panic when I couldn’t find the link that had been sent through. Then when my agent resent the link, I couldn’t get Teams to work (despite having checked it the day before). Panic! Confusion! Meltdown (me, not them!). Finally, the meeting was reconvened on Zoom.

I had an amazing chat with Rachel from Poisoned Pen (an imprint of Sourcebooks Publishing in the US). At the end of the call she said that they would like to make an offer on A Disappearing Act … AND both my earlier books.

When the written offer came through, she also included Book4 (which is currently at the editing stage)!!

To say I was thrilled is a total understatement. Being published in the US was a dream that I had pretty much given up on. Now, here I am, with an amazing US publisher, an editor who is excited and passionate about my books, and a whole new audience. I absolutely can not wait to work with this new team.

A huge, huge thank you to Thomasin and Benython from who have championed my books and made this happen.

In the meantime my latest book is progressing through edits, and I’ve got some events coming up — including a tour of Northern Victoria.

So, enough ch*****ne and celebrating, and back to work !

07/05/2026

Henceforth we would like to be referred to as LEGENDS… 😜😂

Joking. But honestly, how good is the dedication to us in Jess Kitching’s latest thriller The Secrets of Strangers? 😍

“My favourites from The Word Count Pod, Jo, Fiona and Jacq… LEGENDS, the lot of you.”

Jess actually began writing this book at Jo’s house, and we are all so chuffed to have made the acknowledgements. Especially because this is the first time we’ve been acknowledged together in a book.

And trust us, The Secrets of Strangers is a banger. We highly recommend finding out what all the fuss is about and reading it.

And Jess - thank you for making us immortal. We hope to see you down here in Tassie again soon - 𝘍𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢, 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘲 & 𝘑𝘰 💛

04/05/2026

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟱𝟴: 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦?

This one’s for every writer who hasn’t cracked the 3% club — because only 3% of people who start a book actually finish… and right now, Fiona is trying to become one of them.

In response to her honest and relatable cry for help, Jo and Jacq share their best advice on getting to the end, drawing on their own writing experiences and what’s worked for them.

Plus our usual segments — 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 and 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Follow us from 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 — and everything in between 💛

🎙️𝗘𝗽 𝟱𝟴: AVAILABLE NOW wherever you love to listen (link in bio)

19/04/2026

✨ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 ✨ 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 57: Getting Back on Track

After three weeks of R&R, we’re back in your ears, dear listeners!

In this episode: 💛 Jo’s back from an idyllic island interlude 🏝️  💛 Jacq shares her publishing date! 🎉 💛 Fiona has recovered from surgery… but how close is she to finishing? 🤔

Plus our usual segments — 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 and 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 — as we talk about getting back to the writing after a break.

Follow us from 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 — 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 💛

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