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11/07/2025

🎉 Huge congratulations to our Jo, who has just handed in the final proofread of her upcoming book (out Oct 28)!

If you’ve been following along, you’ll know this one’s been a journey. In Episode 25: The Book That Almost Broke Me, Jo shared the tough times she faced while writing it — the doubts, setbacks, and struggles — but she NEVER gave up 🙌

We’re incredibly proud of her honesty, resilience, and determination to turn things around and write the best book of her career.

We love you, Jo, and we can’t wait for the world to read the book that most certainly did NOT break you 💛

08/07/2025

Oopsy! 🤭 We were trying to keep this a secret… but Jo got a little too excited and let the cat out of the bag. Cue the chaos!

Want to know what she let slip? Listen to Episode 41 now, wherever you get your podcasts 🎧💛

(We’ll share more soon… but for now, we’re having far too much fun teasing Jo 😉😂)

07/07/2025

💛 NEW EPISODE 💛 𝘌𝘱 41: 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 101

We probably should have called this episode “The One Where Jo Lets The Secret Out Of The Bag” (listen to the end, you’ll understand 😜😂)

💛 We discuss pitching - what works and what doesn’t
💛 Fiona and Jacq commit to entering Pitchable at
💛 Jo and Jacq talk about doing their nudie solstice swim!

Of course, we have your favourite segments: Accountability and Setting Goals ✨

🎧 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟰𝟭 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗢𝗪 – listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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24/06/2025

Congratulations to the winner of our 40th episode giveaway
 Kate

for her question “Would you consider doing writing workshops in Tasmania?”

Kate has won an ARC copy of Jo’s upcoming third novel - A Disappearing Act - as well as merch - tote, pen, friendship bracelets, notebook and bookmark, a .cottage candle AND waterproof post-its.

Congratulations Kate, we hope you enjoy your prize! 💛

23/06/2025

💛 NEW EPISODE 💛 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥

We’re celebrating our 40th episode by answering 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 burning questions — about us, the podcast, writing… and more!

PLUS, we announce the lucky dear listener who’s won an 𝗔𝗥𝗖 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 – 𝗔 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝘁 – along with 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝗮 @𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲, and the newest obsession: 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀!

And of course, your favourite segments are still there: Accountability and Setting Goals ✨

🎧 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟰𝟬 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗢𝗪 – listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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21/06/2025

They did it again 😳

19/06/2025

🎉 LAST CHANCE TO ASK! 🎉

We’re recording our 40th episode tomorrow… so it’s your last chance to ask us ANYTHING!

If you’ve got a burning question for us - about writing, podcasting, or anything in between - now’s the time to send it through.

Drop it in the comments or slide into our DMs.

📅 Look out for our special Q&A episode celebrating 40 EPISODES on Monday 23 June, wherever you love to listen! 🎧

18/06/2025

📚 What are we reading?

Our book choices this episode were a brightly coloured affair of overseas authors 😍💙🩷🧡

Jo read a destination thriller, Fiona grabbed the newest release from one of her favourite authors and Jacq’s review of her latest read made Jo immediately buy a copy online while we were recording! 😂

Have you read any of these❓

💛 Jo - The Surf House by
💛Jacq – The Girl In Cell A
by
💛 Fiona – Atmosphere by

Episode 39 of is out now, wherever you love to listen 🎧

10/06/2025

Fiona actually blew Jo’s mind when she mentioned WATERPROOF post-it notes in the latest episode of 🤯💥

We all know how much Jo loves a post-it but Fiona definitely took it next level when she spoke of hearing Taylor Jenkins Reid (yes, the NY Times bestselling & award-winning author) taking “work showers” to knot out her book plots, and to help her remember she uses… waterproof post-its 🚿🗒️

Fiona has already ordered some and now so has Jo… and she ordered an extra pack for someone to win in our 40th episode GIVEAWAY 🎉

What Giveaway you ask?

Ask any of us (or collectively) a question we will answer in our 40th episode and you go into the running to WIN:

📖 An exclusive ARC of Jo’s upcoming third book, A Disappearing Act (out Oct 28, 2025)‼️
 🖊️ A bundle of Word Count Merch: tote bag, friendship bracelets, pen, notebook, and bookmark
 🕯️ Plus a candle scented in Australian Bush from .cottage - every crime writer’s favourite place to hide a body 🫣

AND… 📝 Waterproof Post-it Notes.

If they are good enough for Taylor who are we to argue? 💛

09/06/2025

💛 NEW EPISODE 💛 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔

Aaaannnddd… we’re back!

It’s been SEVEN LONG WEEKS since we were last in your ears, dear listeners - and we hope you missed us! 😉 We’ve chatted a little longer than usual because it’s been so long since the last episode, but it’s still under 40 minutes!

This episode is (fittingly) all about Brainstorms:
💛 Jo shares how her brain surgery went 💛 Fiona tries to brainstorm her way out of the messy middle 💛 And Jacq, as always, is the brainy one reading books we’ve never even heard of

Of course, your favourite segments are back: Accountability and Setting Goals ✨

🎧 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟯𝟵 is out NOW - listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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06/06/2025

📣 NEW PLAN! 📣

Yes, yes… we did say we’d answer all your questions in our next episode - but then we looked at the calendar and realised… it’s Episode 39 🤔

Which means Episode 40 is just around the corner 🎉 And that deserves something special, don’t you think?

✨ So here’s the deal: We’re saving your questions for EPISODE 40 - and the BEST question will win a prize pack that’s worth waiting for…

📖 An exclusive ARC of Jo’s upcoming third book, A Disappearing Act (out Oct 28, 2025)‼️
 🖊️ A bundle of Word Count Merch: tote bag, friendship bracelets, pen, notebook, and bookmark
 🕯️ Plus a candle scented in Australian Bush from .cottage - every crime writer’s favourite place to hide a body 🫣

Want to be the first to read Jo’s new book before it hits the shelves?
 Drop your question in the comments or slide into our DMs. Anything goes - ask us anything! Writing, life, books, swans, chaos - we’re here for it.

🎧 Episode 40 drops soon, and trust us… it’s going to be one to remember! 💛

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