{"id":208056,"date":"2024-03-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=208056"},"modified":"2024-03-21T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:50:12","slug":"live-from-superstars-writing-seminars-ep167","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/live-from-superstars-writing-seminars-ep167\/","title":{"rendered":"Live from Superstars Writing Seminars \/\/ EP167"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally recorded live from the Superstars Writing Seminars, Mark shares some experiences from his time at author conferences, along with some tips and trips for first timers.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/a4bd27b0-5638-4e2d-8862-eb3fa67254c8\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Live from Superstars Writing Seminars\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Live from Superstars Writing Seminars | Self Publishing Insiders 167\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M839UvdP6uI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-notes\">Episode Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Conferences are vital for author careers. The good ones not only provide stellar learning opportunities from the industry's best and brightest minds, they also provide a sense of community and belonging. In today's episode we'll catch up with D2D's own Mark Leslie Lefebvre and Nick Thacker as they attend the renowned Superstars Writing Seminars event in Colorado Springs. Knowing these guys, they're likely to grab some surprise author guests to join us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\/\/Draft2Digital is where you start your Indie Author Career\/\/&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for your path to self-publishing success? Draft2Digital is the leading ebook publisher and distributor worldwide. We\u2019ll convert your manuscript, distribute it online, and support you the whole way\u2014and we won\u2019t charge you a dime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We take a small percentage of the royalties for each sale you make through us, so we only make money when you make money. That's the best kind of business plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Get started now:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/\">https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Learn the ins, the outs, and the all-arounds of indie publishing from the industry experts on the D2D Blog:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/Draft2Digital.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Promote your books with our Universal Book Links from Books2Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/books2read.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you bookmark&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/d2dlive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/D2DLive.com<\/a>&nbsp;for links to live events, and to catch back episodes of the Self Publishing Insiders Podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Summary Originally recorded live from the Superstars Writing Seminars, Mark shares some experiences from his time at author conferences, along with some tips and trips for first timers. 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