{"id":208705,"date":"2024-12-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=208705"},"modified":"2024-12-12T01:04:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:04:39","slug":"overcoming-obstacles-as-a-tenacious-author-ep204","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/overcoming-obstacles-as-a-tenacious-author-ep204\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Obstacles as a Tenacious Author \/\/ EP204"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria Frankland built her indie author career by taking on the obstacles in her way and choosing to be tenacious in the face of her challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/3b7f9b73-1f6a-4e3a-b5b4-4ba595ea7c76\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Overcoming Obstacles as a Tenacious Author\" 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=\"Overcoming Obstacles as a Tenacious Author\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v4wfWU0DUr0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 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>Maria Frankland is a psychological thriller author, currently writing her 21st book and is based in Yorkshire in England, home of Yorkie bars, Yorkshire puddings and Yorkshire tea - three of her favourite things. 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