{"id":208711,"date":"2024-12-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=208711"},"modified":"2024-12-26T09:44:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T15:44:23","slug":"what-are-authors-thankful-for-ep206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/what-are-authors-thankful-for-ep206\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Authors Thankful For? \/\/ EP206"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark graciously taken over hosting duties on (American) Thanksgiving! 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