{"id":209139,"date":"2025-08-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=209139"},"modified":"2025-09-11T03:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:46:17","slug":"discover-your-author-mindset-ep240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/discover-your-author-mindset-ep240\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Your Author Mindset \/\/ EP240"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Adrienne Giordano takes her 30 years of experience to empower authors by fostering growth, accountability, and a good author mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/26f61952-497d-4fe3-8c61-4b53da921ac8\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Discover Your Author Mindset\" 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=\"Finding Success After Rejection with Ang T. 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