{"id":207628,"date":"2023-10-16T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=207628"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:58:54","slug":"kevin-tumlinson-has-left-the-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/kevin-tumlinson-has-left-the-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Tumlinson Has Left the Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kevin Tumlinson, Draft2Digital\u2019s beloved Director of Marketing &amp; PR, is moving on to pursue new adventures outside of D2D. For anyone who has spent any amount of time with Kevin, you know he\u2019s not a sit-on-your-hands kind of guy. A prolific\u2014and might we add award-winning and bestselling \u2013author with over 100 books to his credit, Kevin is known as the \u201cVoice of Indie Publishing\u201d for his work in podcasts, conferences, public speaking, and consulting for authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKevin joined our team over seven years ago and has been an integral part of our growth and success over that time,\u201d said Kris Austin, CEO of Draft2Digital. \u201cIt would not be exaggerating to say that D2D would be a very different company today without him. As is often the case, great people sometimes want to pursue new opportunities. I know that whatever Kevin ends up doing, that he will be highly successful. We wish him all the best as he takes a new path. I will, personally, miss him dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLeaving is hard,\u201d said Kevin. \u201cParticularly when you\u2019re leaving the safe harbor of what has been a really incredible job, just to set out to try to build and grow something of your own. You fear failure and mistakes. You don\u2019t have the safety net of the people you\u2019ve trusted and relied on for seven years. But I think that this is the same leap that every author takes. We all came to writing as a dream, and we all inevitably take the leap, trusting that the net will appear. That\u2019s what we do. That\u2019s who we are. And I think that this leap of mine is in honor of that. I will always love and be grateful for Draft2Digital. And my heart will always be tuned to the writing community. You can\u2019t fly by staying in the nest. 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