{"id":208787,"date":"2025-03-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=208787"},"modified":"2025-03-14T05:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:12:35","slug":"utilizing-your-time-talent-to-stand-out-ep217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/utilizing-your-time-talent-to-stand-out-ep217\/","title":{"rendered":"Utilizing Your Time &amp; Talent to Stand Out \/\/ EP217"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>O'Cyrus joins us to talk about how writers can be using their time and talents to build a better author career.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/50f86806-d699-4669-823e-d4394e24f9fb\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Utilizing Your Time &amp; Talent to Stand Out\" 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=\"Utilizing Your Time &amp; Talent to Stand Out\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t1ZCMkk01RI?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>O'Cyrus is the Founder of Ocyrus Ink Publishing and Host of The Author Lounge podcast. He joins us to talk about how writers can be using their time and talents to build a better author career.<\/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. 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