Simon Wood on Why You Are Your Best Advocate

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 068 / Thriller, mystery, and horror author Simon Wood joins us this week to talk about how he learned he was his own best advocate in negotiating right and how he’s become a “rights raptor” because he realizes the value of his intellectual property. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also discuss how his background as a mechanical engineer helps him breakdown stories and reverse engineer his plots. Plus tips on pen names, writing flawed heroes, and dealing with impostor syndrome.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Intro links: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out the</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/304647074240099/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wish I’d Known Then Facebook group</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for the Q&A replay. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kirsten Oliphant’s Create If Writing podcast:</span></p> <p><a href= "https://pod.link/987191487/episode/ebd78da5e69f01064cac04a61c0021bc"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Lessons Learned in Three Years as an Author </span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://pod.link/987191487/episode/f70103fd5b41d289ba931f2121ead60b"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">How to Write a Bestseller</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://wishidknownforwriters.com/episode-009-clean-romance-sustainability-and-pantsing-books-with-kirsten-oliphant/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">WIKT Episode 9: Clean Romance, Sustainability, and “Pantsing” books with Kirsten Oliphant</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/304647074240099/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">WIKT Facebook group</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">! You can find show notes and links at</span> <a href="https://wishidknownforwriters.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">wishidknownforwriters.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">