Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 9:20 pm
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I’ve had a long, on-and-off love affair with Robert B. Parker’s books, and although I have criticized his last few novels, I will deeply miss him, and not just as a reader of his work. He had an enormous impact…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 5:18 am
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Chris Well at The Thrill of It All has given MR. MONK AND THE DIRTY COP some love. He says, in part: Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop is a real-deal whodunit that will have you turning the pages as…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Saturday, January 9, 2010, 9:45 am
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William Rabkin’s hilarious CALL OF THE MILD, his latest original PSYCH novel, is now out at bookstores everywhere. Here’s the skinny: Shawn Spencer has convinced everyone he’s psychic. Now, he’s either going to clean up-or be found out… Shawn Spencer…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Saturday, January 9, 2010, 6:23 am
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I just discovered that audible.com is selling a recording of my panel discussion with authors Stephen J. Cannell, Craig Johnson, Jan Burke, and Robert Dugoni at last years Los Angeles Times Book Festival for $5. I haven’t heard it yet,…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Monday, December 14, 2009, 11:08 pm
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I hated THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. I thought it was a boring, cliche-ridden, bloated mess. The Lisbeth Salander character was, by far, the best thing about it…unfortunately, the story centered primarily on Michael Blomkvist, a thinly disguised, idealized…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Monday, December 7, 2009, 3:55 am
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Harlequin seems to be tripping over itself lately with one public relations blunder after another. First, they start up a vanity press program and use the editors of their traditional publishing imprints to recommend it to rejected authors. As if…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 10:08 am
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The reaction to MWA’s delisting of Harlequin has been overwhelmingly positive. I wish I could share with you the dozens of emails I’ve received from authors, many of them published by Harlequin, expressing their support for the MWA’s action. But…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3:49 am
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There’s a Q&A interview with me today over at the MAYHEM & MAGIC blog about me and my latest MONK novel. Here’s a peek: Lee, tell us about a bit about your latest book and your writing schedule [...]My writing…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3:10 am
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Burl Barer’s CAPTURE THE SAINT, the first all new adventure of the famous Simon Templar since 1983’s SALVAGE FOR THE SAINT, is finally available in a Kindle edition. The novel, approved by the Leslie Charteris estate, finds the Robin Hood…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Friday, December 4, 2009, 5:45 pm
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From the MWA: The Board of Mystery Writers of America voted unanimously on Wednesday to remove Harlequin and all of its imprints from our list of Approved Publishers, effective immediately. We did not take this action lightly. We did it…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 9:57 am
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My ninth original “Monk” novel, MR. MONK IN TROUBLE, is arriving in hardcover in bookstores everywhere today. This book was especially fun for me to write. It gave me a chance to dabble in westerns, something I’ve always enjoyed reading…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:35 pm
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The Red Adept blog reviews the Kindle edition of my 1985 novel .357 VIGILANTE #2: MAKE THEM PAY and was far kinder to the book than I had any right to expect. Here’s an excerpt from the review: The storyline…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:28 am
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Author Jackie Kessler has done an excellent analysis of Harlequin’s self-publishing venture…and all the reasons it’s deceptive and bad for writers. It’s a must-read. She quotes extensively from the Harlequin Horizon’s FAQ. This particular excerpt infuriated me: “1. What is…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 10:55 pm
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Today, the Mystery Writers of America notified their members of the actions they are taking in response to Harlequin’s manuscript critique business and their self-publishing venture: Recently, Harlequin Enterprises launched two new business ventures aimed at aspiring writers, the Harlequin…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 5:49 am
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TV writer & blogger Will Dixon has taken some points I raised on how mysteries are constructedand expanded on them as they apply to sf, horror and fantasy shows . He wrote, in part: when it comes to constructing the…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 12:28 am
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If you missed my live, interactive webcast last week, now you can catch the archive version. I’ve posted the first half of the show, where I talked about MONK with my special guest David Breckman (writer-producer-director of MONK), in three…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Sunday, October 11, 2009, 2:28 am
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James Poniewozik at Time Magazine has posted a terrific clip from the new TNT series LAWMAN, based on a character from some Elmore Leonard novels. Now that I’ve seen the clip, I can’t wait for the show.

Post from Lee Goldberg
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 6:04 am
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My friend Stuart Kaminsky died today. I really don’t know what to say, so please forgive me if I ramble a bit. Stuart was not only a wonderful writer, he was a wonderful human being. He was unfailingly kind and…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Saturday, October 3, 2009, 4:51 am
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Author Jean Henry Mead interviewed me for the Murderous Musings blog and got me to blather on and on about myself and my books, something I hardly ever get a chance to do with my blog, my twitter page, my…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 5:20 am
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Variety reports that Leonardo DiCaprio has signed to portray Travis McGee in a movie version of John D. MacDonald’s THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE . Dana Stevens wrote the script, and Peter Chernin will produce, but no director has been set…