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The Mail I Get – WTF Edition

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I’m writing this email because I just wrote a pilot and I think it might be good. I’m XYZ, I’m Italian and I’m almost 21. Direct-Mail1I would like to send it all to a network but basically it’s impossible, because writing to a network is extremely difficult plus they have to read emails like this one probably everyday, so I found your profile online and now I’m following you on twitter so I decided to write to you

The Mail I Get – This and That Edition

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Questions from this week’s mailbag… Hi Lee. I’m sort of new to your work. I’ve read The Walk, Dead Space, My Gun Has Bullets and I just finished McGrave. I really like reading your books. They’re too funny to put down and I have definitely stayed up way past my usual bedtime just to finish … Read more

The Mail I Get – Mondo Monk Edition

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Here are a bunch of questions I’ve received lately about Monk. There may be spoilers ahead. I just saw an episode of Monk that revealed Trudy’s killer as a college professor she had an affair with and had his baby. In your books you keep saying the murder hasn’t been solved. Can you explain? I … Read more

The Mail I Get – Lame Pitches Edition

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I get some really lame pitches from people who want me to review their books, read their screenplays, or co-write novels with them. Here’s a sampling, the first one from a man who wants to co-author novels with me: My Name is XYZ, I am a Law Man, writing such things as Natural Laws and … Read more

The Mail I Get – Mr. Monk Edition

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I get lots of questions and complaints about my Monk novels. Here are just a few recent ones. In Mr Monk On The Couch there’s an attack on the ACLU that reads like a personal aside.  I sure hope you really don’t feel that way. They are a wonderful group that does a lot of good works and … Read more

The Mail I Get Rerun – I Don’t Want to Find You an Agent

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Here’s a golden oldie from a few years back… I got an email today from a guy who says he’s been writing scripts and entering competitions for the last five years, ever since he got his MFA from York Univeristy in Toronto.  He can’t get seem to get any “reputable agents” to read his work. … Read more

The Mail I Get Rerun – Stop Looking for a Short Cut

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Here’s a golden oldie from yesteryear’s mailbag.. I received a polite email from a guy on the East Coast who says he has a great idea for an episodic legal drama: Though I spend a great deal of my time developing and selling creative concepts (for direct marketing applications), I’m not a script writer.  I’m … Read more