#1 New York Times Bestselling Author & TV Producer
Joe Konrath, F. Paul Wilson, Blake Crouch and Jeff Strand have collaborated on DRACULAS, an original novel for the Kindle. It's yet another intriguing Konrath e-book experiment. He wrote about it all on the Huffington Post. He said, in part: "Draculas" will be exclusive on Kindle for a year, as a favor to Amazon since … Read more
I've been inundated with emails from people asking me about that Steve Cannell clip I posted yesterday. It was from a two-part episode of DIAGNOSIS MURDER entitled "Trash TV." It was actually Steve's second appearance on the series as Jackson Burley, a burned-out, action-adventure TV producer from my book MY GUN HAS BULLETS, which I wrote … Read more
From Sebrina Siegel, our leading lady on REMAINDERED… I once had a friend ask me what a “happy accident” was, and I explained the term (which I had learned as a photography student and frequently used) as best I could. I so wish I had had the filming of today’s final scene for REMAINDERED … Read more
I've slashed the price on the Kindle edition of DEAD SPACE to only 99 cents for the rest of this month. The book is the sequel to my first novel, MY GUN HAS BULLETS, and was originally published in 1995 under the title BEYOND THE BEYOND. Ex-cop Charlie Willis handles "special security" at Pinnacle Pictures. … Read more
A successful screenwriter I know recently shared with me an experience he had with a stranger that's becoming more and more common these days among my writer friends who have any kind of online presence… A complete stranger sent me an email informing me of the glorious news that he's coming to LA to try … Read more
If you are a book reviewer/book blogger and would like a review copy, either in trade paperback or as PDF file, of TIED IN: THE BUSINESS, HISTORY AND CRAFT OF MEDIA TIE-IN WRITING, please email me at lee@leegoldberg.com with your name and email address (for the PDF) or your snail-mail address (for the paperback) and … Read more
REMAINDERED was the good news/bright side in an article in today's Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer about the unfortunate cancellation of the NDX Film Festival. The article said, in part: Though the festival has been canceled, a short movie will still be filmed in Owensboro in September. "Remaindered" was written and will be directed by Lee Goldberg, a … Read more
I’ve spent a lot of time tonight trading emails and photos back-and-forth with our two leads — Eric Altheide and Sebrina Siegel — discussing their wardrobe for the film. Wardrobe is not my strong suit (no pun intended. Okay, maybe intended a little). And it can be awkward discussing what I’d like the actors to … Read more
My grandfather owned a furniture store and wanted me to go into the business. I wanted to be a writer. His feeling was furniture was a solid career..that everybody needs to sit somewhere, they don't need to read a book. I argued that what they are doing while they are sitting in that comfy chairs … Read more
Two years after I trashed Bookwhirl, they've responded. Boy, they move fast. I am obviously dealing with marketing professionals. Here's their no-holds barred response: Author Lee Goldberg once published an article about BookWhirl.com. He entitled his post, BookWhirl Can't Even Sell Itself. Published last August 2008, the article features Goldberg’s first and only impression about … Read more