Making it Up with Lee Goldberg, author of Murder By Design

About this episode

Carter Wilson interviews Lee Goldberg about the art of writing and the immersive experience of reading.

“I learned a very important lesson from Janet Ivanovich. She said I want readers to forget they’re reading. I want them to be so lost in what they’re doing… they forget there’s a page. You want the writing to disappear… I want them to get sucked into just being lost in the book.” Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including the Eve Ronin series, the Sharpe & Walker se...

People in this episode

Host: Carter Wilson

Guest: Lee Goldberg

Topics covered

• writing
• fiction
• storytelling
• author insights
• book recommendations

Keywords

• Lee Goldberg
• Murder By Design
• writing advice
• Janet Ivanovich
• fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Murder By Design

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