Wednesday 14 June 2017
The Mentor by Lee Matthew Goldberg
Release Date: 13th June 2017
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Genres: Thriller
Kyle Broder has achieved his lifelong dream and is an editor at a major publishing house.
When
Kyle is contacted by his favorite college professor, William Lansing,
Kyle couldn’t be happier. Kyle has his mentor over for dinner to catch
up and introduce him to his girlfriend, Jamie, and the three have a
great time. When William mentions that he’s been writing a novel, Kyle
is overjoyed. He would love to read the opus his mentor has toiled over.
Until the novel turns out to be not only horribly written, but the most depraved story Kyle has read.
After
Kyle politely rejects the novel, William becomes obsessed, causing
trouble between Kyle and Jamie, threatening Kyle’s career, and even his
life. As Kyle delves into more of this psychopath’s work, it begins to
resemble a cold case from his college town, when a girl went missing.
William’s work is looking increasingly like a true crime confession.
Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Mentor
is a twisty, nail-biting thriller that explores how the love of words
can lead to a deadly obsession with the fate of all those connected and
hanging in the balance.
Thrilled to have author Lee Matthew Goldberg on the blog today with a great author interview. Thanks for joining us Lee. Lets find out a bit more about you!
Do you write under your real name or is this a pen name you
use?
My real name.
Where are you from?
I grew up in Manhattan, New York
List 3 interesting facts about yourself.
My biggest influences have been David Lynch
and Bruce Springsteen
I absolutely can’t stand milk but I love
cheese
I secretly dream of being a reggae superstar
What was the first thing you ever had published?
My short story “The Silver Bullet” in the online literary
magazine Orionheadless.
Do you have a writing routine?
Yes, I edit in the mornings, take a break and work-out and
eat lunch, then I write all afternoon. Sometimes at night I’ll read over what
I’ve written too.
Do you have any writing rituals?
When the weather is nice, I work out of Central Park with my
laptop at my favorite tree. I do my best writing while in nature. In the
winters, I write out of the famous library on 42nd St. in their
large quiet room.
Where did the idea for your most recent book come from?
My editor Brendan Deneen had pitched the idea of Cape Fear set in the publishing world
and hired me to take it in any direction I wanted. Adding a subplot of a cold
case that the characters get involved in was an important way to heighten the
suspense.
Who was the first person you shared your book with?
My agent Sam Hiyate at The Rights Factory was the first to
read the entire manuscript.
Do you have a current work in progress?
Yes, I like to work on a bunch of projects at once. I have
two books in a thriller trilogy, a Sci-fi book about a cult and a Young Adult one
as well about a time traveling teen that have all been finished. I’m also
collaborating with other writers on a screenplay and a TV pilot, which has been
a lot of fun.
Do you have any advice for budding authors?
Edit and edit. You may think you’re finished, but there’s
always another chance to review what you’ve written. Also learn how to take
rejection. You are guaranteed to have to your work rejected, but if you really
believe in your talent, hopefully you can find someone else to believe in it as
well.
About the Author
Lee
Matthew Goldberg’s novel THE MENTOR is forthcoming from Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s
Press in June 2017 and has been acquired by Macmillan Entertainment. The French
edition will be published by Editions Hugo. His debut novel SLOW DOWN is out
now. His pilot JOIN US was a finalist in Script Pipeline’s TV Writing
Competition. After graduating with an MFA from the New School, his fiction has also
appeared in The Montreal Review, The
Adirondack Review, Essays &
Fictions, The New Plains Review, Verdad
Magazine, BlazeVOX, and others. He
is the co-curator of The Guerrilla Lit Reading Series
(guerrillalit.wordpress.com). He lives in New York City. Follow him at
leematthewgoldberg.com and @LeeMatthewG
Author links
Website - Leematthewgoldberg.com
Twitter – https://twitter.com/LeeMatthewG
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/leemgol/
Buy Links
Books-A-Million – http://www.booksamillion.com/product/9781250083548
IndieBound - http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250083548
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