Writing Tips, Workshops, and Inspiration from Bestselling Authors

Join DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Ryan Pote on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Ryan is a twelve-year veteran Navy helicopter pilot and mission commander who was part of a joint interagency special operations task force (JIATF). He did three deployments during Operation MARTILLO countering narcotics smuggling through

Unlike social media, your email list belongs to you. That’s right, if all social media platforms went away tomorrow, so would your followers. If you have an email list, those subscribers are something you own. Here are five simple ways to use social media to grow your email list. 1. Give People a Reason to Join Instead of telling people to sign up for your newsletter, tell them what they’ll get. Show them the value. Will you share writing tips? Exclusive book updates? Deleted

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author and screenwriter George Pelecanos on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet George Pelecanos is the bestselling author of twenty-three novels and story collections set in and around Washington, D.C. He was a writer and producer on HBO’s The Wire, The Pacific, Treme, The

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Elizabeth Little on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Elizabeth Little is the author of Dear Daughter and Pretty as a Picture, critically acclaimed thrillers that established her as a singular voice in contemporary crime fiction. Her work has been praised by the Ne

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Lisa Scottoline on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Lisa Scottoline is the #1 bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of 38 novels. She is the President of Mystery Writers of America and has been named a Thriller Master by International Thriller Writers. A form

Join host DP Lyle MD for a chat with Former DEA Supervisory Special Agent Jeffrey James Higgins. 📺 WATCH: Criminal Mischief on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Jeffrey James Higgins is a retired supervisory special agent who writes thrillers, short stories, creative nonfiction, and essays. He has wrestled a suicide bomber, fought the Taliban in combat, and chased terrorists across five continents. Jeffrey received the Attorn

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Miranda Smith on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Miranda Smith writes psychological and domestic suspense novels. Her latest novel, SCARY MOVIE NIGHT, releases in July 2026. Two of her titles, NOT MY MOTHER and HIS LOVING WIFE, have been published in Poland. NOT

Join host DP Lyle MD for a fun chat with best-selling true crime and crime fiction author Diane Fanning 📺 WATCH: Criminal Mischief on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Diane Fanning is the Edgar-finalist, best-selling author of fifteen true crime books and 13 works of crime fiction. She is a recipient of the Defender of Innocence award from the Innocence Project. She has served as a consultant to 48 Hours, was a regular pres