Writing Tips, Workshops, and Inspiration from Bestselling Authors

Trends can be a great way to get your content in front of new readers. The trick is learning which trends to use and how to use them as inspiration while still creating content that sounds and feels like you. 1. Choose Trends That Fit You don’t have to participate in every trending sound, meme, or format (and you really shouldn’t either). Before jumping in, ask yourself: Can I naturally connect this to my books, genre, writing process, or readers? If you’re forcing the connec

Outliers co-founder D.P. Lyle was a guest on the West of the Page YouTube/Podcast show. He chatted about the Rough Country Anthology and his short story “Red Roses.” Best of all, the anthology benefited the US Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund. Purchase the book: https://www.dplylemd.com/books/anthologies

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with renowned editor Neil Nyren 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 Neil Nyren is the former EVP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons; and the winner of the 2017 Ellery Queen Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2025 Thriller Legend award from the I

Coming January 7, 2027 FORENSICS FOR DUMMIES, 3RD EDITION Available for Pre-order Many Updates including the latest in DNA Analysis and a new chapter on Digital Forensics PRE-ORDER NOW: https://www.dplylemd.com/books/forensicscience Original VersionL 2005 Macavity Award Winner 2005 Edgar Nominee

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