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OUTLIERS MEDICAL-FORENSIC FILES: Congenital Heart Disease by DP Lyle, MD

OUTLIERS MEDICAL-FORENSIC FILES: Congenital Heart Disease by DP Lyle, MD What Congenital Heart Defect Might My Female Family Members Suffer From? Q: I'm trying to construct a family of women who have a congenital heart defect. The mother has died from it. The older sister dies as the book begins. The middle sister is suffering, and her imminent death is part of the plot. (She's 18). What I'd like is for her to be treated by surgery, but a surgery the poor girl can't affor

D. P. Lyle

Oct 184 min read

OUTLIERS ONE MORE THING: It’s All in the Name by DP Lyle

OUTLIERS ONE MORE THING: It’s All in the Name by DP Lyle News flash—characters need names. Not just any old name, but their name. It has to fit. It’s personal. If you mis-name a character, they’ll fuss at you until you fix it. Usually in the middle of the night. Has this ever happened to you? You finish your first draft and dive into the initial rewrite. Where you meet Martha, Who the hell is Martha? There’s no Martha in this story. After a bit of digging around you remember

D. P. Lyle

Oct 183 min read

New on Outliers GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author and Outlier Boyd Morrison

Join Terry Shepherd and Jennifer Dornbush in the Outliers Studio at Bouchercon 2025 in New Orleans for a chat with best-selling author and Outlier Boyd Morrison https://boydmorrison.com WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLia8l2DJ_EnXVqej3dnFj-48RJetAYpcl LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet: https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/shows

D. P. Lyle

Oct 141 min read