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DP Lyle
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THE CRIME FICTION WRITER'S BLOG
(Older posts are archived on the previous version of this Blog HERE)
Criminal Mischief: Episode #28: The MacGuffin
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-episode-28-the-macguffin SHOW NOTES: What is a MacGuffin? Since Alfred...
D. P. Lyle
Sep 23, 20191 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #27: ABO Blood Typing
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/27-abo-blood-typing SHOW NOTES: From FORENSICS FOR DUMMIES By simply typing the blood at a...
D. P. Lyle
Sep 9, 20194 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #26: Storytelling In Dixie
LISTEN:https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/26-storytelling-in-dixie SHOW NOTES: Storytelling In Dixie by DP Lyle Here’s the thing...
D. P. Lyle
Aug 26, 20195 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #25: A Stroll Through Forensic Science History
LISTEN:https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/forensicsciencehistory SHOW NOTES: FORENSIC SCIENCE TIMELINE Prehistory: Early cave artists...
D. P. Lyle
Aug 12, 20194 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #24: Common Writing Mistakes
LISTEN:https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/common-writing-mistakes-with-dp-lyle-on-criminal-mischief SHOW NOTES: Writers, particularly...
D. P. Lyle
Jul 29, 20191 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #23: Apollo 11 & Me
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/apollo-11-me SHOW NOTES: It’s hard to believe that it’s been 50 years. Exactly 50 years....
D. P. Lyle
Jul 15, 20191 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #22: Common Medical Errors in Fiction
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-episode-22-common-medical-errors-in-fiction SHOW NOTES: Too often,...
D. P. Lyle
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #21: Autopsy OF A Thriller: The Terminator
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/episode-21-autopsy-of-a-thriller SHOW NOTES: The Autopsy of a Thriller A scene-by-scene...
D. P. Lyle
Jun 10, 20193 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #20: Elements Of A Thriller
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/the-art-and-science-of-crime-fiction-episode-20-elements-of-a-thriller SHOW NOTES:...
D. P. Lyle
May 27, 20191 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #19: SUNSHINE STATE Is Coming
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/sunshinestate SHOW NOTES: From Publishers Weekly: In Lyle’s ingenious third mystery...
D. P. Lyle
May 13, 20199 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #18: Gunshot To The Chest
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/gswtochest SHOW NOTES: Gunshot wounds (GSWs) come in many flavors and those to the chest...
D. P. Lyle
Apr 29, 20197 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #17: DNA and Twins
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-episode-17-dna-and-identical-twins SHOW NOTES: For years it was felt...
D. P. Lyle
Apr 16, 20191 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #16: Arsenic: An Historical and Modern Poison
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-episode-15-arsenic-an-historical-and-modern-poison SHOW NOTES: From...
D. P. Lyle
Apr 1, 20195 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #15: Introducing Characters
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-episode-15-introducing-characters SHOW NOTES: You never get a second...
D. P. Lyle
Mar 18, 201913 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #14: Rules of Writing
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-episode-14-rules-of-writing SHOW NOTES: Somerset Maugham: There are...
D. P. Lyle
Mar 5, 20191 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #13: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-episode-13-alice-in-wonderland-syndrome SHOW NOTES: One pill makes you...
D. P. Lyle
Feb 18, 20193 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #12: Fentanyl—A Most Dangerous Game
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/fentanyl-a-most-dangerous-game SHOW NOTES: Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is as much...
D. P. Lyle
Feb 4, 20192 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode 11: Civil War “Limb Pit” and the History of Infectious Diseases
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/limb-pits-and-germ-theory SHOW NOTES: Here in the 21st century we know a great deal about...
D. P. Lyle
Jan 22, 20193 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #10: Rattlesnakes and Murder
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-episode-10-rattlesnakes-and-murder SHOW NOTES: “Good fences make good...
D. P. Lyle
Jan 8, 20195 min read
Criminal Mischief: Episode #9: The Mysterious Human Brain
LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/criminal-mischief-the-amazing-human-brain SHOW NOTES: Head Trauma (Direct, Infectious,...
D. P. Lyle
Nov 29, 20181 min read
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