Words of Prey host Chantelle Aimée Osman and co-host Bryan Young tell you how to build a social media platform in 15 (or maybe closer to 20) minutes.

Find Bryan Young at http://www.swankmotron.com and @swankmotron
Find Chantelle Aimée Osman at http://www.chantelleaimee.com and @SuspsenseSiren

Music by Joah Estrada

Words of Prey host Chantelle Aimée Osman and co-host Bryan Young tell you how to build suspense with your writing in 15 (or maybe closer to 20) minutes.

Find Bryan Young at http://www.swankmotron.com and @swankmotron
Find Chantelle Aimée Osman at http://www.chantelleaimee.com and @SuspsenseSiren

Music by Joah Estrada

Words of Prey host Chantelle Aimée Osman and co-host Bryan Young tell you why it's really, really important to use proper formatting in 15 (or maybe closer to 20) minutes. Featuring a guest woof.

Find Bryan Young at http://www.swankmotron.com and @swankmotron
Find Chantelle Aimée Osman at http://www.chantelleaimee.com and @SuspsenseSiren

Music by Joah Estrada

Words of Prey host Chantelle Aimée Osman and co-host Bryan Young tell you how to write a stellar query letter in 15 (or maybe closer to 20) minutes.

Find Bryan Young at http://www.swankmotron.com and @swankmotron
Find Chantelle Aimée Osman at http://www.chantelleaimee.com and @SuspsenseSiren

Music by Joah Estrada

Words of Prey host Chantelle Aimée Osman and co-host Bryan Young tell you how to create an experience for a reader in 15 (or maybe closer to 20) minutes.

Find Bryan Young at http://www.swankmotron.com and @swankmotron
Find Chantelle Aimée Osman at http://www.chantelleaimee.com and @SuspsenseSiren

Music by Joah Estrada

Words of Prey host Chantelle Aimée Osman and co-host Bryan Young tell you how to write a less painful synopsis in 15 (or maybe closer to 20) minutes.

Find Bryan Young at http://www.swankmotron.com and @swankmotron
Find Chantelle Aimée Osman at http://www.chantelleaimee.com and @SuspsenseSiren

Music by Joah Estrada

Words of Prey host Chantelle Aimée Osman and co-host Bryan Young tell you how to write three-dimensional characters in 15 (or maybe closer to 20) minutes.

Find Bryan Young at http://www.swankmotron.com and @swankmotron
Find Chantelle Aimée Osman at http://www.chantelleaimee.com and @SuspsenseSiren

Music by Joah Estrada

In this spinoff of Words of Prey, Dumpsterfireside Chats ("Making you laugh so we don't cry") Chantelle Aimée Osman and author Josh Stallings (TRICKY, Words of Prey Episode 4) talk about:

* Why success can be perilous
* Why publishing is on fire right now and why you're not hearing back on your query
* Social/cultural memory
* Mental health and homelessness
* Long-term solutions to long-term problems
* Thinking about a writing career over writing a single book
* Author branding
...and writing, maybe.

Find him at joshstallings.com and on Twitter @Josh_Stallings

Find her at chantelleaimee.com and on Twitter @SuspenseSiren

Follow the podcast @PreyWords on Twitter and wordsofpreypodcast.com

Check out the Pipeline Artists network @PipelineArtists and pipelineartists.com

Theme music is "King or an Alien" by Dan-O