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The flavored word

Thoughts and observations on writing, editing, publishing, and this great big world … also a podcast streaming on YouTube, Apple, Spotify and more.

If a draft was uploaded? A character needs more developing? An ending more context? It’s been done, more often than you may think.
Having a few friends (or your mother) read your novel is not the same as line editing by someone who is not, also “reading the story.”
I remember staring at Mrs. Butterworth waiting for her to talk, but she never did. Which I suppose was just as well, I might have felt bad when she was empty and it was time to throw her out.
Writing drunk can releases inhibitions and allow the mind to float into an uncanny stream of consciousness one cannot always find when sober. But how drunk, is too drunk?

Part confession, part commentary, The Flavored Word podcast and video series is for anyone who’s ever looked “fine” on paper but felt like they were barely holding it together. Writer and freelance journalist, Shauna Gabriel, shares personal stories of how she stopped settling for lukewarm living, the nonsense that grinds her gears, the years she spent trapped by a debilitating eating disorder, and the writing advice she wishes she’d listened to years ago. This isn’t a scrapbook … it’s unfiltered talk.

The Flexitarian Rx

Live consciously, love fiercely, eat well—that’s the Flexitarian Prescription.