Garen Glazier

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Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction Friday: Bruises

January 18, 2019

A few days ago I was visiting a local park and snapped the photo above. I’ve seen the park’s old archway lots of times, but for…

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Writing

New Book Coming Early 2019

December 28, 2018

Having just sent the final round of edits off to the formatter I can confidently say that my new book, Rune’s Folly, the first in the…

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Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction Friday: The Archer

August 3, 2018

“Step away, please,” Einar said. The woman continued to lean across the barrier. Its taut metal wire dug into her voluminous black skirt as she tapped…

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Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction Friday: Everwood

March 9, 2018

This piece of flash fiction is a bit longer than usual at 1,300 words, but what can I say? The Everwood just called for something a…

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Life Lessons

Thankful for You

November 22, 2017

It’s been eight months since my last post. That post in March was about my goals for the year and those same goals are why I…

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Life Lessons

It’s Never too Late for Some Resolutions

March 16, 2017

I realized a few days ago that I never wrote my annual goals post for 2017. I usually do it around January 1st but that day…

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Writing

A post in which I answer the question, “Garen, are you doing any writing lately?”

January 20, 2017

I’m always super grateful when people ask me how my writing is going. And that’s not just a hollow platitude. I seriously do appreciate it. Here’s…

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Parenthood

Toddlers Be Crazy

September 9, 2016

She is screeching. Again. We’re in a quiet bookstore on a weekday afternoon. There’s no other family in sight, even in the children’s section. The place…

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Reading

Fantasy Favo(u)rites Read-a-Thon

July 11, 2016

It’s been 10(!) weeks since I last posted on Scriven by Garen. It’s been 2.5 months of conferences, colds, graduations, vacations, deadlines, weddings, and a multitude…

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Writing

A Writing Experiment in which Garen Attempts Poetry

March 25, 2016

So I’ve been wanting to write a poem for a while now. It’s one form of the written word that I haven’t attempted since probably junior…

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Parenthood

To My Daughter on Her First Birthday

February 26, 2016

Dear Bean, There are certain things I know to be true. Among them are standard measurements of time. There are 24 hours in a day. There…

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Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction Friday: Flesh and Blood

February 5, 2016

It’s only been two weeks since I said I was taking a break from Scriven by Garen but I can’t stay away for long. Plus it’s…

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Writing

Done and done.

January 22, 2016

This is it. Number 52 of 52 in my year-long quest to write a post every week for Scriven by Garen. I did it, and to…

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Flash Fiction

A crazy little story for Micro Flash Fiction Friday

January 15, 2016

It has been a crazy week and a crazy week deserves a crazy story. A few months ago, I asked people for words I could use…

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Life Lessons

Why I Can’t Get a Story About a Couple of Monks out of My Head

January 8, 2016

Some monks are making me agitated! Okay, not actual monks, but a story about them that I can’t seem to get out of my head. Ironically,…

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Life Lessons

Goals Redux

January 1, 2016

It’s the time of the year for goal-making, and it’s the time of the year for reflection. Back in March I made a list of ten…

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Flash Fiction

Tis the Season for a Little Krampus Flash Fiction

December 24, 2015

My Christmas gift to you: some flash fiction with a dark, yuletide theme. Krampus is a creature that’s gotten a lot of buzz lately and for…

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Creativity

Jumping on the Adult Coloring Book Bandwagon

December 19, 2015

I had to give it a try. This coloring books for adults phenomenon. I mean it’s become so popular they even had a ginormous stack of…

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Writing

Sequel second-guessing, review wrangling, and other alliterative authorial adversities.

December 11, 2015

There’s a yellow notebook upstairs sitting on my nightstand. It has a bunch of scribbles in it, the beginnings of an outline for the follow-up to…

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Life Lessons

14 Million People Have this Autoimmune Disease and I’m One of Them

December 4, 2015

For the last few weeks I have felt generally happy and energetic. This is my baseline. My norm. But for the last four and a half…

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Life Lessons

Sitting with Sadness. Lessons from Inside Out.

November 27, 2015

On Thanksgiving Eve the Hubs and I sat down and watched Inside Out for the first time, and while Up still wins for most sob-induing moments…

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Creativity

100 Things That Fuel My Creativity

November 20, 2015

This has been a weird week. I’ve got a serious case of back-from-vacation blues and a minor case of food poisoning. There was a major windstorm…

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Writing

A Writer in Paradise

November 13, 2015

These are the first words I’ve written in days. There is something called NaNoWriMo happening right now. I think I’m supposed to be writing a novel…

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Writing

Some Excuses for Not Writing

November 6, 2015

As promised, this week’s blog post is brief. The end of week one of NaNoWriMo is drawing near and I am behind schedule. I had hoped…

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Writing

Another November, Another Novel

October 30, 2015

Each year a growing number of writerly weirdos decides to attempt 50,000 words in 30 days. That’s about 1,666 words a day. In 2013, the last time…

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Flash Fiction

Cheers to Nine Years: Celebrating with a Story

October 23, 2015

On October 21st the Hubs and I celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary. The date happened to fall on a Wednesday this year so we spent the…

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Writing

Book Update: One Month In

October 16, 2015

It’s been exactly one month since On the Verge went live on Amazon. Sales started off well (thanks, friends and family!), and then steadily tapered off,…

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Flash Fiction

Last Minute Flash Fiction

October 9, 2015

I’ve been feeling under the weather all week. Being sick always makes me extra cranky because I hate slowing down. I’ve got things to do and…

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Reading

The Dark, Dreams, and The BFG

October 2, 2015

Several weeks ago I wrote about The Phantom Tollbooth (you can read that here), and how Norton Juster’s kid lit masterpiece sparked a lifelong love of…

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Flash Fiction

Micro Flash Fiction: Storm

September 25, 2015

It’s been a week since my novel debuted on Amazon, and I’ve spent the last seven days hustling, doing my best to get the word out…

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Writing

Welcome to the World Book Baby

September 18, 2015

It’s been a long road. Almost two years have passed since I began On the Verge, and yesterday it became available on Amazon for the first…

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Parenthood

To My Daughter on Her First Day of School

September 11, 2015

Dear Bun, Four short years ago you were cozily lodged against my ribs. You would kick like mad, long pushes and short jabs, and I think…

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Writing

Cover Story: Creating On the Verge’s Kick-Ass Cover

September 4, 2015

I am so in love with On the Verge’s cover. Every time I look at it I’m filled with warm fuzzies. The credit goes to my…

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Writing

About My Title: On the Verge

August 28, 2015

I’m in the midst of a last mad dash to clean up and polish everything I possibly can before I call it a day on this…

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Life Lessons

What Are Your Plot Holes?

August 21, 2015

I’m in the final stretch of editing my novel. I am very happy to be typing that sentence, but at the same time I am starting…

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Life Lessons

10 Things You Hate About Me: Why Being Friends with an Introvert is Hard

August 14, 2015

Like so many things in life, introversion and extroversion are not absolutes. They exist on a spectrum, a sliding scale. Most people fall more towards one…

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Writing

I’m Feeling Good: Novel Coming Soon

August 7, 2015

It’s been over two months since I last posted an update about the novel. Exciting things are happening, and I feel the need to share. First…

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Parenthood

My Daughter Wants to be a Mommy When She Grows Up. What’s a Feminist to Do?

July 31, 2015

Bun has reached an age where people like to engage her in conversation by asking her questions. They ask her name, how old she is, and…

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Writing

Halfway There: Forget Prayers. Give Me Caffeine.

July 24, 2015

I’m serious. Where’s my coffee? This week’s post marks the halfway point of the year commitment I made to Scriven by Garen. I have been writing…

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Writing

Writers Are a Dime a Dozen. Here’s My Secret Weapon.

July 17, 2015

I’ve been feeling a bit low these past couple of days. It’s a funk I get into every now and then when things aren’t going how…

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Creativity

Yes, You Are Creative: The Disease of Wasted Talent

July 9, 2015

Growing up, going to school, I was content. There are many reasons that contributed to this overall feeling of happiness, but one of them is surely…

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Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction: The Homunculus

July 2, 2015

This past week I finished up the major set of edits to my book that a potential agent suggested I make. I’ve followed up with him…

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Life Lessons

On Running and Birthdays

June 26, 2015

Back in March I set some goals for myself for the rest of the year (you can read them here). One of those was to run…

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Life Lessons

10 Things I’m Giving Myself Permission to Do

June 19, 2015

I’m inspired this week by a great post on Linked In which I found via Susan Cain’s Facebook page (if you are an introvert or the…

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Writing

The Wisdom of Ratatouille

June 12, 2015

I almost didn’t write a post this week. My manuscript needs my attention now, and it’s hard to find time to write. When I do scrounge…

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Life Lessons

Grey Hair Don’t Care

June 5, 2015

I got my first grey hair when I was twenty-four. I remember it well because I was getting my hair done for my wedding and they…

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Writing

A Glimmer of Hope on the Agent Horizon

May 28, 2015

This is going to be a short post. The reason: I have a lot of work to do. Why do I have a lot of work…

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Life Lessons

Hulk Smash or Hulk Maybe Write Blog Post

May 22, 2015

A week ago I got really angry. Seven days later and every time I think about it I start to get angry all over again. So…

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Uncategorized

I Like Big Words and I Can Not Lie: My Faults as a Writer

May 14, 2015

I read an NPR Books article yesterday on Nancy Reisman’s novel Trompe L’Oeil. I was initially drawn to the review because the book’s title is an art…

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Reading

The Phantom Tollbooth: The Book that Started it All

May 7, 2015

I was reflecting on my bookshelf the other night, a little Zen moment in the midst of an over-tired preschooler and a colicky newborn (stereo-screaming =…

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Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction – Out of the Ashes: A Dark, Little Cinderella Story

April 30, 2015

For this week’s post I decided to try my hand again at flash fiction. This time around I tailored my writing for a flash fiction contest…

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Creativity

Staycation Inspiration: Filling the Creative Tank with Sights from My Book

April 23, 2015

This post was going to be about my travel wish list, and then I had this reality check moment where I realized such a post was…

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Uncategorized

The Personal Values of a Part-Time Writer

April 16, 2015

I’ve never been a very good employee. Oh sure, I am conscientious, and I get my work done on time and to the best of my…

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Creativity

Thinking Inside the Box: The Power of Constraints

April 9, 2015

Think outside the box. It’s a platitude that’s meant to stir the creative mind. Don’t give in to convention, step outside the everyday, be true to…

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Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction: Dead Man’s Bells

April 2, 2015

It has been awhile since I’ve written any fiction so I thought I would do something a little different with my blog this week and make…

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Life Lessons

The List: 10 Goals for the Rest of the Year

March 26, 2015

It’s already been a month since Bean was born. March is usually a slow moving time for me, the last long slog toward spring, but this…

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Writing

Writing a Book was the Easy Part: An Update

March 19, 2015

Perhaps the most surprising thing I’ve learned about this writing a novel thing is that the actual creative act of stringing nearly 90,000 words together into…

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Creativity

Inspiration or Theft: My Novel’s Origins

March 12, 2015

It was very late at night or, really, very early in the morning a few weeks ago, and I was on my way to bed after…

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Writing

The Great Pretender: What Makes Someone a Real Writer

February 24, 2015

Some days on this writing journey of mine (okay, most days) I feel like a bit of a faker. There are certain professions when the transition…

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Creativity

Writing with Kids: Creativity Vampires or Miniature Muses

February 18, 2015

As of this morning I’m less than three weeks out from my due date with my second child. His or her imminent arrival fills me with…

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Life Lessons

If I Only Had the Time: The Phrase That Makes Me Cringe

February 10, 2015

A few well-meaning people, when I told them I was writing a novel, replied in what is decidedly one of my least favorite ways: “I would…

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Writing

Rejection: Five Ways to Make it Suck Less

February 2, 2015

“I’ve discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his judgment and to say in heart of hearts,…

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Creativity

The Value of Mistakes

January 26, 2015

In a now famous commencement speech delivered in 2012 to the graduating class of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts my favorite author Neil Gaiman eloquently elaborated on the…

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I'm a freelance writer of lifestyle articles and online content, a novelist, and a student of art history. In between writing and taking care of my two little ones I fill my brain with fairy tales and ghost stories in the perpetual gloom of the Pacific Northwest.

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