Introduction
At some point during the process of pursuing my vision of becoming a writer, a period which began in March 2016, I realized something: I just did not understand how the English language works. That realization became a pivotal moment that transformed my life because I began to carve out a new career.
Experience and learning education
One of the real-world issues that I faced was that I could not find an existing tool, process or method for writers like me to enable us to achieve a high degree of professionalism in our work independently. While there still exists a requirement to outsource our work at varying stages of development, or a possibility to even benefit from AI technology, these steps can feel highly transactional because they typically neither offer nor focus on an individual’s learning education.
The personal answer to this issue was to develop an information architecture for an educational and grammatical editing model to use to support educational processes and meet traditional publishing standards.
Expertise
Copy-editing skills
Garie's focal disciplines and talent involve utilizing etymology, syntax, rhetoric, grammar and lexicography, discovering learning opportunities, and making innovative connections to create unique processes and methods that resolve editing issues.
Storytelling
Genre and publications
As a literary fiction writer, Garie writes stories with speculative elements of the supernatural (fantasy) and the dystopian as a main plot element, theme, or setting.
The trilogy
His trilogy, a compilation of both current and future works, is linked by the allegory that mothers, in particular, have an undeniable influence on their children. But it threads a mental health theme that results in each story having its own message. The allegories include childhood traumas spanning into adulthood; a woman’s grief; and the shocking experiences and realities of men who, having accepted that they need their mothers, discover that mothers destroy sons.
Book 2 of the trilogy is coming!
The Perfumed Shroud is available for pre-order.
The trilogy is in progress.
About Book 2
Introduction
Imagine a Seckel pear tree with its spring blossoms and rich maroon blush ripening on branches in the cool shade of a backyard. It is a motif for the complex relationship between a grieving mother, Enid, and her son, Rick.
About the story
When we meet Enid, she is grief-stricken by the death of her husband, Earl. She is also struggling with guilt and denial about Rick’s behaviour since losing his father. As a twenty-year-old, he now finds himself recovering from what he has experienced as the betrayal of his suddenly deceased father. But suddenly, he disappears. Now compounding these losses, Enid is thrust into the past, wherein her firstborn lived for only a day. Yet she must face the present. Its consequences have ensnared her neighbour, an abused woman, as well as incited the neighbourhood into casting aspersions and whispering about the goings-on.
Latest publication
Beginning with a foreword that draws attention to the Finnish word sisu, this publication, Precursory Tales, carries an important message about grief. It features two short stories that will be a part of a future collection called The Bendiness of Rivers. This work is precursory to that collection.
Hardcover edition
The special-edition hardcover version of Precursory Tales arrives on October 10, 2024. It includes some stellar quotations that come from a variety of sources, including song lyrics. They each have a rallying quality to them that feels appropriate for a publication that places a spotlight on grief—what it is and a deeper understanding of it as an emotional process.
First publication
What’s in a Name is about Christine, who has remained silent about the events that involve her mother renaming her and about the real meaning of the name itself. After she accepted that name, she went silent about its significance. As a married woman, she now finds herself in a battle to no longer remain silent.
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