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2012, My First Year in San Francisco!
I don’t usually do this “New Year’s resolution” thing. But I have so many short-term and long-term goals, I thought this would be a good way to organize my brain.
I’m not sure exactly how long it will take to complete this goal list, but I’m hoping to accomplish a good chunk within the coming months.
But, before that, I’d also like to make a list of my recent accomplishments. Often, I feel like nothing is moving forward, so hopefully this list will remind me that my hard work is paying off.
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Achievements of 2012
- Have been working incredibly hard on my new online graphic novel The Poet and the Flea.
- Have taken part in some wonderful collaborations and look forward to continuing/completing them: The First Reich and Elias & The City of Cats.
- Entered several screenplays into a variety of competitions and have received a great deal of positive feedback (see résumé).
- Nominated for a number of blog awards — Reader Appreciation Award, Very Inspiring Blogger Award (twice), Blog of the Year 2012 Award, Liebster Award, and Beautiful Blogger Award.
- Accepted into The American Pavilion 2013 Cannes Film Program!!!
- Plus, I now have an awesome boyfriend. (◕‿◕✿)
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Goals for 2013
- Complete materials for Elias & The City of Cats (hopefully before the end of January) and send out to publishers.
- Finish first 10 pages of The First Reich and get them up online.
- Begin working with Masa and Gabe on full-length screenplay collaboration The Blanks (working title), to be finished before June 2013.
- Send out inquiry letters about my completed full-length screenplays to production companies.
- Finish the script for The Poet and the Flea, hopefully somewhere between 60 – 75 pages.
- Work on my first zine (possibly a tie in with The Flea) and self-print it.
- Open up a Storenvy account to sell zines and other merchandise (prints, t-shirts, etc.).
- Work on the next 10 illustrated pages of The Poet and the Flea. Then the next 10, and so on and so forth!!
- Find a reliable and talented director and/or producer to turn one of my short scripts into a short film. Then enter the short film into a number of festivals.
- Finally get an official internship, fellowship, and/or job in a field of interest.
Wish me luck!!
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For more updates, don’t forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!
★ “The Poet and the Flea 100 Day Countdown to the Premiere” is underway!! Join us on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook!
Tuesday, November 6th
- Continued to work on application for Chronicle Books Children’s Design Fellowship.
- Added information to my Coroflot.com profile.
- Worked on The Flea script and the script for a comedic zine idea.
- Applied to a publishing job.
- Worked on my long abused Pinterest.
Wednesday, November 7th
- Finished work on application for Chronicle Books Children’s Design Fellowship
- Dropped off fellowship application at Chronicle Books!
- Attended Scary Cow information session.
Thursday, November 8th
- Took care of some errands.
- Worked on The First Reich.
- Worked on the second rough draft for Elias & The City of Cats.
Friday, November 9th
- Worked on application to the Cannes Film Program.
- Attended Cinema by the Bay with Wes.
Saturday, November 10th
- Decided to apply to a fellowship at Wired Magazine.
- Thoroughly enjoyed Skyfall. (´∀｀)♡
- Did some more research on fellowships and jobs.
Sunday, November 11th
- Took care of some e-mails and applied to a few more jobs.
Monday, November 12th
- Took care of some e-mails, etc.
Tuesday, November 13th
- Worked on The First Reich.
- Worked on the second rough draft for Elias & The City of Cats.
- Worked on some color samples for Elias & The City of Cats.
Wednesday, November 14th
- Coming soon! — Meeting with the Bay Area Film and TV Connection (Connect with Others in the Film and TV Industry).
Etcetera
- The Poet and the Flea: 49 pages of written script (1 page of script = 4-6 illustrated pages), and about 36 pages (1-24, 27-30 completed, and 25-26, 31-36 in progress) of illustrated work.
- The First Reich: about 1-6 pages of illustrated work in progress.
To Do:
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For more updates, don’t forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!
★ “The Poet and the Flea 100 Day Countdown to the Premiere” is underway!! Join us on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook!
Friday, November 2nd
- Meeting with Gabe: I surprised myself by creating a rough draft for Elias in less than a week! Went through entire draft with Gabe, and discussed options for various pages. Next step, experiment with watercolors, markers, etc. to create samples in order to give Gabe a better idea of the final illustrations.
- Worked on application for the Chronicle Books Children’s Design Fellowship.
- Responded to Craigslist post: personal assistant for a graphic designer.
Saturday, November 3rd
- Dinner at Gabe’s! Had a wonderful time and met a lot of cool people, including Gabe’s adorable family.
- Continued to work on application for Chronicle Books Children’s Design Fellowship.
- Looking into freelance illustrating and artist agencies.
Sunday, November 4th
- Continued to work on application for Chronicle Books Children’s Design Fellowship.
- Signed up with Coroflot.com.
Monday, November 5th
- Continued to work on application for Chronicle Books Children’s Design Fellowship.
- Worked on application to the Cannes Film Program.
- Working on The Flea script.
Etcetera
- The Poet and the Flea: 49 pages of written script (1 page of script = 4-6 illustrated pages), and about 36 pages (1-24, 27-30 completed, and 25-26, 31-36 in progress) of illustrated work.
- The First Reich: Began work on the first few pages…!
To Do:
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For more updates, don’t forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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