Brief Update

★ Don’t forget to check out my graphic novel, The Poet and the Flea!

A new page every Wednesday!

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Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!

Monday, February 18th

1. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
2. Worked on first zine.

Tuesday, February 19th

1. Meeting with Gabe! Showed him some new work for Elias & the City of Cats. 
2. Worked on The First Reich.
3. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
4. Spoke with my high school friend Tina L. about SPX (Small Press Expo) in Maryland. We (Tina, some of her friends, and I) are going to try to get a table there this September! Also, Tina may share a table with me for this year’s APE!

Wednesday, February 20th

• Zest Books Internship, Day #7: Super busy with some editing/fact-checking work! Also, sat in on a Teen Advisory Board meeting, which was interesting. Going in again tomorrow instead of Friday to sit in on a meeting and meet a tight deadline!

Thursday, February 21st

1. Sent Hannah some follow-up answers.
   
2. Zest Books Internship, Day #8: Came in Thursday instead of Friday. Managed to complete a big project before the deadline. Finally met Dan in person (had only talked on phone before). Going to help Hallie with a photoshop project on Wednesday. Busy, busy, busy!

Friday, February 22nd

1. Day off from Zest Books Internship!
2. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
3. Worked on some extra assignments for Zest.

Saturday, February 23rd

• Feeling under the weather today.

Sunday, February 24th

1. Lunch with cousin Cheryl Ann.
2. Date night with Wes!
3. Nominated for The Very Inspring Blogger Award.

Monday, February 25th

1. Did some errands downtown.
2. Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
3. Worked on some extra assignments for Zest.
4. Nominated for The Liebster Award.
5. Contacted by potential director for one of my short scripts!
6. The Flea‘s First Fan Art!

Tuesday, February 26th

1. Correspondence with potential director.
2. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
3. Worked on first zine.

Wednesday, February 27th

1. Continued correspondence with potential director.
2. Zest Books Internship, Day #9: Did some more image research and worked on photoshop to convert images into multiple formats.

Thursday, February 28th

1. Continued correspondence with potential director.
2. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
3. Worked on The First Reich.

Friday, March 1st

1. Continued correspondence with potential director.
2. Zest Books Internship, Day #10: Little jobs here and there. Working on some projects for Little Fish. Took home a copy of Regine’s Book.

Saturday, March 2nd

1. Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
2. Attended a show at Gallerie Citi with some of my mom’s art on display.

Sunday, March 3rd

1. Hannah Meiklejohn Interviews G. E. Gallas for Lemonade Magazine
2. G. E. Gallas Invited to Speak to The Blake Society!
3. Date night with Wes!

Monday, March 4th

1. Celebrating 1,000 Followers on Twitter!
2. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
3. Research, research, research…!

Tuesday, March 5th

1. Planning for Blake’s London!
2. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
3. Research, research, research…!
4. First skype meeting with film director Josh! He’s interested in my short script The Man Who Never Smiled. Soon, he’ll be scouting locations and creating a shot list. Wants me to write detailed notes about the script and eventually create a simple storyboard. Set filming date for July. Extremely excited!!!
5. Worked on The First Reich.

Wednesday, March 6th

• Zest Books Internship, Day #11: Worked on a graphic-novel-related marketing research project.
  

Thursday, March 7th

1. Meeting with Gabe! Hoping I can finished illustrations for Elias in a few weeks, scan them, then meet with Gabe to get everything prepared to send out to publishers!
2. Worked on The First Reich.

Friday, March 8th

1. Package from The Blake Society!
2. Zest Books Internship, Day #12: Continued to work on a graphic-novel-related marketing research project. Received some very interesting advice about publishing.

Saturday, March 9th

1. Feeling under the weather today.
   
2. Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
3. Nominated a second time for Versatile Blogger Award!

Sunday, March 10th

1. Feeling under the weather today.
2. Worked on some upcoming blog posts.

Monday, March 11th

1. Ran some errands.
2. Worked on some information for the Blake Society.
3. Worked on some upcoming blog posts.

Tuesday, March 12th

1. Feeling under the weather today.
2. Worked on The First Reich.
   
3. Worked on some upcoming blog posts.

Wednesday, March 13th

• Feeling under the weather today.

Thursday, March 14th

1. Worked on a special illustration.
2. Worked on The First Reich.
3. Worked on The Poet and the Flea.

Friday, March 15th

1. Zest Books Internship, Day #13: Worked on image research and packing for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair!
2. Worked on notes for The Man Who Never Smiled.

Saturday, March 16th

1. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
2. Applications, applications, applications…!
3. Nice dinner with extended family in Palo Alto.

Sunday, March 17th

• Date night with Wes.

The Ice Cream Bar, San Francisco

Monday, March 18th

1. Worked on notes for The Man Who Never Smiled.
2. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
3. Applications, applications, applications…!

Tuesday, March 19th

1. Worked on notes for The Man Who Never Smiled.
2. Second skype meeting with film director Josh! Discussed casting and locations.
   
3. Talked with Tina L. over phone. Always so much fun!

Wednesday, March 20th

• Zest Books Internship, Day #14: Worked on research for graphic novels, London Book Fair, and literary agents.

Spring is here?

Thursday, March 21st

1. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
2. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
3. Dinner with friend Tina C. 

Friday, March 22nd

• Zest Books Internship, Day #15: Worked on research for London Book Fair and literary agents. Put together a bunch of packages to be mailed. Image research for computer/internet-related ebook.
  

Saturday, March 23rd

1. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
2. Date night with Wes. Saw The Incredible Burt Wonderstone — actually much more entertaining than we were expecting. Bought David Bowie’s new album!

Yay!

Sunday, March 24th

1. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
   
2. Received reply from a potential job — interview on Thursday.
3. Worked on The First Reich.
4. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
5. Packed for Passover trip.

Monday, March 25th

1. Passover trip — had Passover and stayed overnight at cousin’s house outside of Sacramento. Would be perfect location for filming Death Is No Bad Friend.
2. Received e-mail from local production company. Interview scheduled for April 11th!

Tuesday, March 26th

• Return drive from Passover trip.

Wednesday, March 27th

• Zest Books Internship, Day #16: Worked on image research and fact checking! Fact checking is definitely one of my strong suits — I have so much random knowledge stuffed away in my brain that I can immediately sense when something is off.

Beautiful but deadly pollen!

Thursday, March 28th

1. Interview with potential job unsuccessful, but that’s fine by me. Looking forward to next interview on the 11th!
2. Entered two screenplays (one full-length, one short) into Table Read My Screenplay contest. Wish me luck!
3. Check Out “The Poet and the Flea”!!!

Friday, March 29th

1. Zest Books Internship, Day #17: Continued to work on fact checking and image research!
   
2. Tina L. called to tell me we got the table at SPX!!! Now to buy plane tickets…

Saturday, March 30th

1. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
2. Arr, Ye Matey: “Assassin Bound” Ho!!!
3. Worked on The Flea plush toy.

Sunday, March 31st

1. Worked on The Flea plush toy.
2. Date night with Wes!
   

Monday, April 1st

1. Worked on The First Reich.
2. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
   
3. Worked on The Poet and the Flea.
4. Online research/shopping for Cannes/London trip.

Etcetera

• The Poet and the Flea: 63 pages of written script (1 page of script = 4-6 illustrated pages), and about 36 pages (1-30 completed, and 31-36 in progress) of illustrated work.
• The First Reich: about 1-10 pages of illustrated work in progress.
• First Zine: about 6-8 pages of illustrated work in progress.

To Do:

• Finish work on Elias & The City of Cats.
• Continue to work on The First Reich.
• Add more information to my Behance.net profile.
• Add more information to my Coroflot.com profile.
• Continue adding blog content to The First Reich.
• Complete script for The Poet and the Flea.

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Copyright 2013 by G. E. Gallas

Internship at Zest Books!

Disclaimer: I do not own this image!!

Only January, and I can already check #10 off my New Year’s resolutions list (New Year’s Resolutions, Anyone?). I have finally gotten an official internship in a field of my interest.

At the end of the month, I will start working at Zest Books, a publishing company focused on readers in their teens and early twenties!

Last week, I had an interview with Ann (Marketing and Editorial Associate) and was hired for the internship on the spot. It’s a small office in a really cool building/neighborhood and, on first impression, extremely friendly staff.

For this internship, I really feel like I’ll be able to utilize a number of my skills (writing, editing, social media, Japanese language & culture, etc.). I might also have an opportunity to do some freelance illustration work for them as well, which would be absolutely amazing! Plus, the internship is only a couple days a week, so I’ll still have ample time to continue my independent projects like The Poet and the Flea. Most of all, I’m excited to learn everything I possibly can about the business side of publishing!!

One really cool aspect of Zest Books is their Teen Advisory Board. They have a number of teen readers who work as interns and help the publishers figure out what kind of books teens would like to read/see published. According to Ann, the current Teen Advisory Board is really into anime/manga and Doctor Who — so I think I’ll get along with these kids just fine!

Zest focuses on non-fiction titles, from memoirs to how-to books. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been really looking into their titles and have found a number of books that pique my interest. I’ve complied a list of my favorites below, so check them out!

1. Super Pop
2. Dear Teen Me
3. Dead Strange
4. The End
5. The Look Book
6. Reel Culture
7. The Dictionary of High School B.S.
8. Uncool
9. Indie Girl
10. Crap

Anyway, I’m really looking forward to starting this internship and will share my learning experience with all of you. Wish me luck!!

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For more Zest Books…

• Homepage: zestbooks.net
• Facebook: facebook.com/BooksWithATwist?ref=ts
• Twitter: twitter.com/zestbooks
• Pinterest: pinterest.com/zestbooks
• YouTube: youtube.com/zestbooks

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For more updates, don’t forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.

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Copyright 2013 by G. E. Gallas

Brief Update

★ Don’t forget to check out my graphic novel, The Poet and the Flea!

A new page every Wednesday!

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Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!

Saturday, December 29th

• Did some more research on fellowships/internships/jobs.

Sunday December 30th

• Happy Birthday, Wes! Classic pizza and ice cream celebration in Haight-Ashbury. Wes loved his presents — a doodle of his future corgis, a ramen noodle chocolate bar, and a Moonrise Kingdom T-Shirt. (´ε｀ )♡

 

Monday, December 31st

1. New Year’s Resolutions, Anyone?
2. Spent New Years with Wes and his friends. Lovely company and lots of food and drinks!

Tuesday, January 1st

1. Recovering from New Year’s. Ate a tasty lunch in Japantown with Wes!
2. Did some more research on fellowships/internships/jobs.

Wednesday, January 2nd

1. Worked on Cannes paperwork.
2. Sent out a few query letters about potential internships.
3. Did some more research on production companies.

Thursday, January 3rd

1. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
2. Brainstorming ideas for The Blanks collaboration.
3. Worked on idea for possible first self-printed zine.

Friday, January 4th

1. Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
2. Continued to work on an idea for possible first self-printed zine.
3. Worked on some new posts and other blog content.

Saturday, January 5th

1. Did some research on children’s book publishers.
2. Visited local fabric store to scope out materials for future project.

Sunday, January 6th

• Went with Wes to “Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy” at the Asian Art Museum. Ate lunch at this amazing  restaurant called Absinthe. Later, ate phở for dinner. Such a fun day!
  

Monday, January 7th

1. E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
2. Helped with editing a family project.
3. Wes sent me his newly finished full-length screenplay to read — so excited!!! (^-^)

Tuesday, January 8th

1. E-mail correspondence for potential internship. Hoping I’ll get an interview!
2. Nominated for The One Lovely Blog Award + The Very Inspiring Blogger Award.
3. Wes bought tickets to Lewis Black in February — we’re gonna laugh ’til our stomachs hurt and I can’t wait!!!

Etcetera

• The Poet and the Flea: 63 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 1-10 pages of illustrated work in progress.

To Do:

• Add more information to my Behance.net profile.
• Add more information to my Coroflot.com profile.
• Continue adding blog content to The First Reich.
• Continue to work on The First Reich.
• Continue to work on Elias & The City of Cats.
• Complete script for The Poet and the Flea.
• Sign up with Top Web Comics: Comic Rankings.
• Sign up with OnlineComics.net.

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Copyright 2013 by G. E. Gallas