Tag Archives: Talented
Thank you so much to David Blake (davidblakeimagemaker.wordpress.com and thebearggrr.wordpress.com) for nominating me a fourth time for the Liebster Award! Don’t forget to check out David’s fascinating work.
And thank you so much to Annamita Virosa (annamitavirosa.wordpress.com) for nominating me a fifth time for this award! Check our Annamita’s awesome doodles and dream memories.
To view the post from my first and second nominations, click here, here, and here.
I’d like to apologize in advanced for my answers to David and Annamita’s questions — I found a number of these queries a bit confusing. But I tried to answer to the best of my ability!
As I mentioned previously, I continue to accept these awards because I love being able to share/promote other talented WordPress bloggers by nominating them. So please take a look at the list of nominations below!!
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Rules
- Post eleven facts about yourself.
- Answer the questions the tagger has set for you and create eleven questions for people you’ve nominated.
- Choose eleven people to give this award to and link them in your post.
- Go to their page and tell them.
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Instead of eleven facts about myself…
Some of My Favorite Japanese Words
- めちゃくちゃ, mechakucha: absurd, nonsensical, incoherent.
- 奪う, ubau: to snatch away, to steal.
- 見失う, miushinau: to lose sight of, to miss.
- 罰, batsu: punishment, penalty.
- はしゃぐ, hashagu: to make merry, to frolic.
- 飛び立つ, tobitatsu: to fly away, to take off, to leap to one’s feet.
- 吐き出す, hakidasu: to spit out.
- 叫ぶ, sakebu: to shout, to cry out, to yell.
- 降り注ぐ, furisosogu: to rain incessantly, to downpour.
- 山椒魚, sanshouuo: salamandar
- 鹿煎餅, shikasenbei: rice crackers for feeding deer (in Nara).
- 理事長, rijichou: board chairman.
- 伯爵, hakushaku: count, earl.
- 恐ろしい, osoroshii: terrible, dreadful, frightening.
- 戸惑い, tomadoi: losing one’s bearings, confusion, wonderment.
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David’s Questions
1. What encouraged you to start blogging (honestly)?
I wanted to share my work with the world. 
2. Heart broken or never touched. Would you rather risk it all for love or not at all?
Neither. I’m not a romantic. But I have a wonderful boyfriend!
3. What is your favourite medium to write, paint, draw or generally create with?
Difficult question. If I could only have one implement, I would choose a black felt-tip pen.
4. I love to day dream (but I’m also very proactive ). Are you a dreamer?
A dreamer, yes. But also a “radiant pessimist” — I hope for the best, but expect the worst.
5. Skipping this question.
6. If you were an artist, living or deceased, who would you be?
Myself. Not that I’m “the best” artist — I just have no desire to be anyone else.
7. In answering 6, do you think you have the qualities to do that person justice?
I hope I do myself justice.
8. What is your favourite hot drink?
Chai.
9. What quality do you admire most in people?
Determination and ambition without being self-absorbed.
10. Did you believe I was a bear (ggrr bear)?
Frankly, no.
11. I love imperfection, to me it is true beauty. What do you love?
Creativity and culture.
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Annamita’s Questions
1. Hello, do you know me? ( Biffy Clyro – Living is a problem because everything dies) I’m not sure — do I?
2. How did you get that way? (Lana Del Rey - Millions Dollars Man) What way? What?
3. Do you believe ? (The cardigans – Do you believe?) Not so much.
4. Are we safer or in danger? ( Otep – Confrontation) I’m guessing “in danger.”
5. Can anybody help me make it better? (BFMV – Tears don’t fall) Err…
6. Do you have an opinion? (Garbage – Special) Yes.
7. What was said about this man? ( Chevelle – sma, the man can be anyone you want) What man? Who?
8. Someone who’ll protect you? (Muse – Deadstar) Myself.
9. Remember me when you clinch your movie deal ? (Placebo – Special Needs) If I must.
10. How do we made it? (Black Infinity – Rise of the blackstars) I think I misread something.
11. Do you have any questions? (Annamita Virosa) No, I don’t want to know.
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Nominations
In no particular order… but each one filled with talent and creativity!
- tabascocatart.com
- arisbethcruz.wordpress.com
- juannavarro.wordpress.com
- shashinkaichiban1.wordpress.com
- emilyfellah.wordpress.com
- mysilvermemories.wordpress.com
- lewisleanne.wordpress.com
- sharonmanndesigns.com
- loudhailer.net
- judywatson.wordpress.com
- oldkingcurry.wordpress.com
- kathrinspycher.com
- thedrawingshop.wordpress.com
- craftedincarhartt.wordpress.com
- madmanchegan.com
- hamsterandthebee.com
- myhomemakes.com
- synkris.wordpress.com
- gribouilleuselondon.wordpress.com
- joannadunn.co.uk
- violetgallery.wordpress.com
- wildersoul.wordpress.com
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My Questions
- What is the strangest dream you’ve ever had?
- What is/was your favorite subject in school?
- When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up?
- Who is your role model?
- What is your favorite holiday?
- What is your least favorite vegetable?
- What is your guilty pleasure?
- Are you an optimist or pessimist?
- What are your short-term goals/New Year’s resolutions?
- What did you last eat?
- Do you have any special and/or bizarre talents?
For more updates, don’t forget to follow me on facebook, tumblr and/or twitter.
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Copyright 2013 by G. E. Gallas
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17 comments | tags: About, Announcement, Art, Artist, Artwork, Author, Autobiographical, Autobiography, Award, Beautiful Blogger Award, Bizarre, Blog, Blogger, Blogs, Books, Cartoon, Character Design, Characters, Collage, Colored Pencil, Colour, Comic book, Comic Strip, Comics, Concept, Craft, Crafts, Creative, Creativity, Culture, Cute, Death, Design, DIY, Doodle, Doodles, Drawing, Drawings, Embroidery, Endeavor, Fashion, Felt, Fiction, Graphic Design, Graphic Novel, Handmade, Illustration, Illustrator, Imagination, Inspiration, Inspirational, Inspiring, Liebster Award, Life, Link, Links, Magazine, Mixed Media, Nominate, Nominated, Nominations, Notify, One Lovely Blog Award, Paint, Paper, Paper Art, Pen, Pen and Ink, Pencil, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Please, Portrait, Print, Project, Promote, Reader Appreciation Award, Review, Reviewer, Rules, Sequential Art, Sewing, Share, Sketch, Sketchbook, Sketches, Story, Storytelling, Strange, Talent, Talented, Thank You, Themes, Topic, Versatile Blogger Award, Very Inspiring Blogger Award, Watercolor, Watercolour, WIP, Wonderful, Wordpress, Work in Progress, Writer, Writing, Zine | posted in Announcement, Links
It’s hard to believe, but last week my Twitter account @gegallas reached 1,000 followers and over!
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all my followers, both on Twitter and WordPress. I truly appreciate your support!
Also, I’d like to mention a few cool people on Twitter (some of whom are also on WordPress)…
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Professional Moron (@CreativeMoron) – professionalmoron.com
Mr. Wapojif is a special creature. His nonsensical absurdity is sure to entertain!!
Recommended Posts: Do You Have “LOL” Tourette’s Syndrome? and Would You Go On A Date With a Planet?
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Vince Dorse (@vincedorse) – vincedorse.com and Untold Tales of Bigfoot
Not only is Vince a lovely person, but his Sasquatch is a lovable beast. 
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Shannon Wheeler (@MuchCoffee) – Too Much Coffee Man Shannon Wheeler
Shannon left me this great tweet about The Poet and the Flea: “Just read it. I liked it. Blake is Dante and Ginsberg. You’re right.”
Check out his wonderful online comic strips — he’s been making ‘em since 1995!
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Levi Hastings (@leviathanleague) – leviathanleague.com
Take a look at Levi’s beautiful watercolor illustrations.
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Jessica Hayworth (@angrycomics) – angry-comics.tumblr.com/tagged/Comic
Been a huge fan of Angry Beige for a couple of years. Wonderfully surreal little comics.
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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
33 comments | tags: 1000, Absurd, Absurdity, Accomplishment, Achievement, Allen Ginsberg, Amazing, Angry Beige, Angry Comics, Announcement, Appreciate, Appreciation, Artist, Artwork, Awesome, Beast, Beautiful, Believe, Bigfoot, Bizarre, Black and White, Blog, Blogger, Celebrate, Celebration, Coffee, Comic Strip, Cool, Creature, Dante, Dante's Inferno, Date, Dating, Divine Comedy, Doodle, Doodles, Drawing, Drawings, Entertain, Entertainment, Follow, Follower, Followers, Fun, Funny, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novelist, Great, Illustration, Illustrator, Inferno, Interesting, Intriguing, Jessica Hayworth, Last Week, Levi Hastings, Leviathan League, LOL, Lovable, Lovely, Milestone, Mr. Wapojif, Neat, Nonsensical, One Thousand, Online Comic, Outer Space, Over, Pen and Ink, Person, Planet, Professional Moron, Right, Sasquatch, Screenplay, Screenwriter, Shannon Wheeler, Silly, Space, Special, Strange, Support, Talent, Talented, Thank You, Too Much Coffee Man, Tourettte's Syndrome, Tweet, Twitter, Untold Tales of Bigfoot, Vince Dorse, Watercolor, Webcomic, William Blake, Wordpress, Writer | posted in Announcement
Thank you so much to Don Hoang Nguyen (nguyeningit.wordpress.com) for nominating me a third time for the Liebster Award! Don’t forget to check out Don Hoang’s quirky illustrations and comics.
To view the post from my first and second nominations, click here and here.
As I mentioned yesterday, I continue to accept these awards because I love being able to share/promote other talented WordPress bloggers by nominating them. So please take a look at the list of nominations below!!
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Rules
- Post eleven facts about yourself.
- Answer the questions the tagger has set for you and create eleven questions for people you’ve nominated.
- Choose eleven people to give this award to and link them in your post.
- Go to their page and tell them.
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Don Hoang’s Questions
1. What is your favorite pizza topping?
Dolce gorgonzola, ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, pear and golden raisins.
2. Where is your favorite pizza joint providing said favorite pizza topping?
The Quattro Fromaggi pizza at Pizza Nostra in San Francisco.
3. Transformers or Gobots?
Can I substitute my answer with Escaflowne?
4. Star Wars or Star Trek?
Star Trek… used to love Voyager as a kid.
5. Picasso, Warhol, Duchamp or Ed Roth?
Warhol (I’m not just saying that because of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, okay?).
6. Would you rather wait at the Post Office or the DMV?
Post office! I really can’t stand the DMV.
7. True or False?
False.
8. Whom would you side with in a war: zombies, werewolves or vampires?
Vampires — especially Lord Hal.
9. Who or whom?
Neither.
10. Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
Only if Samuel Ramey can come too.
11. May I have the last donut?
I’ll think about it.
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Nominations
- imoutoart.wordpress.com
- drawingpains.com
- amightypen.net
- ptwinchell.com
- freshfrippery.com
- graffikai.wordpress.com
- essencedetre.wordpress.com
- thecomicbookist.wordpress.com
- needleworksinprogress.wordpress.com
- spacemansteve.wordpress.com
- turquoisechildren.wordpress.com
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My Questions
I liked the questions I wrote last time, so I’ll use them again…
- What is the strangest dream you’ve ever had?
- What is/was your favorite subject in school?
- When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up?
- Who is your role model?
- What is your favorite holiday?
- What is your least favorite vegetable?
- What is your guilty pleasure?
- Are you an optimist or pessimist?
- What are your short-term goals/New Year’s resolutions?
- What did you last eat?
- Do you have any special and/or bizarre talents?
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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
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I’d like to thank Clare (dawndancers.com) very very very much for nominating me for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award! This is my third time being nominated for this award, and it’s wonderful to know how much others seems to appreciate my blog.
Truthfully, I continue to accept these awards because I love being able to share/promote other talented WordPress bloggers by nominating them. So please take a look at the list of nominations below!!
On that note, I would also like to ask you to please check out my review of Joshua Kemble’s extraordinary graphic novel Quarterly Stories!
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Rules
1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. State 7 things about yourself.
4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them.
5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements.
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Seven Things About G. E. Gallas
I think you’ll learn more than enough about me through the other award posts I’ve made!
- Very Inspiring Blogger Award! (First & Second Nomination)
- Reader Appreciation Award!
- The Liebster Award!
- The Beautiful Blogger Award (Nominated Four Times!!)
- The One Lovely Blog Award + The Very Inspiring Blogger Award!
- The Liebster Award: 2nd Nomination!
- The Versatile Blogger Award!
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Nominate 15 Other Bloggers
Oodles and oodles of talent and inspiration, but in no particular order!
- aboutafatgirl.wordpress.com
- craftinlightenment.wordpress.com
- literarybandit.wordpress.com
- amandakatewalker.com
- bygollydaily.wordpress.com
- tetsukuri.wordpress.com
- landofquo.wordpress.com
- becreativemary.wordpress.com
- adventureinart.wordpress.com
- corkmagazine.wordpress.com
- smallofferings.wordpress.com
- selvasolimar.wordpress.com
- samferdafolk.wordpress.com
- dollgiftbyrheea.wordpress.com
- brillenschnitzel.wordpress.com
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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
13 comments | tags: About, Announcement, Art, Artist, Artwork, Author, Autobiographical, Autobiography, Award, Beautiful Blogger Award, Bizarre, Blog, Blogger, Blogs, Books, Cartoon, Character Design, Characters, Collage, Colored Pencil, Colour, Comic book, Comic Strip, Comics, Concept, Craft, Crafts, Creative, Creativity, Culture, Cute, Death, Design, DIY, Doodle, Doodles, Drawing, Drawings, Embroidery, Endeavor, Fashion, Felt, Fiction, Graphic Design, Graphic Novel, Handmade, Illustration, Illustrator, Imagination, Inspiration, Inspirational, Inspiring, Liebster Award, Life, Link, Links, Magazine, Mixed Media, Nominate, Nominated, Nominations, Notify, One Lovely Blog Award, Paint, Paper, Paper Art, Pen, Pen and Ink, Pencil, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Please, Portrait, Print, Project, Promote, Reader Appreciation Award, Review, Reviewer, Rules, Sequential Art, Sewing, Share, Sketch, Sketchbook, Sketches, Story, Storytelling, Strange, Talent, Talented, Thank You, Themes, Topic, Versatile Blogger Award, Very Inspiring Blogger Award, Watercolor, Watercolour, WIP, Wonderful, Wordpress, Work in Progress, Writer, Writing, Zine | posted in Announcement, Links
What, another award!?!?!?! Many many many many many thanks to the incredibly talented Kiki Lanbac (laofli.wordpress.com)!!! She has a wonderful aesthetic and a wicked sense of humor. Check out a sample of her amazing work below.
This image belongs to Kiki Lanbac!
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Rules
- Post the award pic on the blog.
- Tell everyone about who gave you the award with a link to their blog.
- Nominate 15 more of your favorite blogs.
- Tell 7 interesting facts about you.
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Nominations
- sarahpetersen.wordpress.com
- pauldonnison.wordpress.com
- witchesbrewpress.wordpress.com
- october-moon.net
- thehumansarah.wordpress.com
- ateliercreatie.wordpress.com
- mdlillustration.wordpress.com
- paintblotch.wordpress.com
- parisdreamtime.com
- likeamagnet.wordpress.com
- clareemilyobrien.wordpress.com
- thegirlrach.wordpress.com
- creatingmiranda.wordpress.com
- filofaxlove.wordpress.com
- tinawan.wordpress.com
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Facts
Check out these other posts for more than seven facts about me!
- A Bit More About Me
- Very Inspiring Blogger Award
- Reader Appreciation Award
- Liebster Award
- Liebster Award: 2nd Nomination
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Bonus
Here, have an adorable photo of my shiba inu Nikki!
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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
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My head is spinning from all these award nominations!
Thank you so much to Eszter (felteddreams.wordpress.com) for nominating me a second time for the Liebster Award! Don’t forget to check out Eszter’s amazing felt/embroidery/quilting creations.
To view the post from my first nomination, click here.
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Rules
- Post eleven facts about yourself.
- Answer the questions the tagger has set for you and create eleven questions for people you’ve nominated.
- Choose eleven people to give this award to and link them in your post.
- Go to their page and tell them.
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Eszter’s Quetions
1. What inspired you to start blogging?
Well, I started this particular blog to keep track of my various creative projects and to organize my thoughts a bit.
2. Is there one thing you wish you could change about yourself, what would it be?
I’m never good at answering this sort of question. Even if I could magically change something about myself, I don’t think I would.
3. If you could meet someone famous who is still living who would it be?
This is a really tough question because I don’t want to jinx my chances at Cannes.
4. What was the most interesting class you ever took in school?
Another tough question since I went to New York University: Gallatin School of Individualized Study and took a number of amazing courses including “Dante’s World,” “Virtue and Villainy: Melodrama,” and “Globalization: Promises and Discontents.” The most life-changing class I ever took was “Yellow Peril: Documenting & Understanding Xenophobia” taught by the amazing Jack Tchen. For this class, I wrote a painstakingly researched 25-page paper (plus 5 pages of works cited) about Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Girls. Jack’s new book Yellow Peril: Understanding Fears of “the East” and What We Can Do About It is coming out at the end of February, so check it out if you’re interested!
5. What did you want to be when you were little?
I think I always wanted to be a comic book artist/graphic novelist/mangaka since I was in elementary school up through high school graduation. I drifted away from comics/graphic novels/manga in college, but as you can tell from The Poet and the Flea have regained my passion.
6. If you could decorate your work-space however you wanted, what would be your feature color?
Well, when I moved to San Francisco, I really got to decorate my workspace and I wouldn’t really change a thing (other than that it sometimes gets way too hot and there’s no air-conditioning). My room is mostly made of various shades of blue with splashes of yellow, tan, and salmon. It’s pretty funky!
7. If your life were a book, what would be the title?
Radiant Pessimist™ (this will also be the name of my future production company — I have Laurence Harvey to thank for that one).
8. What one happy memory do you have always coming to mind?
I don’t really have one memory that always comes to mind. But I recently thought of a childhood memory (when I was maybe six or seven years old) that I really hadn’t thought of for a long time — me and my dad bobbing in the ocean off of Kiawah Island. I remember that my nose was really runny, ha ha ha.
9. Do you prefer to read actual books or use an E-reader?
Actual books, hands down! It’s just not the same experience with an e-reader. The tactile feeling of a book, the smell of it, the typography and placement on the page, the action of turning from page to page… I really have a hard time reading on my iPad.
10. If you could keep only one item from your wardrobe, what would it be?
I’ve only worn it once, but the skirt of the prom outfit my grandmother made me. She died September 2011, so I’m extremely reluctant to let it go.
11. If you win some millions in lottery, what would be the first thing you buy?
I wouldn’t “buy” anything per se. I’d rather fund a full-length film of either my own script or that of a close friend.
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Nominations
Can’t I just nominate all my followers? You’re all so awesome and talented!
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My Questions
I liked the questions I wrote last time, so I’ll use them again…
- What is the strangest dream you’ve ever had?
- What is/was your favorite subject in school?
- When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up?
- Who is your role model?
- What is your favorite holiday?
- What is your least favorite vegetable?
- What is your guilty pleasure?
- Are you an optimist or pessimist?
- What are your short-term goals/New Year’s resolutions?
- What did you last eat?
- Do you have any special and/or bizarre talents?
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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
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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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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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Yesterday (December 3rd), I decided to try messaging a fellow webcomic creator that I strongly admire: Shelby Lynn Criswell, writer and illustrator of Awkward Shelby.
And, boy, am I glad I did! She’s not only super talented, but also super sweet! She even checked out The Flea and is now a fan! So I wanted to do everything in my power to promote her comic and share her work with all of you.
Awkward Shelby is a series of autobiographical strips detailing the awkward moments of Shelby’s life. Shelby is a self-procliamed “androgynous weirdo,” but I think her awkwardness is very universal (or at least I personally relate to many of her plights). Her drawing style is very whimsical and full of movement and life.
Also, she’s working on a more serious graphic novel called This is Your Life, which looks very very very promising!
Below are a number of my favorite strips from Awkward Shelby.
The following images belong to Shelby Lynn Criswell.
For more Awkward Shelby, please check out the following websites…
awkwardshelby.thecomicseries.com
awkwardshelbycomic.tumblr.com
www.facebook.com/AwkwardShelby
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Wow, I can’t believe I was just nominated for another award — that’s the 3rd one in a very short span of time! I guess my dedication is starting to pay off. Feels especially good after receiving a number of various rejections over the past few weeks.
I would like to thank The Geek Transition for nominating me and for these kind words: “She just released a graphic novel called The Poet and The Flea, and I think it’s pretty cool. You can tell she put a lot of work into it. Congrats on the premiere, G.E.!” Thank you very very very much!!
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Rules
1. Link back to the person who nominated you.
2. Attach the icon to your site.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Nominate some other bloggers whom you feel deserve this award!
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Questions
Your favorite color?
As covered in my post “A Bit More About Me“: Since childhood, I’ve always favored blue. But nowadays everyone would accuse me of being passionate about the color black.
Your favorite animal?
Difficult question! I’m torn between llamas/alpacas, red pandas, and Shiba Inu (if a breed counts as an animal).
Your favorite non-alcoholic drink?
Tea! Especially Earl Grey, Darjeeling, and Chai.
Your favorite number?
I’m not particularly fond of numbers. Though I prefer odd to even — it’s a question of aesthetic!
Your favorite day of the week?
Don’t really have a favorite day. My least favorite day is Wednesday.
Your favorite flower?
I have developed a fascination with the history of tulips after reading The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.
What is your passion?
As you can hopefully tell by my blog, writing and illustrating. Also, Japanese language and culture.
Do you watch television?
I am a junkie for high-quality dramatic series like Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men, including a million BBC shows like The Hour, Whitechapel, and House of Cards. I just fall in love with the brilliant writing, the multidimensional characters, and the amazing actors. I also love really cheesy Japanese dramas — right now, my favorite is Guilty: Akuma to Keiyaku Shita Onna (Guilty: The Woman who Made a Deal with the Devil).
Who is your favorite author?
Another difficult question! Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces is practically my bible (I mentioned I’m a Jewish atheist, right?). I’m also quite fond of Robert Graves’s I, Claudius, Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo, Yukio Mishima’s Spring Snow (Haru no Yuki), E. L. Doctorow’s Ragtime, etcetera, etcetera. My bookshelf looks frighteningly like a Penguin Classics library!
Do you like 80′s movies?
Not particularly. The closest I get are the BBC series Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) and Smiley’s People (1982) starring Alec Guinness. And yes, I also love the 2011 version of Tinker Tailor.
What social issues bother you?
Oh, don’t even get me started — we’ll be here forever! Just know that I watch The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and MSNBC (Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, and all of them) religiously.
How do you like your eggs?
Usually, I like them scrambled. But I also like them poached, especially for an Eggs Benedict!
When did you discover blogging?
I truthfully can’t remember exactly. I remember first using a computer when I was 4 years old. And I started using deviantART sometime in middle school, if that counts.
Why do you like to blog?
I don’t always like blogging, but I’ve discovered how incredibly wonderful bloggers are on WordPress. Unlike other social media sites, bloggers here seem to have a bit more etiquette. I enjoy sharing my work and receiving positive feedback from other talented bloggers!
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Nomination
G. Martinez Cabrera
It’s been a true pleasure collaborating (Elias & The City of Cats) with Gabe thus far, and I look forward to our future projects!
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