THEME: Inspiration
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by Sharon
Last summer, I got an email from a student in the television writing class for which I was a teaching assistant. He had reached a brick wall in progress and I loved his analogy. “What I’m doing wrong with my pilot, by the way, is that writing scripts is a lot like playing golf.”
THEME: GMGM 2016!
Editor’s Note: Each writer submitted a list of her Top 10 Anything. These lists will be published over the next few days as we usher in the New Year. We hope 2016 is the year that shakes your snow globe – in the best way possible.
These are just some of Mel’s evolutions in choice. It’s a list that starts with wine and gets real deep.
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by Melissa
1959 – Perky, Pretty Aprons © 2012 clotho98
THEME: GMGM 2016!
Editor’s Note: Each writer submitted a list of her Top 10 Anything. These lists will be published over the next few days as we usher in the New Year. We hope 2016 is the year that shakes your snow globe – in the best way possible.
Read on for LG’s Top 10 Successfully Attempted (read: Simple and Tasty!) Recipes; tested in 2015 for your 2016 use.
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by Laura Gene,
a newly minted housewife with a mild contempt for cooking
1. Sriracha Roasted Brussel Sprouts – Because sriracha.
THEME: GMGM 2016!
Editor’s Note: Each writer submitted a list of her Top 10 Anything. These lists will be published over the next few days as we usher in the New Year. We hope 2016 is the year that shakes your snow globe – in the best way possible.
These are just a few of Sharon’s Top Goals for 2016. Editor’s suggestion: learn to underachieve, just a little bit.
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by Sharon
© Jessica Sheehan
THEME: GMGM 2016!
Editor’s Note: Each writer submitted a list of her Top 10 Anything. These lists will be published over the next few days as we usher in the New Year. We hope 2016 is the year that shakes your snow globe – in the best way possible.
Here’s Jess’s Top 10 reasons she missed her deadline in 2015.
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by Jess
10. The computer was across the room, and my belly was in the way.
9. My heartburn was awful so I needed to drink a milkshake.
8. My doctors put me on hospital bedrest until my twins were born.
7. The twins don’t believe in deadlines either, though they wanted to start their lives 3 months early as overachievers.
6. I was in the ICU due to liver explosion (a true medical term).
5. I was in the NICU with the babies, watching them breathe and grow and generally be warrior women.
4. I was driving between two different NICUs because nothing in this life worth having comes easily.
3. Avery’s home now, so I lost staff of beautiful and talented nurses.
2. Victoria came home too, and my life just became a full-time juggling act.
and the number 1 reason why I missed my deadline this year:
1. I slept through it.
© Kathryn Baer
THEME: GMGM 2016!
Editor’s Note: Each writer submitted a list of her Top 10 Anything. These lists will be published over the next few days as we usher in the New Year. We hope 2016 is the year that shakes your snow globe – in the best way possible.
Here’s Kat’s Top 10 Settings This Year, in no particular order of appearance.
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by Kat
THEME: GMGM 2016!
Editor’s Note: Each writer submitted a list of her Top 10 Anything. These lists will be published over the next few days as we usher in the New Year. We hope 2016 is the year that shakes your snow globe – in the best way possible.
Need advice for next Christmas or a last minute holiday fix? See below for Meg’s list of classics.
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by Meg
This post isn’t going to cause any great debates or spark any revelations. We all know and love these movies. I made my top 10 list about Christmas movies because it’s my favorite part of the holiday season. I get to sit in my jammies with my fammies and watch movies that make us laugh or cry. It’s a Wonderful Life is an obvious go-to which I’ve seen every year for the past 15 years, so I wanted to give a shout-out to the other Christmas greats out there! So, here it is: Continue reading
© Cinzia Zanovello
From San Francisco to Shanghai, we wish you all the best warm snuggles during the holidays!
…Unless it’s hot. Then, for you, we wish top-of-the-line air conditioning, or some really great ventilation and a cold beverage.
Molti baci per tutti.
-Kat-
GMGM’s holiday illustration has been graciously drawn by Cinzia Zanovello. Cinzia is a graphic designer, and brilliant artist, who loves all things creative. She is from one of the most beautiful cities in Italy, Turin, and has recently started a blog, located here: http://acciugaci.blogspot.it/. She is also a wonderful friend, who patiently taught me a thing or two about Italian cooking while in Singapore. Soon, she will reside in Vancouver, where I hope we can resume our lessons and industrial consumption of vino. Thank you, Cinzia!
Norwegian Nisse by https://www.flickr.com/photos/jpellgen/ (Flickr Creative Commons)
THEME: Travel
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by Kat
First, a scene from my own personal nutshell:
KAT; self. As played by self.
LYFT driver; anyone from anywhere.
(San Francisco; inside a Toyota Prius. The DRIVER in the front of the car begins a conversation with a question straight out of Chit Chat 101. KAT, the passenger in the back, relives, for the 42nd time, the following.)
DRIVER:
How long have you lived in the city?
(Looks into the review mirror)
KAT (sighs to herself because she knows where this is going):
Almost two years.
THEME: Travel
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by Melissa
This was no ordinary getaway. I had characters without homes, streets with no names, bars without atmosphere. I had to search for authenticity, otherwise I’d remain feeling a fraud.
Fleeing family and jobs, I arrived alone. I had to allow myself this sliver of selfishness. This was me, exhaling.
I had a single bed. Everything in the room was white except the wood floor and a royal-blue chair: the perfect blank canvas. I purchased wine to match artichokes and began indulging, passionately fingering my laptop with oily tips.
I knew nobody. Continue reading
Good Morning, Good Morning! 