[When I started drafting this post, I switched from my regular writing station on Pandora to my Christmas station, and the first song it played was the one with my heroine’s name. The Latin version of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” sings Gaudé, which is Gaudiloquence’s nickname. I take this as an excellent sign.] Continue reading “How Do You Know?”
Category Archives: Gaudiloquence and the Frozen Story
Going Forward
At the PNWA conference this summer, I attended a presentation called “What to Expect When You’re Publishing.” I asked the presenter a question that’s been gnawing at me for years… How do you know? We’re told that you should only start querying agents when your novel is as good as it can possibly get. But we’reContinue reading “Going Forward”
PNWA 2016
I knew I’d go back to the PNWA conference again this year. I didn’t have an agent, so I needed to pitch my book again. I wanted to make new friends and reconnect with the ones I’d made last time. I missed the electricity of three wonderful days in the company of hundreds of fellow word nerds.AndContinue reading “PNWA 2016”
Summer ILC Week, 10 and beyond: My last quarter at Evergreen
In 2010 I had lots of grownup firsts: moved out of my mom’s house, got my first full-time job, and fully supported myself. It felt good and necessary, and I’m glad I had the experience. I did data entry job for a company that sold carpets and window treatments. Not thrilling, but I’m great atContinue reading “Summer ILC Week, 10 and beyond: My last quarter at Evergreen”
Summer ILC, Week 6: Read All the Things!
I checked out a dozen Middle Grade books from the library this past week, and it felt utterly delicious. I can’t believe this qualifies and business research. And I’m right in the middle of Storm of Swords as well, so switching over from that was quite a shock. “I can read an entire book inContinue reading “Summer ILC, Week 6: Read All the Things!”
Summer ILC, Week 5: Camp NaNoWriMo, Pinterest, and the Pirate Tree
This summer for Camp NaNoWriMo, I was finishing up my revision from last quarter. My word count was about 38,000 and I wanted it to end up at 50,000, so I made 12,000 my goal. With four days left and 8,122 words left to write, I…may not make it. And that’s OK. Either way, I’mContinue reading “Summer ILC, Week 5: Camp NaNoWriMo, Pinterest, and the Pirate Tree”
Summer ILC, Week 4: PNWA Conference
What an adventure! I knew that at PNWA I would learn about the industry and make some professional networking connections. What I didn’t know was how much FUN I was going to have! Anything where a bunch of people who are all geeks about the same thing get together specifically to geek out about thatContinue reading “Summer ILC, Week 4: PNWA Conference”
Summer ILC, Weeks 2 & 3: PNWA prep
These past two weeks I’ve been preparing for, as my friend and fellow novelist Heather over at Things I’ve Killed calls it, “the electric hurricane vortex that is PNWA.”Things I accomplished:– Met up with Heather on Tuesday and got a lot of my questions answered. She assured me that even though it’s stressful, all the prepContinue reading “Summer ILC, Weeks 2 & 3: PNWA prep”
Summer ILC, Week 1: What’s an ILC again? So many questions!
Two weeks ago I walked at graduation, but I have one more quarter left to go at Evergreen before I officially receive my BA! This last project is an 8-credit Individual Learning Contract (Evergreen-speak for doing whatever you want (with faculty support) and getting credit for it.) called A Novel Publication: Learning to Navigate the World of Professional Writing.Continue reading “Summer ILC, Week 1: What’s an ILC again? So many questions!”
Spring ILC, Weeks 7-9: Being OK with it
Week 7 I started mildly freaking out about how much work I had to do and how impossible it seemed to get it all done by the end of the quarter. I said as much to my faculty sponsor who replied, “Yeah, that’s ’cause you’re trying to do 24 credits’ worth of stuff.” For onlyContinue reading “Spring ILC, Weeks 7-9: Being OK with it”
Beth Anna Cook 