{"id":671,"date":"2016-03-29T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/undergrad-students-publishing\/?p=671"},"modified":"2016-03-29T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T13:00:52","slug":"alumni-author-spotlight-frank-gao-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/undergraduate-students-publishing\/2016\/03\/29\/alumni-author-spotlight-frank-gao-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Author Spotlight: CJ Nadeau"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this installment of the Alumni Author Spotlight Series, we got a chance to talk with CJ Nadeau, who published\u00a0The Mousetrap Rose\u00a0<\/em>with us in the spring of 2013.<\/p>\n

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Name?<\/strong><\/p>\n

CJ Nadeau<\/p>\n

Year of Graduation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013<\/p>\n

Major?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing, Literature, and Publishing<\/p>\n

Current place of residence?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watertown, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

Did you do any postgraduate work after Emerson? If so, where?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, I\u2019m currently pursuing a Masters of Ed. in Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities at Lesley University.<\/p>\n

What company do you currently work for and what is your position?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kennedy Day School as a Teaching Assistant and Lesley University as a Graduate Resident Assistant at their Threshold Program.<\/p>\n

What are some of your accomplishments since graduating from Emerson? Have you written for any other publications? Do you have a portfolio? Blog? Website?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve recently had two pieces of fiction published: \u201cHalleluiah\u201d in the Rain, Party, & Disaster Society<\/em> and \u201cPerforated Caterpillars\u201d in The Green Mountain Review<\/em>, and I wrote a children\u2019s novella entitled Fishing for Clouds<\/em> that I intend to turn into an adaptive text for students with disabilities. Along with these publications, I\u2019ve been hard at work on my next novel.<\/p>\n

What do you remember about your experience with Undergraduate Students for Publishing? What is your favorite memory?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before the book launch my friend Donnie Welch, whose collection was also being launched, went up to the workshop space at the top of the Tufte Building that had a beautiful view and just sat taking in the view and appreciating the moment.<\/p>\n

How did publishing with us help you in the professional world? Did it help land you a job or an internship?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve pursued a path in Special Education so Pub Cub didn\u2019t directly help me, however it definitely informed my approach to writing and publishing.<\/p>\n

What valuable experience did you gain from publishing with us?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I learned about the revision and rewriting process, something that has proved invaluable as I\u2019ve started working on drafts of my forthcoming novel. While Emerson\u2019s workshops provide great opportunities for short fiction, having a staff that was willing to edit and help me revise my long form fiction for an entire semester was a singular experience.<\/p>\n

Do you have any advice to those wanting to submit to Undergraduate Students for Publishing? If you could give any advice to current Emerson students before they step out into the professional world, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t give up. I got accepted on my fourth manuscript submission. Just because you aren\u2019t accepted immediately doesn\u2019t mean you should stop. Keep writing, keep revising, and keep submitting.<\/p>\n

Provide some quirky details about your life. Do you have thirteen dogs? Do you collect porcelain eggs? Do you go skydiving on the weekends?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve recently been doodling and sketching, you can find a collection of them at http:\/\/cjnadeau.me\/<\/a>. It\u2019s a work in progress and right now I only have a few sketches, but I\u2019ll be adding some work that\u2019s been published with accompanying illustrations.<\/p>\n

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