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Muse & the Marketplace 2018

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7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: "How to Stay a Writer" Grand Ballroom - MezzanineSonya Larson • Min Jin Lee

10:15am EDT

1A: Before You Query Agents: What Fiction Writers Should First Do Online & in Real Life Whittier Room - 4th FloorKatherine Fausset 1B: Essentials of the Young Adult NovelFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorJennifer De Leon 1C: Navigating Your Novel’s Murky Middle Gloucester Room - 4th FloorLisa Borders 1D: How to Get Media Attention for Your Book Stuart Room - 4th FloorLynne Griffin • Katrin Schumann 1E: Making the Most of Your Writing Time Winthrop Room - 4th FloorLori Goldstein 1F: Networking for Reticent Writers Tremont Room - 4th FloorKelly J. Ford 1G: Telling a Story with Your Book Proposal White Hill Room - 4th FloorTanya McKinnon • Michelle Seaton 1H: The Blazing Thing: On Imagination in Fiction Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorLaura van den Berg 1I: Voice in Nonfiction: What is Your Voice and How Can You Reclaim it?FULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorVanessa Martír 1J: When Your Memoir Goes Public St. James Room - 4th FloorGarrard Conley 1K: Your First 100 Words: Grounding Readers in Your Fiction Cambridge Room - 4th FloorRon MacLean 1L: Your Narrator's Time Signature: Finding the Right Tempo During Dialogue Franklin Room - 4th FloorRavi Howard

11:45am EDT

2A: A Man Walks into a...: Writing Compelling Scenes in Fiction Cambridge Room - 4th FloorBlair Hurley 2B: All-Conference Read in Fiction: PRIVATE CITIZENS by Tony Tulathimutte Emerson Room - 4th FloorHannah Tinti • Tony Tulathimutte 2C: Essentials of CharacterizationFULL Stuart Room - 4th FloorStacy Mattingly 2D: Get Your Essay Pitches Noticed Charles River Room - 4th FloorCandace McDuffie 2E: Getting Your Nonfiction Book Back on Track St. James Room - 4th FloorKatrin Schumann 2F: Novels: Writing the Opening Pages Tremont Room - 4th FloorSteve Yarbrough 2G: Politics and Prose: Tackling the Issues of Our Time Through Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction Newbury Room - 4th FloorAdam Stumacher 2H: Productive Revision, Or How to Stop Perfecting Paragraphs and Strengthen Your Story: Section A Whittier Room - 4th FloorLynne Barrett 2I: Race, Identity & Craft in Fiction and NonfictionFULL Franklin Room - 4th FloorDavid Mura 2J: Shut Up and Listen: Crafting Literary Voice from Literal Voices Cabot Room - 4th FloorXhenet Aliu 2K: Subversion: Writing YA Novels That Upend Expectations Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorKim Savage 2L: The Dark Art of DescriptionFULL Gloucester Room - 4th FloorPatricia Hampl 2M: The 3-Step Formula for Building an Author PlatformFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorFauzia Burke

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3A: A Rockstar Editor's Perspective on RevisionFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorPamela Dorman • Mira T. Lee • Louise Miller 3B: Dreams, Visions, and Hallucinations in Fiction Tremont Room - 4th FloorTim Weed 3C: Essentials of Submitting Your WorkFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorAngie Chatman • Marjan Kamali 3D: Getting Noticed, Read and Understood on Sensitive TopicsFULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorMary C. Curtis 3E: Hybrid Publishing: How It Works and What It's LikeFULL Emerson Room - 4th FloorJeanne Blasberg 3F: Imagining the Gaps in Memoir: How to Write a Story When the Story Runs Out Stuart Room - 4th FloorAlex Marzano-Lesnevich • Caitlin McGill 3G: Query Letter 101 Whittier Room - 4th FloorAllison Hunter • Eric Smith 3H: Keynote "Carryover" Conversation: On How to Stay a Writer Franklin Room - 4th FloorEson Kim • Min Jin Lee 3I: Saying the UnsayableFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorBrendan Mathews 3J: Simultaneity (or Queering Time) Gloucester Room - 4th FloorPaul Lisicky 3K: When the Universal is Just Mainstream: Writing Rules That Fail Queer Authors Winthrop Room - 4th FloorMilo Todd 3L: Write in the Feels: Fictional EmotionFULL Cambridge Room - 4th FloorMia Alvar 3M: Writing the Past to Speak of the PresentFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorGabrielle Lucille Fuentes

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4A: Essentials of Humor Stuart Room - 4th FloorSteve Macone 4B: Essentials of StyleFULL Gloucester Room - 4th FloorNicole Miller 4C: Find the Skeleton of Your Story: Using Structure to Gain Propulsion Cambridge Room - 4th FloorEmily X.R. Pan 4D: Geography, Climate, Interiors, & History: Creating Rich Worlds for Memoir & EssaysFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorAlysia Abbott 4E: How to Pitch Young Adult Novels to Agents & PublishersFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorRegina Brooks 4F: How to Write Long—But Not Long-Winded—Sentences Cabot Room - 4th FloorTim Horvath 4G: Introducing Unforgettable CharactersFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorUrsula DeYoung 4H: Queerer Than Fiction: The Importance of Realistic, Integral LGBT Characters Winthrop Room - 4th FloorKarina van Berkum • Lisa Rosinsky 4I: Rebel, Rebel: Writing Rules that Can—and Sometimes Should—Be Broken Newbury Room - 4th FloorLisa Borders 4J: The Changing Face of Publishing: What All Authors Need to Know Whittier Room - 4th FloorApril Eberhardt 4K: Who Am I Really: Reporting the Self in Writing Tremont Room - 4th FloorAlexander Chee 4L: World Building in Historical Fiction Franklin Room - 4th FloorKim van Alkemade 4M: Writing Great Artist Statements for Fellowships, Residencies, MFA programs, & More St. James Room - 4th FloorJonathan Escoffery • Shubha Sunder

5:00pm EDT

5:30pm EDT

Shop Talk Happy Hour TBA

6:45pm EDT

Dinner Break TBA

7:00pm EDT

Spotlight: Race and Power in Boston Arlington Room - Park Plaza Hotel, Mezzanine LevelLatoyia Edwards • Andrew Ryan • Adrian Walker • Patricia Wen