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Virginia Ryan

Talk to me about Peace Corps (Thailand), Celtic music, travel of any kind, human rights and social justice. I write nonfiction and fiction.
Friday, April 6
 

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

1G: Telling a Story with Your Book Proposal White Hill Room - 4th FloorTanya McKinnon • Michelle Seaton

11:45am EDT

2G: Politics and Prose: Tackling the Issues of Our Time Through Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction Newbury Room - 4th FloorAdam Stumacher

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3G: Query Letter 101 Whittier Room - 4th FloorAllison Hunter • Eric Smith

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4C: Find the Skeleton of Your Story: Using Structure to Gain Propulsion Cambridge Room - 4th FloorEmily X.R. Pan

7:00pm EDT

Spotlight: Race and Power in Boston Arlington Room - Park Plaza Hotel, Mezzanine LevelLatoyia Edwards • Andrew Ryan • Adrian Walker • Patricia Wen
 
Saturday, April 7
 

9:00am EDT

Mid-Muse Keynote: "Appropriation: Uh-oh, No-no, or #Appropro?" Grand Ballroom - MezzanineCeleste Ng • Peter Ho Davies

10:30am EDT

5D: Don't Get Stuck in the Slush! 10 Pitfalls to Avoid When Submitting to Literary MagazinesFULL Franklin Room - 4th FloorNate Brown

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

12:45pm EDT

6M: Your Book Starts Here: Build a Successful Structure for Your Manuscript in Any GenreFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorMary Carroll Moore

2:45pm EDT

7J: Violent Delights & Violent Ends: What to Consider When Writing Violence in Fiction and Nonfiction Stuart Room - 4th FloorKelly J. Ford • Stephanie Gayle • Emily Ross

4:15pm EDT

8D: Creating Pictures with Words: How and Why Visual Writing WorksFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorAnnie Weatherwax

5:15pm EDT

Lit Lounge TBA

7:00pm EDT

Spitballing...Returns! Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelSari Boren • Sean Van Deuren • Ron MacLean • Quressa Robinson • Michelle Seaton • Rob Spillman
 
Sunday, April 8
 

10:00am EDT

9D: Researching and Choosing Agents to QueryFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorLouise Miller

11:30am EDT

10K: Writing Memoir: Or, How to Take Your Most Private, Painful Story, Shape it into a Cohesive Narrative and Send it out into the World Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorTova Mirvis