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Muse & the Marketplace 2018

Jane Cairns

Andover, Massachusetts

I'm an avid reader, researcher and writer, with an interest in 19th-century New England history. My current WIP involves lyric verse about eels, steam railroads, exotic zoo animals, and Civil War-era mental health.

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

1H: The Blazing Thing: On Imagination in Fiction Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorLaura van den Berg

11:45am EDT

2H: Productive Revision, Or How to Stop Perfecting Paragraphs and Strengthen Your Story: Section A Whittier Room - 4th FloorLynne Barrett

2:15pm EDT

3M: Writing the Past to Speak of the PresentFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorGabrielle Lucille Fuentes

3:45pm EDT

4L: World Building in Historical Fiction Franklin Room - 4th FloorKim van Alkemade

9:00am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

5J: The Fine Art of InvestigationFULL Tremont Room - 4th FloorMichael Blanding

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

7G: The Art of Perspective Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorChristopher Castellani

4:15pm EDT

8B: Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Writing About Black Life Newbury Room - 4th FloorNicole Blades

10:00am EDT

9C: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus White Hill Room - 4th FloorSteve Macone • Sorche Fairbank • Kaitlyn Johnson • Rayhané Sanders • Anjali Singh

11:30am EDT

10H: The Psychology of Character: Digging to the Heart of Motivation Cambridge Room - 4th FloorLynne Griffin

1:00pm EDT

Marketplace Keynote: “Selling Out Without Selling Out” Grand Ballroom - MezzanineSorche Fairbank • Steve Almond • Jenna Blum • Alexander Chee • Mitchell Zuckoff