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Muse & the Marketplace 2018

Julie Himes

Author, MIKHAIL AND MARGARITA
Marblehead, MA

Julie Lekstrom Himes' short fiction has been published in Shenandoah, The Florida Review (Editor's Choice Award 2008), Fourteen Hills (nominated for Best American Mysteries 2011), Mid-American Review, Massachusetts Review and elsewhere. Her debut novel, Mikhail and Margarita, will be published by Europa Editions in 2017. She lives with her family in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

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

3L: Write in the Feels: Fictional EmotionFULL Cambridge Room - 4th FloorMia Alvar

3:45pm EDT

4K: Who Am I Really: Reporting the Self in Writing Tremont Room - 4th FloorAlexander Chee

9:00am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

5C: Conjuring Mystery in FictionFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorMaud Casey

12:45pm EDT

6H: Productive Revision, Or How to Stop Perfecting Paragraphs and Strengthen Your Story: Section BFULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorLynne Barrett 6M: Your Book Starts Here: Build a Successful Structure for Your Manuscript in Any GenreFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorMary Carroll Moore

2:45pm EDT

7L: Word by Word: An Exercise in Close ReadingFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorJim Shepard • Karen Shepard

4:15pm EDT

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

5:15pm EDT

10:00am EDT

9F: Secrets and Lies Back Bay Room - 4th FloorLynne Barrett

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