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Muse & the Marketplace 2018

Lee F. Taylor

Black Mountain, North Carolina

CrossoverBooks.blog

I am a writer with a day job in the Courts.
I write upper YA and adult fiction that I hope will cross boundaries of age and genre.
I love bookstores (especially Malaprop's), booksellers, writing conferences, people who talk craft, the Great Smokies Writers Program at UNCA (where I continue to hone mine) and The Flatiron Writer's Room in Asheville North Carolina where I find support and more.

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

11:45am EDT

2M: The 3-Step Formula for Building an Author Platform 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

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4E: How to Pitch Young Adult Novels to Agents & PublishersFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorRegina Brooks

5:30pm EDT

Shop Talk Happy Hour TBA

7:00pm EDT

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

7:30am EDT

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

9:00am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

5I: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters White Hill Room - 4th FloorSorche Fairbank • Steve Macone • Ayesha Pande

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

12:45pm EDT

6B: Agents and Editors of Color Roundtable Stuart Room - 4th FloorJennifer De Leon • Patricia Engel • Christine Pride • Asata Radcliffe • Eric Smith • Jennifer Chen Tran

2:45pm EDT

7B: Dare to Break the Ultimate Writing Rule: Why "Show Don't Tell" Is a CrockFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorSteve Almond

4:15pm EDT

8H: New Digital Tools for 2018: Make Your Social Media Marketing Easier and More Effective Cambridge Room - 4th FloorFauzia Burke

5:15pm EDT

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore and Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

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

10C: Essentials of Backstory and Flashback in FictionFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorTim Weed

1:00pm EDT

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