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Muse & the Marketplace 2018

Lila Flavin

Tufts School of Medicine
Medical student
Somerville, MA

I’m a chihuahua owner, sourdough bread baker, and Cambridge local. I’m a budding psychiatrist and excited about stories that capture queerness, and/or healing from mental and physical illness.

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

2I: Race, Identity & Craft in Fiction and NonfictionFULL Franklin Room - 4th FloorDavid Mura

2:15pm EDT

3I: Saying the UnsayableFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorBrendan Mathews

3:45pm EDT

4H: Queerer Than Fiction: The Importance of Realistic, Integral LGBT Characters Winthrop Room - 4th FloorKarina van Berkum • Lisa Rosinsky

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

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

6G: Matching Your Work to Literary Magazines: What Do They *Really* Want? Franklin Room - 4th FloorJenn Scheck-Kahn

2:45pm EDT

7B: Dare to Break the Ultimate Writing Rule: Why "Show Don't Tell" Is a CrockFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorSteve Almond 7C: Editing: Love It, Hate It, Just Delete It White Hill Room - 4th FloorEve Attermann • Rachel Barenbaum

4:15pm EDT

8A: A Vampire of Your Own: Using the Personal To Write the Fantastic St. James Room - 4th FloorJohn Langan

5:15pm EDT

7:00pm EDT

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

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

10D: How to Write an Autobiographical NovelFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorAlexander Chee

1:00pm EDT

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