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The Muse & the Marketplace 2016

7:30am EDT

Registration & Hot Breakfast Grand BallroomLIMITED

9:00am EDT

Convocation: Welcome, Orientation, Introductions and Cohort Match-Ups Grand BallroomLIMITEDChristopher Castellani • Sonya Larson

10:00am EDT

1A: What’s Your Book “About”? Back Bay RoomFULLTim Weed 1B: Essentials of Structure Newbury RoomFILLINGAnnie Hartnett 1C: Crossover Fiction: Writing Stories with Ageless Appeal St. James RoomLIMITEDLynne Griffin 1D: All-Conference Read in Non-Fiction: HER by Christa Parravani Terrace RoomFILLINGDeborah Becker • Christa Parravani 1E: Your Book Starts Here: Build a Successful Structure for Your Manuscript in Any Genre Tremont RoomFULLMary Carroll Moore 1F: Keep the Narrative Going: Effective Methods to Provide Context in Fiction [SECTION I] White Hill RoomFILLINGDariel Suarez 1G: Essentials of Character Whittier RoomFILLINGLisa Borders

11:45am EDT

2A: On Endings Back Bay RoomFILLINGJennifer De Leon 2B: Writing Motherhood Cabot RoomLIMITEDMarcelle Soviero 2C: Taking the Imaginative Leap Franklin RoomLIMITEDAdam Stumacher 2D: The Mundane Beauty of Work: Writing about the Workplace in Fiction Newbury RoomLIMITEDChaitali Sen 2E: Essentials of the Personal Essay St. James RoomLIMITEDDorian Fox 2F: The Writer's Electronic Toolbox: Organize and Streamline Your Writing Stuart RoomLIMITEDCrystal King 2G: Essentials of Dialogue Tremont RoomFILLINGRita Zoey Chin 2H: The Art of Perspective White Hill RoomFILLINGChristopher Castellani 2J: Building the World of the Novel: A Conversation with Jennifer Haigh and Joanna Rakoff Whittier RoomFILLINGJennifer Haigh • Joanna Rakoff

12:45pm EDT

Lunch Break On Your OwnLIMITED

2:00pm EDT

3A: Lessons from the Novel Incubator Back Bay RoomFILLINGMichelle Hoover 3B: A User's Guide to the Imagination Franklin RoomFILLINGPagan Kennedy 3C: The Strategic Writer St. James RoomFULLMichelle Toth 3D: *JUST ADDED!* Literary Expression in the Digital Age Stuart RoomLIMITEDAndy Hunter 3E: Writers of Color Roundtable Terrace RoomLIMITEDRegina Brooks • Alexander Chee • Kaitlyn Greenidge • Emi Ikkanda • Mira Jacob • Jennifer De Leon • Celeste Ng • Sonya Larson 3F: Non-Fiction Career Building: From Article to Book and Back Again Tremont RoomFILLINGMichael Blanding • Ethan Gilsdorf 3G: A Marketplace Primer for the Aspiring Writer of Literary Fiction White Hill RoomFULLPeter Blackstock • Soumeya Roberts 3H: Notes on the Dramatic Image Whittier RoomFILLINGCharles Baxter

4:15pm EDT

4A: Writing Across Time Back Bay RoomFILLINGKaitlyn Greenidge 4B: Anonymous: Writing Without Identity Cabot RoomLIMITEDStacey D'Erasmo 4C: Essentials of Freelancing Constitution RoomLIMITEDCalvin Hennick 4D: The Lyric Essay Franklin RoomLIMITEDKim Adrian 4E: Essentials Of: Cultivating a Persona in Essays and Memoirs Newbury RoomLIMITEDJason Tucker 4F: The Author as Publicist: Strategies from the Real World of Book Publicity St. James RoomFULLPatricia Park 4G: Spend Money To Make Money: How to Budget for Indie Publishing Stuart RoomLIMITEDApril Eberhardt 4H: Blurred Boundaries: Blending Fiction & Non-Fiction Tremont RoomFILLINGTasneem Zehra Husain 4J: Contracts 101 White Hill RoomLIMITEDMichael Gross 4K: Essentials of Specificity Whittier RoomFULLAlex Marzano-Lesnevich

5:30pm EDT

Shop Talk Happy Hour ***SOLD OUT!*** Emerald Lounge Happy Hour with the Authors Statler RoomLIMITED

7:30am EDT

Registration & Hot Breakfast Grand BallroomLIMITED

9:00am EDT

5A: Media Training: How to Put Your Best Foot Forward Back Bay RoomLIMITEDLynne Griffin • Katrin Schumann 5B: Writing on the Hyphen: Capturing the Authentic and Avoiding the Stereotype Beacon Hill RoomLIMITEDMarjan Kamali • Henriette Lazaridis • Jennie Wood 5C: How to Bust Through Blocks and Boost Creativity Cabot RoomLIMITEDSara DiVello 5D: Writers of a Certain Age: A Survivor's Guide To Starting 'Late' Cambridge RoomFILLINGRobin Black 5E: Co-Operative-Style Self-Publishing & Marketing For Independent Authors Charles River RoomLIMITEDJane Karker 5F: How To Use Social Media for Self Promotion And Not Be Annoying Franklin RoomLIMITEDCrystal King 5G: Reconstructing Childhood in Memoir Newbury RoomLIMITEDGarrard Conley 5H: Fiction's Inner Landscape Stuart RoomFILLINGTim Weed 5J: All-Conference Read in Fiction: There's Something I Want You To Do by Charles Baxter Terrace RoomFILLINGCharles Baxter • Christopher Lydon 5K: Sell Your Story in a Single Sentence Tremont RoomFILLINGLane Shefter Bishop 5L: Ready for Representation? White Hill RoomFILLINGRebecca Heyman • Carrie Howland

10:45am EDT

6A: Writing the Group: How to Tackle Multiple POV's in Fiction Back Bay RoomFILLINGAngela Flournoy 6B: Non-Fiction Idea Clinic Beacon Hill RoomLIMITEDEthan Gilsdorf • Daniel Loedel • Leah Miller • Ayesha Pande • Jessica Papin 6C: Taming the Unruly First Draft Cabot RoomLIMITEDLisa Borders 6D: Is Your Agent Right For You? Cambridge RoomFILLINGGail Hochman 6E: What Sex Can Do Charles River RoomLIMITEDGarth Greenwell 6F: Ask Amazon Franklin RoomLIMITEDNeal Thompson 6G: The Three Layers of Character Newbury RoomFILLINGKristopher Jansma 6H: How to Build a Successful Social Media Strategy Stuart RoomLIMITEDFauzia Burke 6J: Where I'm Calling From--Narrative Voice in Memoir Tremont RoomLIMITEDHoward Axelrod 6K: Those Scaffolds Aren't for the Hanging: Using Dramatic Structure in Fiction White Hill RoomFILLINGSunil Yapa 6L: Transforming Real Life Stories into Fiction Whittier RoomFILLINGMichelle Hoover • Dawn Tripp 6M: Keep the Narrative Going: Effective Methods to Provide Context in Fiction [SECTION II] Winthrop RoomLIMITEDDariel Suarez

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Break On Your OwnLIMITED

1:15pm EDT

7A: Novel Plot and Structure: In Search of the Inciting Incident Back Bay RoomFILLINGMatthew Salesses 7B: Star Literary Idol Beacon Hill RoomFILLINGStephen McCauley • Mameve Medwed • Anita Shreve • Sebastian Stuart 7C: Lessons from the Memoir Incubator Cambridge RoomLIMITEDAlex Marzano-Lesnevich 7D: Seven Key Questions You Need to Answer to Successfully Publish Your Nonfiction Book Charles River RoomLIMITEDKatrin Schumann 7E: Living History: Waking the Dead Franklin RoomLIMITEDAlexander Chee 7F: Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause, Play: Negotiating Time in Fiction Newbury RoomFILLINGMaya Lang 7G: Finding Your Form: Exploring Storytelling through Fiction and Memoir St. James RoomLIMITEDMolly Antopol 7H: Mapping Your Story: Place, Movement, and Territory Tremont RoomLIMITEDLynne Barrett 7J: Query Lab White Hill RoomFULLSorche Fairbank • Rachel Letofsky 7K: How To Be Your Own Best Editor Whittier RoomFILLINGAnn Hood

2:45pm EDT

8A: A Map in the Wilderness: Unsticking Your Plot Using Cinematic Structure Back Bay RoomFULLRay Daniel 8B: You're the Boss! Taking Control of your Book's Promotion Plan Beacon Hill RoomFILLINGAnjali Duva 8C: Essentials of the Sentence Cambridge RoomFILLINGAlysia Abbott 8D: Politics and Prose Charles River RoomLIMITEDMarjan Kamali 8E: Eavesdrop Like You Mean It Franklin RoomLIMITEDWilliam Belcher 8F: The Right To Write: Who Owns the Story? Newbury RoomLIMITEDRoxana Robinson 8G: 'But That Really Happened': Avoid the Pitfalls of Fictionalizing Your Life St. James RoomLIMITEDDawn Dorland 8H: Essentials of Place Tremont RoomLIMITEDDariel Suarez 8J: Making Things Happen White Hill RoomFILLINGMira Jacob 8K: How NOT to Sabotage Your Chances With an Agent Whittier RoomFILLINGRebecca Heyman

4:00pm EDT

Keynote Tea with Colum McCann Grand BallroomLIMITEDColum McCann

5:30pm EDT

Lit Lounge Statler RoomLIMITED

6:30pm EDT

Dinner Break On Your OwnLIMITED

8:00pm EDT

Grub Gone...Drag ***SOLD OUT!*** Villa Victoria Center for the ArtsLIMITEDMartha Graham Cracker • Kaitlyn Greenidge • Colum McCann

8:30am EDT

Breakfast Grand BallroomLIMITED

10:00am EDT

9A: Why Literary Magazines Matter and How to Get Published in Them Back Bay RoomFILLINGJenn Scheck-Kahn 9B: After Acquisition: The Long Term Author/Publisher Relationship Beacon Hill RoomLIMITEDFiona McCrae 9C: Breaking into Ghostwriting Cabot RoomLIMITEDSarah Tomlinson 9D: Essentials of Style Cambridge RoomLIMITEDMatthew Salesses 9E: Taking Yourself Seriously, Whatever Life You Have Lived Charles River RoomLIMITEDRobin Black 9F: Setting as Character Franklin RoomLIMITEDVal Wang 9G: The Pros and Cons of Writing and Publishing Without an Agent Newbury RoomLIMITEDLissa Warren • Linda K. Wertheimer 9H: The Truthful Lie: Writing Historical Fiction St. James RoomLIMITEDLaShonda Barnett 9J: Showing & Telling: Putting Description to Work Tremont RoomLIMITEDGarth Greenwell 9K: Literary Idol: Fiction White Hill RoomFILLINGNoah Ballard • Sorche Fairbank • Erin Harris • Steve Macone 9L: Secrets and Lies Whittier RoomFILLINGLynne Barrett 9M: What’s Your Book “About”? [SECTION II] Winthrop RoomLIMITEDTim Weed

11:30am EDT

10A: Pathways to Publication: How to Choose the Right Route for You Back Bay RoomFILLINGApril Eberhardt 10B: How To Perfect Your Pitch Beacon Hill RoomLIMITEDCherise Fisher 10C: Who Am I As a Writer? Cabot RoomLIMITEDSarah Tomlinson 10D: Hermit Crabs: Using Form to Inspire Narrative Prose Cambridge RoomLIMITEDKristiana Kahakauwila 10E: The Hazards of Writing Outside the Borders Charles River RoomLIMITEDJacqueline Sheehan 10F: Do What You Want: Submitting Work on Your Terms Franklin RoomLIMITEDSteve Macone 10G: Feedback Is a Conversation Newbury RoomLIMITEDLouise Miller • Kate Racculia 10H: Be Brave: The Character of YA Literature Tremont RoomLIMITEDAyanna Coleman 10J: How to Finish: Project Management Techniques for Writers White Hill RoomFILLINGKelly J. Ford 10K: How To Write a Kick-Ass Essay Whittier RoomFULLAnn Hood

1:00pm EDT

Capstone Event: Discover Me! Grand BallroomLIMITEDPorter Anderson • Fauzia Burke • Rick Burnes • Fiona Hallowell • Carole Horne • Crystal King • Alex Marzano-Lesnevich • Leah Miller • Manning Wolfe