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The Muse & the Marketplace 2016

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 Grand BallroomLIMITED

9:00am EDT

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

10:00am EDT

1C: Crossover Fiction: Writing Stories with Ageless Appeal St. James RoomLIMITEDLynne Griffin

11:45am EDT

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

3H: Notes on the Dramatic Image Whittier RoomFILLINGCharles Baxter

4:15pm EDT

4K: Essentials of Specificity Whittier RoomFULLAlex Marzano-Lesnevich

5:30pm EDT

Happy Hour with the Authors Statler RoomLIMITED

7:30am EDT

Registration & Hot Breakfast Grand BallroomLIMITED

9:00am EDT

5L: Ready for Representation? White Hill RoomFILLINGRebecca Heyman • Carrie Howland

10:45am EDT

6L: Transforming Real Life Stories into Fiction Whittier RoomFILLINGMichelle Hoover • Dawn Tripp

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Break On Your OwnLIMITED

1:15pm EDT

7E: Living History: Waking the Dead Franklin RoomLIMITEDAlexander Chee

2:45pm EDT

8D: Politics and Prose Charles River RoomLIMITEDMarjan Kamali

10:00am EDT

9H: The Truthful Lie: Writing Historical Fiction St. James RoomLIMITEDLaShonda Barnett

11:30am EDT

10B: How To Perfect Your Pitch Beacon Hill RoomLIMITEDCherise Fisher