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The Muse & The Marketplace 2020

9:00am EDT

1A: Social Media Tough Love: Ten Tips for AuthorsFILLING Tremont Room - 4th FloorCrystal King 1C: How to PitchFILLING Whittier Room - 4th FloorSandy Lu 1M: Paths to Publishing: Where Do I Start? Gloucester Room - 4th FloorAnnalisa Parent

10:15am EDT

2A: From "Writer" to "Author": Navigating Your Debut Year(s)FILLING White Hill Room - 4th FloorWhitney Scharer • Angie Kim 2B: Forming and Publishing an Essay Collection Charles River Room - 4th FloorArtress Bethany White 2L: Writing the Synopsis: Essentials, Tips, and Tricks For Crafting a Professional SynopsisFILLING Whittier Room - 4th FloorKaitlyn Johnson

1:45pm EDT

3C: The Big Q's: What to Ask Prospective AgentsFILLING White Hill Room - 4th FloorAmy Elizabeth Bishop 3D: Polished to Published: Placing Your Short Fiction in Literary Magazines and Small PressesFILLING Franklin Room - 4th FloorDariel Suarez • Joy Baglio 3F: Get Out of Your Head: For Writers Considering Self-Publishing Stuart Room - 4th FloorNakia Hill 3K: Nonfiction Idea Clinic Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelJessica Papin • Linda K. Wertheimer • Jonah Straus • Annie Hwang

3:30pm EDT

4E: Researching and Choosing Agents to QueryFILLING Whittier Room - 4th FloorLouise Miller 4J: Show Me the Money: The (Surprisingly Lucrative) World of Freelance WritingFULL Cambridge Room - 4th FloorCalvin Hennick 4K: The Poet's Marketplace Charles River Room - 4th FloorErica Charis-Molling • Kristina Darling • Martha Rhodes • Regie Gibson • Frances Donovan

9:00am EDT

5C: #QueryTips: Demystifying the Query ProcessFILLING Statler Room - Mezzanine LevelAmy Elizabeth Bishop 5F: Getting Read, Noticed, and Understood on Sensitive Topics in Impossibly Polarized Times Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorMary C. Curtis 5H: How to Think About Comparison & Competing Titles Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelJessica Papin 5K: Hybrid Publishing: How It Works and What It's Like Tremont Room - 4th FloorJeanne Blasberg

10:15am EDT

6A: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query LettersFULL Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelSorche Fairbank 6C: Social Media Hack: Utilizing Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to Authentically Engage (and Not Annoy) ReadersFILLING Franklin Room - 4th FloorSara DiVello • Jenna Blum 6D: Your Nonfiction Book Proposal: Key Questions to Answer Newbury Room - 4th FloorMichelle Seaton • Paul Levine 6J: How to Be a Great Publishing Partner: The Author’s Job as Industry Insiders See It White Hill Room - 4th FloorStephanie Abou • Christopher Castellani

1:45pm EDT

7D: How to Publish (and Promote) Your Book on Your TermsFULL Statler Room - Mezzanine LevelSteve Almond 7I: Public Speaking for Writers Franklin Room - 4th FloorShirley Jones-Luke 7K: First Page ClinicFILLING White Hill Room - 4th FloorMameve Medwed • Sebastian Stuart • Rishi Reddi

3:30pm EDT

8D: Don’t Send Your Query Letter in a Box of Doughnuts, and Other Stories: How NOT to Become an Anecdote When Submitting Your Work to AgentsFILLING White Hill Room - 4th FloorCarrie Howland • Cassie Mannes Murray 8J: Agents and Editors of Color Roundtable Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelAemilia Phillips • Kiana Nguyen • Amber Oliver • Emi Ikkanda • Jennifer De Leon • Nina McConigley

10:15am EDT

9A: What Booksellers Want Writers to KnowFILLING Cambridge Room - 4th FloorAllison Pottern Hoch • Leah DeCesare 9B: Query Letter SkillsFILLING White Hill Room - 4th FloorChristina Morgan 9H: Don't Just Try to Please Me: On Incorporating Editorial Feedback (Or Not) Franklin Room - 4th FloorCherise Fisher 9K: Literary Idol: Nonfiction Focus Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelLauren Scovel • E. Dolores Johnson • Helene Atwan • Sonali Chanchani • Ashley Lopez

11:45am EDT

10A: Media Training: Being Your Best at Readings, On Radio, and On TelevisionFILLING Cambridge Room - 4th FloorLynne Griffin • Katrin Schumann 10G: How to Sell a Memoir If You Aren’t a Celebrity or a PoliticianFILLING Whittier Room - 4th FloorCatherine Guthrie 10I: Resilience on the Winding Road to Book Publication Newbury Room - 4th FloorLisa Braxton • Grace Talusan 10J: Writing on Your Own Terms: How to Start, Promote, and Maintain a Compelling BlogFILLING Stuart Room - 4th FloorSerina Gousby 10L: Literary Idol: Fiction FocusFILLING Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelNeal Thompson • Steve Woodward • Cherise Fisher • Christina Morgan • Bibi Lewis