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The Muse & The Marketplace 2020

9:00am

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

10:15am

2A: From "Writer" to "Author": Navigating Your Debut Year(s) White Hill Room - 4th FloorFILLINGWhitney 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 Synopsis Whittier Room - 4th FloorFULLKaitlyn Johnson

1:45pm

3C: The Big Q's: What to Ask Prospective Agents White Hill Room - 4th FloorFILLINGAmy Elizabeth Bishop 3D: Polished to Published: Placing Your Short Fiction in Literary Magazines and Small Presses Franklin Room - 4th FloorFULLDariel 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

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

9:00am

5C: #QueryTips: Demystifying the Query Process Statler Room - Mezzanine LevelFILLINGAmy 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

6A: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelFULLSorche Fairbank 6C: Social Media Hack: Utilizing Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to Authentically Engage (and Not Annoy) Readers Franklin Room - 4th FloorFILLINGSara 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 FloorFILLINGStephanie Abou • Christopher Castellani

1:45pm

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

3:30pm

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 Agents White Hill Room - 4th FloorFILLINGCarrie 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

9A: What Booksellers Want Writers to Know Cambridge Room - 4th FloorFILLINGAllison Pottern Hoch • Leah DeCesare 9B: Query Letter Skills White Hill Room - 4th FloorFILLINGChristina 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

10A: Media Training: Being Your Best at Readings, On Radio, and On Television Cambridge Room - 4th FloorFILLINGLynne Griffin • Katrin Schumann 10G: How to Sell a Memoir If You Aren’t a Celebrity or a Politician Whittier Room - 4th FloorFILLINGCatherine 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 Blog Stuart Room - 4th FloorFILLINGSerina Gousby 10L: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelFULLNeal Thompson • Steve Woodward • Cherise Fisher • Christina Morgan • Bibi Lewis