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Publicity & Promotion
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The Writer's Life
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The Writer's Life
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The Writer's Life
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Friday
, April 29
7:30am EDT
Registration & Hot Breakfast
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
9:00am EDT
Convocation: Welcome, Orientation, Introductions and Cohort Match-Ups
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
Christopher Castellani • Sonya Larson
10:00am EDT
1A: What’s Your Book “About”?
FULL
Back Bay Room
Tim Weed
1B: Essentials of Structure
FILLING
Newbury Room
Annie Hartnett
1C: Crossover Fiction: Writing Stories with Ageless Appeal
LIMITED
St. James Room
Lynne Reeves Griffin
1D: All-Conference Read in Non-Fiction: HER by Christa Parravani
FILLING
Terrace Room
Deborah Becker • Christa Parravani
1E: Your Book Starts Here: Build a Successful Structure for Your Manuscript in Any Genre
FULL
Tremont Room
Mary Carroll Moore
1F: Keep the Narrative Going: Effective Methods to Provide Context in Fiction [SECTION I]
FILLING
White Hill Room
Dariel Suarez
1G: Essentials of Character
FILLING
Whittier Room
Lisa Borders
11:45am EDT
2A: On Endings
FILLING
Back Bay Room
Jennifer De Leon
2B: Writing Motherhood
LIMITED
Cabot Room
Marcelle Soviero
2C: Taking the Imaginative Leap
LIMITED
Franklin Room
Adam Stumacher
2D: The Mundane Beauty of Work: Writing about the Workplace in Fiction
LIMITED
Newbury Room
Chaitali Sen
2E: Essentials of the Personal Essay
LIMITED
St. James Room
Dorian Fox
2F: The Writer's Electronic Toolbox: Organize and Streamline Your Writing
LIMITED
Stuart Room
Crystal King
2G: Essentials of Dialogue
FILLING
Tremont Room
Rita Zoey Chin
2H: The Art of Perspective
FILLING
White Hill Room
Christopher Castellani
2J: Building the World of the Novel: A Conversation with Jennifer Haigh and Joanna Rakoff
FILLING
Whittier Room
Jennifer Haigh • Joanna Rakoff
12:45pm EDT
Lunch Break
LIMITED
On Your Own
2:00pm EDT
3A: Lessons from the Novel Incubator
FILLING
Back Bay Room
Michelle Hoover
3B: A User's Guide to the Imagination
FILLING
Franklin Room
Pagan Kennedy
3C: The Strategic Writer
FULL
St. James Room
Michelle Toth
3D: *JUST ADDED!* Literary Expression in the Digital Age
LIMITED
Stuart Room
Andy Hunter
3E: Writers of Color Roundtable
LIMITED
Terrace Room
Regina 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
FILLING
Tremont Room
Michael Blanding • Ethan Gilsdorf
3G: A Marketplace Primer for the Aspiring Writer of Literary Fiction
FULL
White Hill Room
Peter Blackstock • Soumeya Roberts
3H: Notes on the Dramatic Image
FILLING
Whittier Room
Charles Baxter
4:15pm EDT
4A: Writing Across Time
FILLING
Back Bay Room
Kaitlyn Greenidge
4B: Anonymous: Writing Without Identity
LIMITED
Cabot Room
Stacey D'Erasmo
4C: Essentials of Freelancing
LIMITED
Constitution Room
Calvin Hennick
4D: The Lyric Essay
LIMITED
Franklin Room
Kim Adrian
4E: Essentials Of: Cultivating a Persona in Essays and Memoirs
LIMITED
Newbury Room
Jason Tucker
4F: The Author as Publicist: Strategies from the Real World of Book Publicity
FULL
St. James Room
Patricia Park
4G: Spend Money To Make Money: How to Budget for Indie Publishing
LIMITED
Stuart Room
April Eberhardt
4H: Blurred Boundaries: Blending Fiction & Non-Fiction
FILLING
Tremont Room
Tasneem Zehra Husain
4J: Contracts 101
LIMITED
White Hill Room
Michael Gross
4K: Essentials of Specificity
FULL
Whittier Room
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
5:30pm EDT
Shop Talk Happy Hour ***SOLD OUT!***
Emerald Lounge
Happy Hour with the Authors
LIMITED
Statler Room
Saturday
, April 30
7:30am EDT
Registration & Hot Breakfast
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
9:00am EDT
5A: Media Training: How to Put Your Best Foot Forward
LIMITED
Back Bay Room
Lynne Reeves Griffin • Katrin Schumann
5B: Writing on the Hyphen: Capturing the Authentic and Avoiding the Stereotype
LIMITED
Beacon Hill Room
Marjan Kamali • Henriette Lazaridis • Jennie Wood
5C: How to Bust Through Blocks and Boost Creativity
LIMITED
Cabot Room
Sara DiVello
5D: Writers of a Certain Age: A Survivor's Guide To Starting 'Late'
FILLING
Cambridge Room
Robin Black
5E: Co-Operative-Style Self-Publishing & Marketing For Independent Authors
LIMITED
Charles River Room
Jane Karker
5F: How To Use Social Media for Self Promotion And Not Be Annoying
LIMITED
Franklin Room
Crystal King
5G: Reconstructing Childhood in Memoir
LIMITED
Newbury Room
Garrard Conley
5H: Fiction's Inner Landscape
FILLING
Stuart Room
Tim Weed
5J: All-Conference Read in Fiction: There's Something I Want You To Do by Charles Baxter
FILLING
Terrace Room
Charles Baxter • Christopher Lydon
5K: Sell Your Story in a Single Sentence
FILLING
Tremont Room
Lane Shefter Bishop
5L: Ready for Representation?
FILLING
White Hill Room
Rebecca Heyman • Carrie Howland
10:45am EDT
6A: Writing the Group: How to Tackle Multiple POV's in Fiction
FILLING
Back Bay Room
Angela Flournoy
6B: Non-Fiction Idea Clinic
LIMITED
Beacon Hill Room
Ethan Gilsdorf • Daniel Loedel • Leah Miller • Ayesha Pande • Jessica Papin
6C: Taming the Unruly First Draft
LIMITED
Cabot Room
Lisa Borders
6D: Is Your Agent Right For You?
FILLING
Cambridge Room
Gail Hochman
6E: What Sex Can Do
LIMITED
Charles River Room
Garth Greenwell
6F: Ask Amazon
LIMITED
Franklin Room
Neal Thompson
6G: The Three Layers of Character
FILLING
Newbury Room
Kristopher Jansma
6H: How to Build a Successful Social Media Strategy
LIMITED
Stuart Room
Fauzia Burke
6J: Where I'm Calling From--Narrative Voice in Memoir
LIMITED
Tremont Room
Howard Axelrod
6K: Those Scaffolds Aren't for the Hanging: Using Dramatic Structure in Fiction
FILLING
White Hill Room
Sunil Yapa
6L: Transforming Real Life Stories into Fiction
FILLING
Whittier Room
Michelle Hoover • Dawn Tripp
6M: Keep the Narrative Going: Effective Methods to Provide Context in Fiction [SECTION II]
LIMITED
Winthrop Room
Dariel Suarez
12:00pm EDT
Lunch Break
LIMITED
On Your Own
1:15pm EDT
7A: Novel Plot and Structure: In Search of the Inciting Incident
FILLING
Back Bay Room
Matthew Salesses
7B: Star Literary Idol
FILLING
Beacon Hill Room
Stephen McCauley • Mameve Medwed • Anita Shreve • Sebastian Stuart
7C: Lessons from the Memoir Incubator
LIMITED
Cambridge Room
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
7D: Seven Key Questions You Need to Answer to Successfully Publish Your Nonfiction Book
LIMITED
Charles River Room
Katrin Schumann
7E: Living History: Waking the Dead
LIMITED
Franklin Room
Alexander Chee
7F: Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause, Play: Negotiating Time in Fiction
FILLING
Newbury Room
Maya Lang
7G: Finding Your Form: Exploring Storytelling through Fiction and Memoir
LIMITED
St. James Room
Molly Antopol
7H: Mapping Your Story: Place, Movement, and Territory
LIMITED
Tremont Room
Lynne Barrett
7J: Query Lab
FULL
White Hill Room
Sorche Fairbank • Rachel Letofsky
7K: How To Be Your Own Best Editor
FILLING
Whittier Room
Ann Hood
2:45pm EDT
8A: A Map in the Wilderness: Unsticking Your Plot Using Cinematic Structure
FULL
Back Bay Room
Ray Daniel
8B: You're the Boss! Taking Control of your Book's Promotion Plan
FILLING
Beacon Hill Room
Anjali Mitter Duva
8C: Essentials of the Sentence
FILLING
Cambridge Room
Alysia Abbott
8D: Politics and Prose
LIMITED
Charles River Room
Marjan Kamali
8E: Eavesdrop Like You Mean It
LIMITED
Franklin Room
William Belcher
8F: The Right To Write: Who Owns the Story?
LIMITED
Newbury Room
Roxana Robinson
8G: 'But That Really Happened': Avoid the Pitfalls of Fictionalizing Your Life
LIMITED
St. James Room
Dawn Dorland
8H: Essentials of Place
LIMITED
Tremont Room
Dariel Suarez
8J: Making Things Happen
FILLING
White Hill Room
Mira Jacob
8K: How NOT to Sabotage Your Chances With an Agent
FILLING
Whittier Room
Rebecca Heyman
4:00pm EDT
Keynote Tea with Colum McCann
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
Colum McCann
5:30pm EDT
Lit Lounge
LIMITED
Statler Room
6:30pm EDT
Dinner Break
LIMITED
On Your Own
8:00pm EDT
Grub Gone...Drag ***SOLD OUT!***
LIMITED
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
Martha Graham Cracker • Kaitlyn Greenidge • Colum McCann
Sunday
, May 1
8:30am EDT
Breakfast
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
10:00am EDT
9A: Why Literary Magazines Matter and How to Get Published in Them
FILLING
Back Bay Room
Jenn Scheck-Kahn
9B: After Acquisition: The Long Term Author/Publisher Relationship
LIMITED
Beacon Hill Room
Fiona McCrae
9C: Breaking into Ghostwriting
LIMITED
Cabot Room
Sarah Tomlinson
9D: Essentials of Style
LIMITED
Cambridge Room
Matthew Salesses
9E: Taking Yourself Seriously, Whatever Life You Have Lived
LIMITED
Charles River Room
Robin Black
9F: Setting as Character
LIMITED
Franklin Room
Val Wang
9G: The Pros and Cons of Writing and Publishing Without an Agent
LIMITED
Newbury Room
Lissa Warren • Linda Wertheimer
9H: The Truthful Lie: Writing Historical Fiction
LIMITED
St. James Room
LaShonda Barnett
9J: Showing & Telling: Putting Description to Work
LIMITED
Tremont Room
Garth Greenwell
9K: Literary Idol: Fiction
FILLING
White Hill Room
Noah Ballard • Sorche Fairbank • Erin Harris • Steve Macone
9L: Secrets and Lies
FILLING
Whittier Room
Lynne Barrett
9M: What’s Your Book “About”? [SECTION II]
LIMITED
Winthrop Room
Tim Weed
11:30am EDT
10A: Pathways to Publication: How to Choose the Right Route for You
FILLING
Back Bay Room
April Eberhardt
10B: How To Perfect Your Pitch
LIMITED
Beacon Hill Room
Cherise Fisher
10C: Who Am I As a Writer?
LIMITED
Cabot Room
Sarah Tomlinson
10D: Hermit Crabs: Using Form to Inspire Narrative Prose
LIMITED
Cambridge Room
Kristiana Kahakauwila
10E: The Hazards of Writing Outside the Borders
LIMITED
Charles River Room
Jacqueline Sheehan
10F: Do What You Want: Submitting Work on Your Terms
LIMITED
Franklin Room
Steve Macone
10G: Feedback Is a Conversation
LIMITED
Newbury Room
Louise Miller • Kate Racculia
10H: Be Brave: The Character of YA Literature
LIMITED
Tremont Room
Ayanna Coleman
10J: How to Finish: Project Management Techniques for Writers
FILLING
White Hill Room
Kelly J. Ford
10K: How To Write a Kick-Ass Essay
FULL
Whittier Room
Ann Hood
1:00pm EDT
Capstone Event: Discover Me!
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
Porter Anderson • Fauzia Burke • Rick Burnes • Fiona Hallowell • Carole Horne • Crystal King • Alex Marzano-Lesnevich • Leah Miller • Manning Wolfe
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