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Muse & the Marketplace 2019

Anne McMillan

Author and Opera Singer
Madrid, Spain

https://annemcmillan.sitehappy.com

Born in Minnesota, Anne McMillan is a writer, opera singer, mountain hiker, nature lover and proud Olympic mom living in Spain. In 2018 she won the Fulton Prize in The Adirondack Review for her story, “Prisoners.” Her work has been published in Eastern Iowa Review, Litro, and the Madrid Writers’ Club Anthology. In 2017, her story in Sixfold ranked second in a writer-voted contest. She has completed her first novel, The Heart of the Aria, and is currently working on a second one.

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: Luis Alberto Urrea TBALuís Alberto Urrea • Sonya Larson

10:15am EDT

1E: Interiority in Fiction Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorTim Weed

11:45am EDT

2A: Talking to Others and to Yourself: Using Dialogue and InteriorityFULL Tremont Room - 4th FloorSumita Mukherji

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3C: The Trouble with BackstoryFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorKatherine Sherbrooke

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4D: The Oversight Draft: From Manuscript to Publishable Draft Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmina Gautier

5:00pm EDT

Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour TBA

6:45pm EDT

Spitballing...Returns! Berkeley/Clarendon - Mezzanine LevelMichelle Seaton • Sari Boren • Sean Van Deuren • Celeste Ng • Whitney Scharer • Ron MacLean

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Mid-Muse Keynote: Stacey D'Erasmo on Writing in a Time of Upheaval TBAStacey D'Erasmo

10:30am EDT

5J: Dare to Break the Ultimate Writing Rule: Why "Show Don't Tell" Is a CrockFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorSteve Almond

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

1:00pm EDT

6F: The Big Q’s: What to Ask Prospective Agents Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmy Bishop

2:30pm EDT

Break TBA

3:00pm EDT

7F: It’s HOW You Say It: Exploring Voice in FictionFULL Cambridge Room - 4th FloorMira T. Lee • Val Wang

4:30pm EDT

8A: Writing In the #MeToo Era Cabot Room - 4th FloorKrystal Sital

5:30pm EDT

Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour TBA

8:30pm EDT

All-Conference Party Democracy Brewing

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9L: Do Not Think: On Creating and Sustaining the Narrative "Dream" Whittier Room - 4th FloorAndre Dubus III

11:30am EDT

10C: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus White Hill Room - 4th FloorSorche Fairbank • Serene Hakim • Steve Macone • Kiana Nguyen • Steve Woodward

1:00pm EDT

Marketplace Keynote: “Writing While Working” TBARani Neutill • Mira Jacob • Daniel José Older • Rebecca Makkai • Maurice Carlos Ruffin