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Alan Sherr

I'm writing a novel. It's my first attempt at non-fiction -- I published a book and some articles on nuclear arms control a long time ago. I'm a retired lawyer/engineer (intellectual property; genomics; artificial intelligence). Now I'm an aspiring writer.
Friday, April 5
 

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

1C: Writing Suspense Franklin Room - 4th FloorMichael Blanding

11:45am EDT

2C: The Big Reveal, or Not: Sustaining Uncertainty in Fiction Cambridge Room - 4th FloorIdra Novey

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3H: Writing the Action Set-Piece White Hill Room - 4th FloorBenjamin Percy

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4E: Establishing AuthorityFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorRob Spillman

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
 
Saturday, April 6
 

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

5K: The Sentence: A Love StoryFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorRob Cohen

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

1:00pm EDT

6D: All In: Raising the Stakes – and Making them Matter – in Fiction Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorRon MacLean

2:30pm EDT

Break TBA

3:00pm EDT

7A: I Want You To Want Me: Using Desire to Create Complex CharactersFULL Stuart Room - 4th FloorHeather Abel

4:30pm EDT

8B: Super-Powered Storytelling Tremont Room - 4th FloorBenjamin Percy

5:30pm EDT

Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour TBA

8:30pm EDT

All-Conference Party Democracy Brewing
 
Sunday, April 7
 

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9B: Crossing Paths: The Map of Opportunity in Story Stuart Room - 4th FloorLynne Barrett

11:30am EDT

10H: Scene CPR Cambridge Room - 4th FloorLisa Borders

1:00pm EDT

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