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Bronwyn Scott-McCharen

Cold War history enthusiast. Aspiring novelist. I speak Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese and I love to travel.
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

1H: First Impressions: How to Hook an Agent or Editor with Your Opening Pages Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmaryah Orenstein

11:45am EDT

2J: Inventing the Real: Writing Fiction about Real People Franklin Room - 4th FloorChristopher Castellani

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3L: Plot Engine Tricks Tremont Room - 4th FloorAnnie Hartnett

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

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

5:30pm EDT

The Aevitas Shop Talk Happy 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

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

6B: Lessons from the Novel IncubatorFULL Gloucester Room - 4th FloorMichelle Hoover

2:30pm EDT

Break TBA

3:00pm EDT

7B: Anatomy of a Query LetterFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorAnnie Hwang

4:30pm EDT

8L: Irresistable CharactersFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorSteve Almond

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

9E: Perfecting Voice in Historical Fiction Franklin Room - 4th FloorVirginia Pye

11:30am EDT

10J: Sizing Up Your Publishing Prospects: What do Literary Magazines *Really* Want? Franklin Room - 4th FloorJenn Scheck-Kahn

1:00pm EDT

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