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Katie Willis

Grub St.
Instructor
Medford, Massachusetts
Classes, Consulting... also my day job of Buddhist Hospice Chaplaincy,if you like :) Or, my book, The Blue Poppy and The Mustard Seed; A Memoir of Loss and Hope, published by Wisdom Publications.
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/blue-poppy-and-mustard-seed
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

1A: Fund Your Writing Passion Stuart Room - 4th FloorVanessa Hua

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

3B: 10 Takeaways for Authors Writing Historical Fiction Stuart Room - 4th FloorCrystal King

3:45pm EDT

4B: Going Global: Engaging with the World's Literatures Gloucester Room - 4th FloorStacy Mattingly • Dariel Suarez

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

5A: Social Media Hack: Using Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to Authentically Engage (and Not Annoy) ReadersFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorJenna Blum • Sara DiVello

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

1:00pm EDT

6C: You Need A Website! A Practical Guide to the What, Why, and How of Building Your First Author WebsiteFULL Franklin Room - 4th FloorLi Yun Alvarado

2:30pm EDT

Break TBA

3:00pm EDT

7N: Blurred Boundaries: Blending Fiction & Non-FictionFULL Gloucester Room - 4th FloorTasneem Zehra Husain

4:30pm EDT

8K: Not so dear Jenny: Collaborating with Existing TextsFULL Gloucester Room - 4th FloorJennifer Tseng

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

9G: A Trip to the Playground: How to Make Writing Fun AgainFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorAnnie Hartnett

11:30am EDT

10A: The Textures and Music of Language: Learning from Poets Tremont Room - 4th FloorBen Berman

1:00pm EDT

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