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Muse & the Marketplace 2019

10:15am EDT

1D: Researching and Choosing Agents to QueryFULL Tremont Room - 4th FloorLouise Miller 1H: First Impressions: How to Hook an Agent or Editor with Your Opening Pages Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmaryah Orenstein 1I: A Collection, a Book, a Conundrum: How to Make Your Short Story Collection Cohere Charles River Room - 4th FloorSteve Woodward 1J: It's All in the DetailsFULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorMarjan Kamali 1K: Telling a Story with Your Nonfiction Book Proposal White Hill Room - 4th FloorTanya McKinnon • Michelle Seaton

11:45am EDT

2E: Nonfiction Idea Clinic Cabot Room - 4th FloorEthan Gilsdorf • Lucy Cleland • Tanya McKinnon • Jessica Papin 2F: You've Been Acquired. Now What?FULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorLatoya Smith 2H: The Changing Face of Publishing: What All Authors Need to KnowFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorApril Eberhardt

2:15pm EDT

3D: Working With Book Publicists Cambridge Room - 4th FloorTaryn Roeder • Rachel Salzman 3F: Queery-ing: How to Snag an Agent as a Queer Author St. James Room - 4th FloorMilo Todd 3J: A Nice Problem to Have: A Guide to Publishers and How to Compare ThemFULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorJonah Straus

3:45pm EDT

4F: Don't Get Stuck in the Slush: 10 (MORE) Pitfalls to Avoid When Submitting to Literary MagazinesFULL St. James Room - 4th FloorNate Brown 4J: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters White Hill Room - 4th FloorSorche Fairbank • Ayesha Pande

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 5C: Literary Idol: Nonfiction Focus Newbury Room - 4th FloorAshley Lopez • Steve Macone • Rakesh Satyal • Janet Silver • Mitchell Waters 5D: Demystifying Publishing DealsFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorMarisa Corvisiero

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 6F: The Big Q’s: What to Ask Prospective Agents Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmy Bishop 6I: What Booksellers Want Authors to KnowFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorLeah DeCesare • Allison Hoch 6K: Agents & Editors of Color RoundtableFULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorJennifer Baker • Anuradha Bhagwati • Cherise Fisher • Emi Ikkanda • Rakesh Satyal • DongWon Song

3:00pm EDT

7B: Anatomy of a Query LetterFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorAnnie Hwang 7M: The Perfect PitchFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorMarie Myung-Ok Lee

4:30pm EDT

8A: Writing In the #MeToo Era Cabot Room - 4th FloorKrystal Sital 8E: Hybrid Publishing: How it Works and What it's Like Franklin Room - 4th FloorJeanne Blasberg 8G: Publishing Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Children's Books: Ask a Rockstar Editor White Hill Room - 4th FloorRachel Barenbaum • Beverly Horowitz

10:00am EDT

9F: Launching Your Novel: The First Year Tremont Room - 4th FloorBlair Hurley 9J: Getting Media Attention for Your Book Cambridge Room - 4th FloorLynne Griffin • Katrin Schumann

11:30am EDT

10C: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus White Hill Room - 4th FloorSorche Fairbank • Serene Hakim • Steve Macone • Kiana Nguyen • Steve Woodward 10G: Improve Your Freelance Game Cabot Room - 4th FloorWillona Sloan 10J: Sizing Up Your Publishing Prospects: What do Literary Magazines *Really* Want? Franklin Room - 4th FloorJenn Scheck-Kahn 10K: How to Sell a Memoir If You Aren’t a Celebrity or a Politician Whittier Room - 4th FloorCatherine Guthrie