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Gauri Desai-Ackerman

Greater Boston Area
I am a new writer working on my first novel which is a fantasy set in a world reminiscent of Indo-Arabia. I am hoping to increase my writing skills, meet other writers and learn more about the world of publishing.
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

1F: Revealing ExpositionFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorJon Pineda

11:45am EDT

2F: You've Been Acquired. Now What?FULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorLatoya Smith 

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

4J: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters White Hill Room - 4th FloorSorche Fairbank • Ayesha Pande
 
Saturday, April 6
 

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

6L: Image Systems Cambridge Room - 4th FloorTim Weed

3:00pm EDT

7K: Thrusting Swords and Quivering Orchids: How Not to Write Sex Scenes Newbury Room - 4th FloorChip Cheek • Whitney Scharer

4:30pm EDT

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

5:30pm EDT

Writers, Agents, and Editors of Color Meet-Up TBA
 
Sunday, April 7
 

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9K: History Walks With Us: Mythology, Memory, & Fantasy in the World and in Fiction Newbury Room - 4th FloorDaniel José Older

11:30am EDT

10E: Magic Carpet: Creating a Sense of Place in Fiction Stuart Room - 4th FloorMitali Perkins

1:00pm EDT

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