The Muse & The Marketplace 2024

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The Muse & The Marketplace 2024

The Muse and the Marketplace begins this Friday, May 10! Attendee schedules are now frozen for printing; if you did not sign up for sessions in advance or wish to make a change, never fear: you’ll be able to join sessions on the fly as well by checking in with the Session Manager at the door. For completely full sessions, the Session Manager will use their discretion on whether additional seating and/or standing room will be available per fire code. We cannot wait to host you at the Boston Park Plaza for an incredible weekend ahead!

10:30am EDT

Finding Your Memoir: Tips and Strategies to Get Started Charles RiverJudah Leblang Researching the Personal Narrative CambridgeShalene Gupta • Michelle Bowdler What No One Talks About in Publishing… But Everyone Should Know WhittierAnjali Mitter Duva • Henriette Lazaridis Bring Order to Creative Chaos: Project Management for Writers FranklinKerry Savage Where the Speculative and the Literary Meet: Re-defining Genre StuartAllison Pottern Hoch

11:45am EDT

Polish and Shine: How to Prepare for the Author Interview FranklinRachel Barenbaum Universal Paradox: How to Write a Florida Story That Would Get Banned in Florida (or How to Write a Story That Debunks Stereotypes and Is Universal.) CabotChristopher Louis Romaguera

2:00pm EDT

Elements of Autofiction: Memory, Time, Place, and Process WinthropStacy Mattingly Get Published Anywhere: How to (Successfully) Pitch Essays and Start Building a Larger Platform Beacon HillFrankie de la Cretaz Writing Queer and Trans Joy CabotSG Huerta

3:30pm EDT

Media Training for the Post-Pandemic World: Be your best when promoting your work in both virtual & in-person events TremontLynne Reeves Griffin • Katrin Schumann How Your Characters’ Fantasy Lives Can Supercharge Your Stories CabotErin Almond On the Agent-Writer Relationship Beacon HillVictor Yang • Noah Grey Rosenzweig

10:30am EDT

Exploring Writing with Conscience WinthropKavita Das The Art of Beginning Again Beacon HillLaura van den Berg Literary Agents 101 White HillMaggie Cooper Tarot Reading for Writers StuartJenna Blum • Erin Almond

11:45am EDT

Your Personal Stories Matter: How Our Voices Can Harness Socio-Cultural Change TremontLeslie-Ann Murray Legacy Letters: How to They Can Be a Springboard for Your Nonfiction Projects FranklinLisa Braxton Mini Zines As a Mirror: Create an 8-Page Zine to Reflect on Who You Are Today CabotMalaka Gharib It Takes a Village: The Editor-Author Collaboration Beacon HillMargarita Barresi • Asata Radcliffe

2:00pm EDT

Writing Place: Working with Where You’re From Beacon HillLena Valencia What Do You Mean by That?: Receiving feedback and becoming an editor StuartIsabella Kestermann The Prose Chapbook: A New, Fun, and Accessible Form for Emerging Writers CambridgeMaria Picone Bleeding on the Page: Writing Through and About the Stigmatized Charles RiverShalene Gupta

4:15pm EDT

Point of View: Tips on Breaking into Commentary Writing FranklinLinda Wertheimer Roadmap to Revision: Make Your Memoir Agent-Ready CambridgeKatie Bannon The Textures and Music of Language: Learning from Poets StuartBen Berman Writing About Addiction CabotHanna Halperin Pulling Back the Curtain: A First Year Editor-in-Chief Reveals How Lit Mags Work TremontLorena Hernández Leonard A Trip to the Playground: Making Writing Fun Again! Charles RiverAnnie Hartnett The Emergence of AI: An Interrogation for Creative Writers WinthropCamille Cabrera • Bhamati Viswanathan

11:00am EDT

Exploring the Boundary of Believability in Fiction and Nonfiction StuartIsabella Kestermann • Kelsey Costa The Querying Writer's Playbook: Positioning Yourself for Publication WhittierJulie Carrick Dalton • Nancy Johnson

12:15pm EDT

Publish Your Work in Literary Magazines: Tips, Strategies, and Tools to Make Your Writing Habit a Submitting Success WhittierMaria Picone