@mlensheffer
Author of THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES (Nov 2024, Iowa Short Fiction Award from U of Iowa Press) writer and teacher in New Orleans stories in Asimov's, Lit Hub, The Dread Machine, The Pinch and others
I was interviewed for @antigravitymag.bsky.social ‘s March issue and got to talk about the literary nonprofit I’m the board president of, @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social !
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Next event:
Monday at 6 to 8 PM! We'll be at Miel Brewery, getting some words on the page! Hope to see you there!
Intimacy can be hard to write about.
Whether you feel it's awkward, stilted, or unrealistic, get past the difficulties with this workshop led by Alys Murray tonight at Courtyard Brewery!
Our March calendar is here!
Come write with us this friday 2/27 @ 11 AM at Sports Drink!
Writing is a lonely art. Make it less lonely by finding your feedback group at Courtyard Brewery on February 23! Make friends, share your work, and connect with peers all in one place! 📖🎉
Our February calendar!
Our next event:
Get Lit!
Come on down to Miel Brewery and hang out with us 02/09 and get some writing done! We'll be there from 6 to 8 PM!
the end result of AI image, video, and audio generation is that society will no longer be able to rely on images or video or audio to represent reality. Children born today will never be able to assume that just because they have seen something on a screen that it is likely to be true.
January is coming to a close, which means one more event! Daytime Get Lit is this Friday! Bundle up and come on over ☕️
Time to exercise those writing hands! Join us at Twelve Mile Limit for our FIVE HOUR writing marathon. Time to get those words on a page ✍️📚
January 2026 1/5 Page to Stage: Romance Workshop @ 6 to 8 PM (Big Couch) 01/10 5 hour writing marathon @ 12 PM to 5 PM (12 mile limit) 1/20 Get Lit Writing Series @ 6 to 8 PM (Miel Brewery) 1/30 - Daytime Get Lit @ 11 AM to 1 PM (Sports Drink Cafe)
Our January calendar!
This is tonight! Hope to see you there New Orleans for chatting, books, cider - @bookbanterbooks.bsky.social
Happened to read two books recently with monstrous birds who are mentors and protectors of two young brothers, GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS and NORTH SUN.
Though I'm not done with NORTH SUN yet so unsure how that will turn out...
which i started at 5 am
Readercon is doing a final call for program item proposals for the forthcoming Readercon 35. Use our handy form to suggest panel ideas or people you think should be at Readercon: readercon.org/contribute
Thank you, it's your suggestions that make Readercon wonderful.
life with a 3 month old: it's almost bedtime and I'm scuttling away to try to finish my "morning" pages
New Orleans, Jan 2nd, with @bookbanterbooks.bsky.social ! Any excuse for cider and books, I'm there.
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New Orleans, Jan 2nd, with @bookbanterbooks.bsky.social ! Any excuse for cider and books, I'm there.
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wow thank you!!! @writersbone.com - loved our conversation!
REMINDER:
I'll be discussing speculative fiction and magical realism with @mlensheffer.bsky.social @literarydesiree.bsky.social & @bryancamp.bsky.social on Friday @ 2 PM for the NOLA Words and Music festival!!
Event description:
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This sunday from 5 PM to 7 PM, we'll be hosting a Q & A with prolific horror writer, Philip Fracassi!
We'll be talking all about the craft of writing horror, and Philip will read from his latest novel, the Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre!
Event poster (info in post) and the cover of The Man in the Banana Trees
This Nov you can find me at the Louisiana Book Fest (11/1 in Baton Rouge, @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social annual gala, @bookbanterbooks.bsky.social and Words & Music Fest!
Details and links at www.margueritesheffer.com/events
Join us at Sports Drink Cafe for the Daytime Get Lit!
We'll be there from 11 AM to 1 PM on Friday!
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
I think this is right on
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This Thursday we will be hosting "A Producer's Guide To Writing A Novel" from 6-8PM at Courtyard Brewery!
This workshop is perfect for writers who do not have a formal literature background or who are thinking about starting their 1st novel or memoir.
Hope to see you there!
In honor of spooky month, come enjoy the spooky writing workshop! This is the first of the final cycle of Page to Stage events for the year, so don't miss it!
Y’all come through next month at the NOLA Words and Music Festival, and watch me, Bryan Camp, Desiree S. Evans, and Marguerite Sheffer discuss magical realism and speculative fiction!
The panel will take place on 11/21/25 @ 2 PM!
We hope to see you there :)
