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Margo Steines

@margosteines

writer + creative coach BRUTALITIES: a love story @w.w.norton essays @nytimes @brevitylitmag @thesunmagazine @offassignment @slate @airmail @romper @guardian_us @lareviewofbooks BAE notable alum @uarizonamfa everything: https://linktr.ee/margosteines

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Want to write more in the new year? Here are my upcoming offerings for 2026 πŸ–€

Details & enroll now at my website:

margosteines.com

08.12.2025 23:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#writers #writing #nonfiction #blackfriday #sale

28.11.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happening now! For today only - you can get my WYS course at a steep discount! No code needed - just add the course to your cart on my website and hit purchase <3

www.margosteines.com/write-your-s...

28.11.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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THIS FRIDAY (11/28) - you can get the core or coached versions of my Write Your Story course at a discount!

No code needed - simply add the course to your cart on my website and hit purchase anytime on 11/28 to apply the discount <3

MargoSteines.com/Write-Your-Story

25.11.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hi writers!

I’m doing a version of Black Friday (except sustainable, and without exploiting any workers) this year!

No discount code needed! Just add the WYS course to your cart at margosteines.com and select purchase on Friday, November 28th :)

21.11.2025 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

for any β€œpoetry curious” writers who want to incorporate more poetry into their writing (βœ‹πŸ») ⬇️

my friend, Logan Phillips (aka dirtyverbs) and I are doing a Q&A over on IG live Monday (10/6) at 4pm pacific to chat about our upcoming seminar, Poetry For Every Writer.

We’d love to see you there <3

04.10.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Per Leslie Jamison, reading @margosteines.bsky.social's writing is "journeying to the center of the earth, except the earth is a human body." Learn from Margo, @christinajcooke.bsky.social @porochista.bsky.social @sarahmanguso.bsky.social & Krys Malcom Belc in "Writing the Body." buff.ly/JOxfnwQ

23.07.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#essaywriting #writers #writing #creativewriting #essay #cnf #nonfiction #memoir #writingclasses

25.07.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is still time to join me for one of my Essay Master Classes this summer!

www.margosteines.com/classes

25.07.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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For any writers looking to deepen their approach to the essay πŸ“ ~

I still have space for you in my next batch of Essay Master Class I & II this summer β˜€οΈ

www.margosteines.com/classes

17.07.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Write in community this summer with me <3

margosteines.com/classes

#writing #writers #writingcommunity #authors #cnf #books #community #creatives #creativewriting #essay

27.06.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally like JFK is the only other politician who’s religion I even know

25.06.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am so pumped to work with the incredible cohort I am building. I'm reading applications through July--this is your moment <3 xoM

17.06.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

come write about that which is everything <3

17.06.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

does anyone else have the categories of "thoughts i can have on a couch" and "thoughts i need to sit in a hard chair for" or is this yet another disorder i thought was a personality quirk

17.06.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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***New 12-Month Book-Generative Course Offering:
The Group Incubator
Beginning August 11th!***

Calling all writers who have a book idea, but need some warm support (and accountability) to make it happenβ€”

www.margosteines.com/classes/p/we...

Contact: margosteines@gmail.com

12.06.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hi writers! I’ve got one seat left in June’s essay master class, where we will spend a month vibing together, nerding out on the essay, and supporting you in the incubation of a new work of nonfiction. Find details and enrollment at margosteines.com/classes xo, M

22.05.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Postpartum Rage Completely Blindsided Me Who was this feral, adult-shaped raccoon screaming into a pillow in the carport?

www.romper.com/life/normali...

13.05.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

years ago, after one too many people described sex workers to me as a β€œvulnerable population,” I tried to never refer to anyone in my work as β€œvulnerable” if I could instead say who and what had *made them* vulnerable

12.05.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everyone Shakes Their Heads at What I’ve Done With My Child. Get Over It. I have a lot of thoughts about the "ick" reaction this brings on.

For @slate.com , I wrote about something literally and figuratively near my heart. slate.com/life/2025/04... (I didn't write the title)

29.04.2025 05:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@bmure.bsky.social book 17/83 is this heavily bookmarked copy of @margosteines.bsky.social's memoir Brutalities. It features throughout Disordered Readers Anonymous zine, first appearing chap 1 - which you can get to your inbox here exzineeditor.beehiiv.com/subscribe πŸ’™πŸ“š #zines #booksky #books

15.04.2025 05:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Gonna bring this image in next time I try to explain how I want my bangs cut

09.04.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How To Make Time For Sex, Even When Your House Is Full Of Tiny People At first, I didn't know how to be a sexual person and a parent. Which was fair, because nothing in life prepared me for that.

www.romper.com/life/sex-aft...

19.03.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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OA fave @margosteines.bsky.social is bringing back her popular Writing the Body course w 4 new guests @sarahmanguso.bsky.social , Krys Malcolm Belc, @porochista.bsky.social , & @christinajcooke.bsky.social to help deepen your engagement w body writing of all forms. Sign up: buff.ly/x7277kr

13.03.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Got a draft, but need the courage and discipline to sit down and REVISE?

Join @margosteines.bsky.social for a Nonfiction Re-Vision intensive: one week of classes and 1:1 meetings focused on revising a piece of your writing and getting it ready for publication: buff.ly/4gYZQU2.

28.02.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

just wrote the phrase "traditional reality" so i think that's enough copywriting for today

21.02.2025 03:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ok someone on goodreads called me a pick me and i am SO offended at the ACCURACY

18.02.2025 01:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Run lol

14.02.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

same i am so not into the strings that i forgot it exists

14.02.2025 03:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

im here, im here, i cannot with the bad place

13.02.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0