Lake Writers

The Lake Writers is a group of writers from around the Smith Mountain Lake area. The group includes writers of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry. Some are published writers, and some are aspiring to getting their work published.

For more info contact: lake-writers@smac-arts.com

The Lake Writers meet monthly on the second and fourth Fridays from 10 am to noon. The first meeting is at the Moneta/SML Library near Downtown Moneta; the second meeting is at Trinity Ecumenical Parish off Route 122.

Upcoming Events

Create Your Own Audiobook Webinar

Join Anne Loiselle, author of Sleuth of Bears and Slaughter of Iguanas, and former member of Lake Writers, for this free webinar on creating an audiobook. Anne will share the simple, inexpensive techniques she used to create audiobooks for her own novels.

WHEN?

Wednesday, November 11^th – 3:00-4:00pm

HOW TO SIGN UP?

Email Sharon Davidson, sharondavidson999@gmail.com, to register. I will send you the link a few days prior to the webinar.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED?

Anne’s complete “studio” setup, including the equipment and software she used (at a cost of less than $200)
A simple overview of how to ensure your recordings meet the technical requirements for Amazon’s ACX platform (that’s Audible), which are the standard for most every other platform
A quick look at what you need to do to package and upload your audiobook to ACX and other distribution services
Some things to consider when deciding whether to distribute exclusively through Amazon/ACX or make your audiobook available more broadly

It Started with a Shot
A New Anthology from Lake Writers

It Started with a Shot is now available on Amazon. All proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Smith Mountain Arts Council, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that connects the arts and community around Smith Mountain Lake.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1J7H2RR

It started with a shot. What images do these five little words evoke? A toast? A bullet? A photograph? A vaccine? What story would you write if this was your writing prompt?

This was the challenge that Lake Writers (the literary branch of the Smith Mountain Arts Council) embarked on last year. The result is their fifth anthology, It Started with a Shot, a collection of wildly different creative pieces all beginning with the same five words. The anthology features a diverse mix of stories and essays—funny, mysterious, thoughtful, and provocative—proving that one shot of inspiration can lead us anywhere.