LAKEPORT — Former Lake County Poet Laureate Mary McMillan, with the support of the Lake County Arts Council, has again been awarded a grant to fund her work as leader of the Writers Circle, a free public writing workshop held at 6:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the Main Street Gallery.
The grant supporting the Writers Circle comes from Poets and Writers, Inc., through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
According to McMillan, many emerging writers, as well as more seasoned authors, depend on the Writers Circle to help them build their skills and connect with other writers. “Some people come only a few times and others show up every month,” McMillan said. “Many participants have been sharing parts of books and other long works they”ve been writing; others share short stories, memoirs, essays or poems.”
McMillan added, the writers are between 16 and 80 years old and come from all over Lake County.
