SML Book Signing (General Store-Hardy)

Smith Mountain Lake is rich in so many ways. The 500 miles of shoreline so abundant with God's simple gifts. Ospreys and striped bass, lush rolling hills that look like watercolor paintings . It's wealth can also be measured by the growing number of people it inspires. The craftspeople, musicians, artists and writers. On Saturday March 12 six local authors converged at the General Store (an old-fashioned country store) to meet with neighbors and discuss their latest books. Most are working or retired educators who call the lake home. Many belong to the Lake Writers group that meets every second and fourth Friday of the month at the Moneta Public Library. All were either inspired or include the Smith Mountain area in their works.
Two newcomers joined the group: Shirlee McCoy drove in from Maryland with her first book , a inspirational suspense novel titled "Still Waters" and Franklin County schoolteacher Sharon Bailey made the short jump across the lake with another suspense book called "If I Should Die."
James Morrison, past president of the Virginia Writer's Club, was on hand with local best -selling history book "Bedford Goes To War" and Jeffrey A. Bradshaw brought along his second book, a young adult mystery titled "Lake Letters. Also joining the group was Sally Roseveare, an up and coming novelist with a lot of promise who chatted with new fans about her labor of love, a first novel "Secrets At Spawning Run .
The group was rounded out by Becky Mushko (aka Ida B. Peevish) a popular local writer and part-time college instructor who had several books to plug. A collection of short stories "The Girl Who Race Miles and other stories" and "Peevish Advise," based on her bi-weekly advise column for the Smith Mountain Eagle newspaper .
If in the area the mentioned books and others can be found at assorted gift shops are go online and check Amazon or the author's website or publisher for availability. E-mail me if any problems.

(check out story in Smith Mountain Eagle March 16 edition or go online to www.smithmountaineagle.com.)