January 25, 2025: Organizing Your Author Business Workshop 10AM-1:00PM - Four speakers on scheduling projects for the year and time management, sales tax and financial tracking, sales booth 101 and presenting your work at festivals, booth bling and the dreaded newsletter sign-up.​

February 22:  New York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author Lynn Cahoon on What it Takes to Write a Series. As the author of seven mystery series, Lynn Cahoon's expertise on the subject of writing series is enlightening, entertaining, and a must-attend. 
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March 1:  Rose Glen Literary Festival Appalachian WordFest: Smoking Guns' Board of directors will present a panel on The Day in the Life of a Writer. Smoking Guns will have a joint booth. Leanne Tyler, Kelley Griffin, Ernie Lancaster, Jeffrey Philips, and Elle Andrews Patt will also have booths.

March 22 : Andrea Merrell  discusses the writing and editing tips she presents in her book: Murder of a Manuscript: Writing and Editing Tips to Keep Your Book Out of the Editorial Graveyard. She also has tips and encouragement at The Write Editing.
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April 26: Jessica Barna is a business coach for fiction authors and the founder of Author Achievement. Her company is dedicated to providing strategy, community, and accountability to help authors build successful careers... whatever that means to them. She will present her Author Success Planning workshop, which is designed to deliver. Gain clarity on your priorities, focus on key strategies that make an impact, and walk away with a roadmap to move your career forward in big ways over the next 12 weeks.

May 24:  No Meeting - Memorial Day Weekend 

June 7/8: Lenoir City Arts and Crafts Festival - Smoking Guns will have a joint booth. Kelley Griffin, Leanne

June 28: Anniversary Celebration plus ??? ​

July 26: 

August 23:  

September 27: Cumberland Gap Harvest Moon Festival Booth! 

 October 25: Field Trip and 2nd Annual Smoking Guns November Writing Challenge prep and rules! 

November 22: 

December 13 :  HOLIDAY PARTY

January 24, 2026: