LAKEPORT, Calif. – Are you a teen who likes to write? Do you want to meet other writing teens and work with a professional writer?

If so, the Lake County Library invites you to the “Word Round-up,” a writing workshop open to teens aged 12 through 18.

Richard Schmidt, Lake County’s poet laureate for 2018 to 2020, will conduct the writing workshop at the Lakeport branch of Lake County Library, located at 1425 N. High St. The workshop will meet on June 9, June 23, July 14 and July 28 from 1 to 2 p.m.

Schmidt, a longtime resident of Lake County, is Lake County's 10th poet laureate and will serve in that capacity for the next two years.

His mission is to promote literary expression, poetry and prose, in our community.

He has published a collection of short stories, a novella, a book of cowboy poetry and an anthology of writings with the Lakeside Writers Guild.

“Word Round-up” is free and all supplies will be provided, so there’s no need to bring anything except your imagination.

The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary .

Jan Cook is a technician with the Lake County Library.