On McLendon Avenue in the heart of Candler Park, across the street from Gigi’s, there’s a new storefront with desks, comfy chairs, and shelves filled with books. It’s a workspace, a bookstore, and a venue all in one. Lostintheletters , a writing studio and bookstore, is the new center for creative writing operated by the long-running Atlanta literary organization.

The newly minted 501(c)3 organization is the brainchild of married couple Scott Daughtridge DeMer and Stephanie Dowda DeMer. “It’s a space for Atlanta’s readers and writers,” says Scott, the founder and executive director. The name comes from a mantra of his that kept him going in his early days as a writer. “I would just tell myself, You’ve got to get lost in the letters—whether reading or writing. Just block everything else

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