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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jackie, I need to ask you to resend it to me. I can’t seem to find it right now – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’ve had a lot of issues to deal with lately – with programs not working and troubles with my e-mail – freezing up constantly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanks. I’d love to read it and respond to you. Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jackie via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 20, 2019 3:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Jackie <jackieleepoet@cox.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] It's a Book Baby and more<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Lynda,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the info on all of the editing and marketing you have addressed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I am in wonderment that you have found one editor that you trust above all others. Several people have edited portions of my African book and each has a different set of editorial remarks on all aspects of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Did you get my attachment, an excerpt, “Climbing the Ruwenzories , circa 1969”?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I am interested in your response to it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I know you are very busy and it is long. Too long to send to this list. But thought you might be interested in where I could send it. That since you have pursued publishing in the U.K. Two of my fellow climbers are there, and the third, in New Zealand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I have no doubt you will meet your goals as planned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Much affection,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Jacqueline Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Jenny Xie<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist [<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Linda Lambert via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 19, 2019 9:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net">llambert@zoominternet.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] It's a Book Baby!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Hi Jackie,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. I’ve been so pre-occupied and single-focused on getting this book out. Everything else has been on the back burner.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Yes, I did receive your information a while ago. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I am one who thrives on change and pivots – so you can imagine that right up to the final hour before publication, my editor and I made changes! I am thankful for such an editor who moves as fast as I do. And, she is able to edit in several languages, and I need that expertise she brings to the table.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>It is not perfectionism, which I am not at all a perfectionist. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>But I am one who seeks excellence in every aspect of my life – and that means, doing the very best of which I am capable and never settling for less. So, at last, the book-baby is up and out there and being read now – and I am getting so many comments already and it is only out now for the past 5 days. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Right now, I am deep into the promo activities and interviews – first one will be published on the 24<sup>th</sup>. I’ll be sure to share that with the group.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>But mostly, I am outside working in my flower gardens and enjoying the summer sunshine. Shortly, I’ll be involved with Finishing Line Press as they begin to work on my Chapbook and getting it ready for publication in January. I plan to NOT work on my next book till after the FLP Chapbook is completed. I do have the next book outlined, and that will wait until after the first of the year before I return to it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Thank you for the kind comments on the Amazon presentation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I think the quote you noted is the piece by Wes Sims, my poet friend in KY who wrote it for the book.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Yes, I liked that imagery too. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Lynda<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jackie via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 18, 2019 7:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Jackie <<a href="mailto:jackieleepoet@cox.net">jackieleepoet@cox.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] It's a Book Baby!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Lynda,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>The description of your book on Amazon was absolutely beautiful. The way it explained the organization, and how it is compared to a beautiful necklace, was a poet’s description of the book. Did you write it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Congratulations on your three year “pregnancy” and its fruition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Jacqueline Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Jenny Xie<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist [<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Linda Lambert via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 16, 2019 5:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net">llambert@zoominternet.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] It's a Book Baby!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>Mornin’ writers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I am writing to let you know my third book went live on Amazon last night.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>Star Signs: New & Selected Poems, features 53 poems and 145 pages.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>Poems in this new book span a period of my publications from 1985 to the present.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I carefully selected the poems from my archives – divided them into 4 sections or themes in the book.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>You can see the book cover and read the description - the book also features a selection of photos – one at the beginning of each section.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>I worked on this book for the past 3 years, so I feel like I just delivered a long-awaited baby. Relieved and happy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>Here is the link to the new book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1075265436?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&fbclid=IwAR1y4Ed23AE5p4mXhaBcBfy1yfN_Vi3V6-HNooar1MR3oJtoxiL7ztKmfgs">https://www.amazon.com/dp/1075265436?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&fbclid=IwAR1y4Ed23AE5p4mXhaBcBfy1yfN_Vi3V6-HNooar1MR3oJtoxiL7ztKmfgs</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'>My best, Lynda Lambert<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Lynda’s Authors Page- Amazon:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/lyndalambert">https://www.amazon.com/author/lyndalambert</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Lynda’s Official Authors Page: <a href="http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/">http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Lynda’s 2 Blogs:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.lyndalambert.com/">Website & Blog</a>: Walking by Inner Vision – personal blog<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.llambert363.blog/">Scan-A-Blog</a> – A quiet Place of Inspiration, Art, Nature, Literature<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>