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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good Evening,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I received an email today from the Writer’s Digest Book Awards and I just published a post with my evaluation from the juror.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is something you may want to look into for next year’s contest if you have self-published a book.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I sent them 2 of my books: Star <b><i>Signs: New and Selected Poems</i></b> (2019) and <b><i>Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems (2017).</i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The evaluation I posted on tonight’s blog post is for <b><i>Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poms,</i></b> published in 2017 by DLD Books.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will do a separate post next week on the evaluation I received for <b><i>Star Signs: New and Selected Poems.</i></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the link if you want to see the results and how the book was evaluated. I find this very helpful and I am glad I invested in this opportunity.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would do it again for a self-published book. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.lyndalambert.com/28th-annual-writers-digest-self-published-book-awards-judge-36/">https://www.lyndalambert.com/28th-annual-writers-digest-self-published-book-awards-judge-36/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lynda<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Lynda McKinney Lambert</span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> – Author/Artist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>My MISSION STATEMENT</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Seeking Euphoria through art and writing.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I reveal what is forgotten, lost or invisible.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:.25in;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>