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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>Linda,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'> This was indeed a wonderful evaluation. All fives!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>You gifted my poetry class with this book several years ago. We used it every month for inspiration. Unfortunately, the group is no longer meeting due to the closure of the senior center, and the illness of our leader.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>I will forward this to her regardless. She will see that it gets out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>My sincere congratulations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>Jacqueline Williams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Linda Lambert via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 15, 2020 4:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> llambert@zoominternet.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Writer's Digest Book<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>Good Evening,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>I would do it again for a self-published book. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></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 lang=EN-ZW 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 lang=EN-ZW 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 lang=EN-ZW 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 lang=EN-ZW style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>My MISSION STATEMENT</span></i><i><span lang=EN-ZW 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:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white'><i><span lang=EN-ZW 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 lang=EN-ZW 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:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white'><i><span lang=EN-ZW 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 lang=EN-ZW 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 lang=EN-ZW 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 lang=EN-ZW 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 lang=EN-ZW style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>