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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><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank you, Jackie, for your kind note.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I am so sorry your group has broken up – that happens, in time. I was a member of a very little group of poets for about 18 years – and we met in each other’s homes all that time. We met in the morning, one day a month, and we had lunch together and read our work to each other. How I miss those dear ladies! We put out a chapbook together, and before it was published one member passed away. We were just 4 women who loved poetry and enjoyed sharing our work with each other. Three of the four were visual artists. The other one was a poet laureate of a county in PA. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I know you must greatly miss your poetry friends, too. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>This evaluation was so helpful to me – as writing is a very solitary life – as is art making. We are accustomed to spending our days alone in a solitary studio and working on new pieces for upcoming exhibitions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Once we leave the classroom with our final degree, from that point on it is all done in isolation and without others who are on the same path. I’m glad I sent Writer’s Digest the book – and grateful for the evaluation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I hope you are well and getting your own work done and out there. 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>jacqueline Williams via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 16, 2020 11:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> jackieleepoet@cox.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Writer's Digest Book<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><span lang=EN-US>Linda,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><span lang=EN-US>This was indeed a wonderful evaluation. All fives!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><span lang=EN-US>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><span lang=EN-US>I will forward this to her regardless. She will see that it gets out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><span lang=EN-US>My sincere congratulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right'><span lang=EN-US>Jacqueline Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=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 <<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <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' <<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] Writer's Digest Book<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'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Good Evening,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>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 style='margin-left:.5in'>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 style='margin-left:.5in'>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 style='margin-left:.5in'>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 style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>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 style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>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 style='margin-left:.5in'>I would do it again for a self-published book. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>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:.5in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1C1E21'>Lynda McKinney Lambert</span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1C1E21'> – 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:.5in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><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:.5in;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>My MISSION STATEMENT</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><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:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1C1E21'>Seeking Euphoria through art and writing.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><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:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1C1E21'>I reveal what is forgotten, lost or invisible.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><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:.5in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><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:.75in;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21'><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:1.0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>