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22 January 2020

Lynda’s Media Kit

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Media Kit for Lynda McKinney Lambert

January 22, 2020

Today, I’ve spent a few hours updating my Media Kit.

I realized I did not have my latest book listed on my Media Kit, and in the process of updating it, I realized there were other updates that needed to be added to it.

I am roviding some backstory of my art and writing through this Media Kit.

Lynda’s published books

Lynda’s Author Page on Amazon See it now!

*****first snow, a chapbook by Finishing Line Press, 2020.

Lynda’s first chapbook is now released by Finishing Line Press. Available in paperback or hardback copies directly from the publisher.

Finishing Line Press is the publisher and they will send your copies directly to you.

If you want a signed copy, contact me and I can do that for you, too. I have some copies on hand for that purpose and can send out upon receipt of payment through PayPal.

Lynda has put together a delightful collection of 30 poems. Pre-publication endorsements for this chapbook are excellent. The Foreword was written by Russell Streur, editor of The Plum Tree Tavern, a literary journal.

Order Your Copy Here!

Listen to Lynda read her poem ‘Sunday Morning in Winter.”

Lynda celebrates the seasons – first snow is the first chapbook in her series – one for each season.

*****Star Signs: New and Selected Poems, DLD Books, 2019.

A full-length book of poetry has 145 pages; 54 poems. Divided into 4 parts. The poems range from her first professional publication in 1990 – a poem she wrote as an undergraduate in 1988. Lynda’s new book concludes with this poem. She wanted to take readers on her poetic journey over a 30 year-period of poetry publications, and ended the book at the very beginning of that journey with the poem, “Even in Arcadia,” which was her first-published poem. Her journey in poetry, in the book, takes you back to her roots and you get to see where her career as a poet began.

Readers are sending Lynda notes to let her know how much they love this new book.

Lynda reads her poem, “Graceful Choreography” – Listen now.

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*****Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems

This is the 2^nd book authored by Pennsylvania artist, professor, and author Lynda McKinney Lambert. She invites readers into her world to discover the subtle nuances and beauty of a physical and spiritual world. She takes strands from ancient mythology, history, and contemporary life and weaves a richly textured new fabric. She uses images that are seen and unseen as she takes us on a year-long journey through the seasons.

All stories in this book were created after her sudden sight loss in 2007 from Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. Lambert invites us to see the world with new eyes. The book is a collection of memoirs through poetry and creative non-fiction essays. 16 poems, 28 essays.

Available in AUDIBLE, e-book ($3.99) and print ($14.95) from Amazon,

See all of Lynda’s books:

Click here for Lynda’s Author Page at Amazon

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Also available as e-book at Smashwords:

Star Signs: New and Selected Poems

Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems

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Full details, free 20% text preview, and buying links are at my Official Authors Page at DLD Books:

http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert/

*****Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage

For sale on Amazon:

Click here for Lynda’s Author Page at Amazon

Listen to a poem from this book:

Lynda authored this first full-length book in 2003. She created poems and stories from her annual journeys in Europe as she taught a course for college students in drawing & writing. This book is available through Amazon at her Author’s Page on Amazon.

Contact Lynda: riverwoman@zoominternet.net

Amazon: Limited copies available as new or used books.

Lynda is currently writing a revised and updated version of this book.

Lynda’s stories & poems are published in a variety of Literary Magazines, Anthologies, and Books world-wide.

She is an award-winning writer.

Lynda received the prestigious

2019 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award,

an honor that is reserved for Marquis Who’s Who Biographees who have achieved longevity and demonstrated unwavering excellence in their chosen fields. Lynda was honored as Artist and Author as selected by the Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board.

During Lynda’s long career in education, fine arts, and literature, she has received Who’s Who Awards in her fields numerous times. The Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award is given to professionals who have consistently shown excellence in all areas of their life.

Since her retirement due to sight loss in 2008, Lynda has published 3 books, and is working on several more at this time.

In 2017 she was nominated by Spirit Fire Review for Skirt Best of the Net Award in Essay. She was also a winner in the 2017-18 and 2018-19, Proverse (Hong Kong) Prizes for a Single Poem her poems are featured in 2 anthologies, Mingled Voices 2, and 3.

Lynda’s tanka is published in the anthology, Spent Blossoms, 2015, by the Tanka Society of America.

Lynda McKinney Lambert’s career and story is featured in the book, Artful Alchemy, edited by Ann Copeland, DLD Books, 2017.

Lynda has won awards for her fine art since she began her career in 1976.

For the past 5 years, her art was chosen for an award at InSights Art Exhibitions in Louisville, KY. Sponsored by American printing House for the Blind.

Her art works have been juried into international exhibitions in Osaka, Japan; Papua, New Guinea, and she has exhibited in over 400 exhibitions world-wide over her career. She creates talismans and wall pieces in using medieval techniques. Her work is in public and private collections world-wide.

Lynda’s Academic Achievements:

She earned a BFA in Painting at Slippery Rock University of PA, 1989.

and MFA degrees in Painting, West Virginia University, 1991.

She earned a MA degree in English at Slippery Rock University of PA, 1994.

Her cross-discipline approach to education and life-long pursuits in fine art and writing, have opened a niche market for her creative works around the world.

Artist’s Fellowships:

1987: Vermont Studio Center – Artist’s Fellowship

1988:The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA

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Personal Life:

Lynda is married to Charles R. (Bob) Lambert. The couple have 5 grown children. Bob and Lynda live in a century-old home in rural western Pennsylvania. Lynda works in her fiber studio and in her writing office daily. The couple have 5 rescued cats and 2 rescued dogs. They enjoy gardening and taking care of any feral cats that come for a meal or a safe place to hang out. The couple have 5 grown children – grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bob and Lynda have been married for fifty-eight years. Lynda is an avid knitter and knits wearable art clothing.

Contact Lynda Lambert – riverwoman@zoominternet.net

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Lynda’s FaceBook pages and blogs:

FaceBook:

Timeline: 559 Friends

https://www.facebook.com/lyndamckinneylambert

Walking by Inner Vision:

https://www.facebook.com/walkingbyinnervision/

River Road Studio: 308 Followers

https://www.facebook.com/River-Road-Studio-175785105811956/

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Lynda’s Blogs:

Walking by Inner Vision (www.lyndalambert.com)

SCAN-a-BLOG – (www.llambert363.blog)

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Mailing Address:

104 River Road, Ellwood City, PA 16117

Comments

Lynda McKinney Lambert – Media Kit — 5 Comments

Donna W. Hill on October 4, 2019 at 6:54 pm said:

Hi Lynda, this is wonderful. I think it’s a great idea to include an audio so people can get a sense of that energy & spirit that shines through the voice. I’m thinking that I could read one of the kids’ poems from The Heart of Applebutter Hill. It’s just a dimension I hadn’t considered. Go figure, a songwriter who isn’t thinking audio. Anyway, thanks for sharing, you’ve given me a lot to think about. Hey, I could include a song too. Hugs ! 🙂
- Lynda Lambert on December 5, 2019 at 2:54 pm said:
  
  Yes! Donna, we are like iron, sharpening each other.
  I am a visual artist and think in terms of how a thing LOOKS.
  You as a song writer and performer, interprets everything with your VOICE.
  And, here we are – helping each other to move beyond our own boundaries.
  Thank you so much for the encouragement to continue to share my work through my VOICE as well as my visual interpretations of TEXT and IMAGE.
  Love you!
Diane Stephenson on October 3, 2019 at 6:46 pm said:

A very comprehensive media kit. I have not put anything like this together all in one place. I am thinking I should do so. Other than this site, where do you publish it? Thanks for sharing.
- Lynda Lambert on December 5, 2019 at 3:01 pm said:
  
  thank you for the comment Dianne, and for the question.
  Sorry in the delay, I accidently misplaced my browser! lol…seriously, I did.
  But now, I am restored.
  
  Before I opened this note, I was updating my Media Kit for my upcoming chapbook that will be published in January by Finishing Line Press. My chapbook is “first snow,” a collection of 30 wintry tyemed poems.
  
  Yes! Write up a media kit that can highlight each of your books.
  Also write one that will highlight your books and you – for general purposes.
  I was taught to do this by Tell-it-to-the-World Marketing – Patty L. Fletcher. She promotes my work on a continuous basis year-round.
  
  I use it when I send out information for interviews – an interviewer likes to have this information to get to know more about the atuhr and the book or the books, they are considering for their interviews.
  
  I send them when I am doing inquiries to a lot of different places.
  Since my books are on Audible and are being recorded right now by another voice recording studio – it gives them a good idea of the book – and I send them a physical print copy of my book, as well. This way they have my “product” in h and – and they have my Media Kit for that book in hand – and it helps them make decisions about presenting my book as an Audio book.
  
  I can tell you more – just ask. This should give you a bit of information though.
Lynda Lambert on October 3, 2019 at 1:09 pm said:

I’ve been working on updating my Media Kit.
I have a new book coming out that is now available for Pre-Order.
Contact me for information.