{"id":2909,"date":"2018-01-19T15:56:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2018-01-19T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T02:04:53","slug":"write-a-bio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/write-a-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Your New Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Year – New Bio<\/h1>\n

Update Your Bio<\/h1>\n

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January – new beginnings<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Get Ready\u00a0NOW for Success in 2018.<\/h2>\n

\u00a0A Successful Writer needs<\/h1>\n

TWO\u00a0 up-to-date bios<\/h2>\n

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My Recommendation:<\/p>\n

Create 2 bios! Many editors want a bio that is 100 words or less.<\/p>\n

Unless an editor wants a purely academic bio, I really limit my bio to the little nuances in life that turn me on.<\/p>\n

Be creative. Give your bio a human touch. The editor wants to know who you are as a person, What do you think about? What do you love?\u00a0 What do you want others to know about the world you create in your writing?<\/p>\n

When necessary, you can list a long account of\u00a0your hard-earned academic credentials and achievements. But, I have found that, typically, editors want to know\u00a0 more\u00a0 about core beliefs and world view and how that all affects our writing life.<\/p>\n

What is it that\u00a0 makes you want to write?<\/p>\n

What\u00a0 is inside of you\u00a0 your ordinary, mundane and every-day life?<\/p>\n

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EXAMPLE 1 – The SHORT BIO<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

83 words about the Poet:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n

Lynda McKinney Lambert is a retired professor of fine arts and humanities. She\u00a0 is a full-time author of poetry and non-fiction essays. She is a 2017 nominee for “Best of the Net for 2016-2017.” She won a 2017 Proverse (Hong Kong) Poetry Prize; her poem, \u201cRed December,\u201d will appear in Mingled Voices #2.<\/em> Her work appears in publications\u00a0 world-wide. Lynda loves\u00a0 walking through a meadow of \u00a0wild flowers; gazing up at a star-strewn sky; \u00a0and spending solitary \u00a0winter days with her husband, Bob.<\/p>\n

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__________<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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EXAMPLE 2 – The LONG BIO<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

273 words about the poet<\/em><\/h3>\n

Occasionally your editor will ask for a longer bio.<\/p>\n

Here is mine.<\/p>\n

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Lynda McKinney Lambert is a blind author and visual artist who was<\/em> nominated for The Best of the Net<\/strong> for Creative Non-Fiction Essay in 2017. Her poem, \u201cRed December,\u201d won an award for a \u201csingle poem prize\u201d in the 2017 Proverse (Hong Kong) Poetry Prize and this poem will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Mingled Voices #2.<\/p>\n

Her work was published over 143 times in 2017 in books, anthologies, literary magazines, and on blogs.<\/p>\n

She has authored 2 full-length books:<\/p>\n

Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage,<\/em> Kota Press, January 1, 2003.<\/p>\n

Link to:\u00a0Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage<\/a><\/p>\n

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Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems,<\/em> DLD Books, February 2017.<\/p>\n

Link to:\u00a0Walking by Inner Vision<\/a><\/p>\n

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For additional information:<\/p>\n

Link to:\u00a0\u00a0Lynda Lambert’s Author Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Lynda\u2019s work has appeared in Indiana Voice Journal; Spirit-Fire Review; Breath & Shadow; Wordgathering; Naturewriting; The Avocet; Plum Tree Tavern; Magnets & Ladders; Kaleidoscope and many more. <\/em><\/p>\n

Lynda is a retired professor of fine arts and humanities who loves wading in the creek behind her rural Pennsylvania home\u00a0 and watching the night sky. Lynda and her husband of 57 years, walk their 2 dogs (Mitchell and Miss Dixie tulip) in the woods along the banks of the Connoquenessing Creek. \u00a0While Lynda is doing research on her family genealogy, making art or writing, her 2 cats (Miss Bessie and Miss Opal) hang out in her office and nap while she is working. <\/em><\/p>\n

Lynda recently created a collection of nature -themed poetry for her first chapbook, \u201cfirst snow.\u201d She is also working on a full-length book of poetry (Star Signs: New and Selected Poems) for publication in late 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Visit her Author\u2019s Page for more information on ordering her books. \u00a0http:\/\/www.dldbooks.com\/lyndalambert\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Lynda is a Peer Advisor and writes articles for Vision aware Blog, on the American Foundation for the Blind website.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lynda authors two blogs:<\/em><\/p>\n

SCAN: www.llambert363.blog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Walking by Inner Vision: www.lyndalambert.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0________<\/strong>________<\/p>\n

Copyright 2018.\u00a0 This article is the sole property of Lynda McKinney Lambert. Please ask permission from he author if you want to use this copyrighted essay in any printed publication.<\/p>\n

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y Recommendation:<\/p>\n

Create 2 bios! Many editors want a bio that is 100 words or less.<\/p>\n

Unless an editor wants a purely academic bio, I really limit my bio to the little nuances in life that turn me on.<\/p>\n

Be creative. Give your bio a human touch. The editor wants to know who you are as a person, What do you think about? What do you love?\u00a0 What do you want others to know about the world you create in your wri<\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Creek-in-April.jpg?fit=3888%2C5184&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-KV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14622,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/long-or-short-it-all-depends\/","url_meta":{"origin":2909,"position":0},"title":"Short or Long? 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