As a professional writer and reviewer I should have a wealth of information that I could make use of on Squidoo. But, I haven't.I wonder why?Could it be that I feel that there is such a vast amount of information about writing on the internet and Squidoo that I couldn't hope to add anything new to the mix?Perhaps I'm missing out on what could be a very lucrative market. But, I'm not feeling that urge to write about what I know. The same applies to my knowledge of horses. I've been taught to a very high standard in both theory and riding and yet I haven't shared that knowledge with the Squidoo community   read more

A Red Cell Phone for Everyone is published by lensmaster, mulberryThis eye-catching collection of the red mobile phones available in the market right now, is just the thing if your fashion conscious and love to make a statement.Red is my favourite colour and if I had the choice I would definitely pick one of the gorgeous phones listed on this squidoo lens.Mulberry is the lensmaster to follow if you're into gadgets and tools. This squidoo lens covers most of the well-known mobile phone operators so there is no excuse for not finding something here :) Mulberry has, also, provided a wealth of information   read more

Apparently, black dogs are very much with us. Sightings of these ghostly creatures have been made more than anything else of the paranormal. The legend of black dogs helped to reinforce values or to help establish new ones in days of old. To prevent or discourage their children from wandering out onto the moors in desolate parts of the country families needed a deterrent. What better way to deter than to tell the story of a nasty creature that would kill you without a second invitation? So, why are these legends still around? Are they true or are they still just a figment of our imaginations? Surely   read more

Updating my squidoo lenses has taken me away from uploading new images and new designs for my Zazzle store.However, I have come to one conclusion:Card-maki ng is not for me. Digitally, it may be okay but for real cards, it's not. One of the reasons is that I just don't have enough people in my life to make cards for. A poor excuse really as I could just make cards for charity shopsbut I just don't have that passion to make it work for me.I have bought a lot of stuff for my card-making including numerous magazines but I don't think any of the stock will go to waste. As an amateur photographer   read more

Looking for some tips for blog commenting (or was it something else?)anywayI stumbled across a list that was published by lensmaster, Michey on one of her blogs.This list was for good places to leave your links at (I think) to gain traffic and back links. One of the top entrants was the link to the Do-Follow Blog List.I decided to join up and after hurriedly making sure all the blogs that I submitted were Do-Follow (you will be kicked off the list of they're not), I sat and waited to see what happened. One problem with this site is that there are no instructions as what you're supposed to   read more

As an amateur card-maker, this particular lens by CrypticFragments caught my creative eye.Greeting Card Expressions features some really eye-catching designs from herself and other designers on Zazzle.comAlthough I've been trying my hand at card-making, most of my designs do not make it onto Zazzle as I just don't think they're good enough for sale.However, Zazzle is one place that I will go to for inspiration. The cards featured on this lens are not only simple in their layouts but are very attractive to look at and are accompanied by some good sources of card-making books that I'm itching to   read more

Although I'm using 3 of the 6 new stories I'd written for a past project that didn't come to fruition as a novel, I've now decided that the last 3 stories can be used in an anthology along with some of my older stories that will be completely re-written.It sounds simple. Rewrite old stories. But, it's not. Not at all.In effect it's probably much easier to start from scratch than change characters names, personalities, the storyline, plot, outcome and the like. It's a mammoth task and I've been putting it off for some months.I'm not sure if it's something that can be carried out with any degree   read more

Vampires have been done to death (’s’cuse the pun) and I’m sick of hearing about them. Give me a werewolf any day. Granted there have been some brilliant vampiric novels/films/TV series which include The Underworld and True Blood but I now think that vampires have had their day. Vampires are often eroticised but why? They’re cold blooded killers. Is it because of their desire to go for the neck or throat which can appear to be quite sensual? But then ABC’s do too and we don’t eroticise them! Is is because they tend to need or prefer to charm their victims before   read more

The good thing about this blog is that almost all the methods featured here can be used to promote other sites which includes your own home pages and blogs.Of course, there will be just those posts published here that will only apply to Squidoo lenses which includes the SquidUtils Health Check.However even tools like this can be useful in teaching you how to tweak your websites for SEO. For example, it will teach you how to choose good keywords, titles and descriptions for your sites.I've 'been' on the internet now for almost 10 years and I'm still getting things wrong. I've just ran a health check   read more

This blog has a sister; The Queen of Wacky has now been set up over at Squidlog.net. This new blog will focus on all the strange things that do not include beasties/animals/cre atures etc. Cryptid Sightings will be the blog to read if you’re interested in the furry or scaly creatures that inhabit this world. So, if I publish a new Squidoo lens about a beastie, it will be featured on this blog. If I publish anything else to do with the strange or weirdy, it will be featured on The Queen of Wacky. I hope I don’t get too confused! I’m sure you will put me right if I publish the wrong   read more