AJ is Always Juggling

I joined Squidoo on July 14 2008, which is when I published my first lens about Janey Lee Grace, a BBC Radio Presenter, who I had met just a few days previously. Since then I have been trying to absorb all the “How to Squidoo” info I can, to not only try to make some good lenses but also satisfy my passion to write. At the same time I have been publishing lenses as I go and I am very proud that my lens on Bullying made it into the top 2000 lenses, within a week of being published.

I will be very honest, as although I love to write I am also looking at ways of earning an income from home as due to a sometimes debillitating condition, I am currently unable to work. I am able to use the computer though, so perhaps “someone” has decided it is time that I made full use of my creativity, writing skills and ability to research. Squidoo seems ideal!

Not only am I new to Squidoo but I am very new to Blogging. However, because I am a “compulsive communicator”, I suppose I am surprised I did not start blogging a long time ago.

I think I have two main “niches” where I fit in and they are “Parenting” (with four children I have a bit of experience in that direction and “Environment” from a family persepctive. However, that does not mean to say that I won’t be distracted by other topics, that catch my attention as my lens list testifies.

The whole thing is a steep learning curve for me. Although very “IT literate” (I had not even heard of Wordpress until a few weeks ago) I am still struggling to get my head around RSS feeds and Trackbacks. Although I have been working my way through various lenses about this, sad to say that even with my IT Brain, I am having trouble understanding the whole concept and the process. So, if someone has an “Idiot’s Step by Step Guide to RSS Feeds and Trackbacks” they can refer me to, I would be very grateful. Or, once I do manage to master it, perhaps I should write a lens!

However, one thing I am getting used to is HTML and widgets and gradually incorporating more in my lenses.

The ethos of the Squidoo Community as being a place where people help each other suits me down to the ground. I have already had some lovely messages from some brilliant Lensmasters and am still trying to get used to the fact that these people are actually reading what I publish! I feel privileged to be part of this Community.