Archive for March, 2009

» Looks like SquidTop has been Spring cleaned

Following on from my last post about the junk blogging on here, I have returned to see more smiling avatars of the “quality” bloggers on the Home Page here at SquidTop and I am a very happy bunny!
SquidTop was down yesterday and I am wondering if that is because some Spring cleaning was going on [...]

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» Where are all the quality bloggers?

OK, I know this may not win me any new fans among the new bloggers on SquidTop, but is anyone else as concerned as I am about the lack of Squidoo-related blogging on here?
OMG – is this my shortest ever Blog??!!

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» I did it again – another new lens!

Continuing on my lensmaking spree, lens number 30: wannabe a writer? has just been published.
I was given a great “how to write” book for Christmas and as I loved it so much, I thought I would review it. Then I started getting ideas, so the lens ended up being a very different book review [...]

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» Lens No 29 is a “Chronicle”

I don’t know what’s come over me – FOUR new lenses in March! The latest about some of my favourite childhood books: The Chronicles of Narnia.
My latest TWTTRSTRM lens What’s your starsign has been going very well and has got to Number 4 in the TWTTRSTRM rankings. It will be interesting to see if [...]

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» There are no shortcuts to any place worth going – Anon

One of the many quotes I keep in my “Quote book”. One of those gorgeous old fashioned books, with cream coloured parchment pages that just make you want to get a good pen and write in it.
I see a lot of Lensmasters who are so supportive. Lensmasters who genuinely appreciate the Lenscrafting they see [...]

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» Another new lens, a new blog and oh, did I upset someone?

Blimey Mary Poppins (she says in a really bad Dick Van Dyke cockney accent), another new lens? Looks like my procrastination has evaporated with the winter fog. The sun has been shining beautifully here in the UK over the past few days and I have got my motivation back to make some new lenses.
Three so [...]

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» OMG! Another new lens!! Wordpress? Or Blogger?

Whaaaat, two in ten days? Yep, it really IS true! And it wasn’t one I had in my “lenses to make” book either.
But before that – exciting news! Drum roll please….
There’s been two, yes TWO visits via Google on my Weight Loss lens!!!!
Recently I was asked to move Janey Lee Grace’s Imperfectly Natural [...]

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» Trying to understand the vagaries of lensrank!

I know I’m daft trying to understand exactly how Lensrank works and I know far more intelligent Lensmasters than moi have also failed in the attempt but you can’t help wondering…..
Take as an example my Number 1 & 3 Lenses. They have been my consistently best lenses almost ever since they were first published. They [...]

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» Its been an Always Juggling kind of week

OK, I know I am a Gemini, which is why I am Always Juggling. I know I have a split personality (you should be in the house when my son is home – he’s a Gemini too!) and although I am a pretty upbeat kind of girl, yep, I do get my black cloud days! [...]

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» I actually published a new lens!

I have allowed a lot of stuff to distract me from actual lens publishing lately but yesterday I hit the publish button on my newest lens:
I love you Mum
OK, so I did some keyword research but it is definitely one that is a mix of what I found and my personal experience – a mixture [...]

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