A Diary ...

I'm writing my Squidoo diary and putting it where you can read it too.

My Squidoo Diary

This tells how I found out about Squidoo, how I totally messed up by neglecting my lenses, and what my current goals are.

How To Promote Your Squidoo Lens

Today I published a lens I've been working on for a while - it is called, Squidoo Traffic: How To Promote Your Squidoo Lens
. I started this lens months ago - but finally decided to go ahead and publish rather than waiting until my reference lists get long. The reason why - is that I know this will be a work in progress for many months to come. Might as well start sharing now.

Working on building more lenses...

Yes, it has been a while since I posted about any new lenses, but I'm definitely working on some. Several are nearing completionary stage but they're not quite there yet.

I Will Be Back !!!!!!!!!!

Books for Writers

I featured a few of my favorite writing books on a lens yesterday. Since I write novels, I constantly motivate myself by reading books about writing. The ones I featured on this lens are the cream of the crop: Books for Writers.

Benjamin Franklin

About a year ago I read Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, and enjoyed it. He has a wonderful sense of humor. Yesterday I made a Squidoo lens about him: The Books and Writings of Benjamin Franklin.

Beatles Albums

I made my first lens for the eBay challenge today - I'm very late getting started and don't know if I'll get all ten done by the 17th, but I'll try.

Here's what I created first: Beatles Albums. I can already see lots of improvements I want to make.

Predictions

I've just finished making a new lens. This one is about predictions.

Here's the link: Predictions

In the lens I'm writing a list of predictions I'm making. The purpose is to see whether or not I'm accurate in my predictions.

You could call this one - just a bit of fun.

In Praise of the Squidoo Guestbook

I just updated a lens that praises the Squidoo Guestbook module and encourages lensmasters to use them when setting up their lenses.

I like guestbooks because I can sign and let lensmasters know I've been there, seen their lens, and appreciated it. Without the module, lensmasters have no idea who's been around checking things out.

Every lensmaster is invited to leave a link to their lenses that have guestbooks on them. Then others can go there and sign. Using the list on my guestbook lens makes it possible for me to surf only pages with guestbooks that I can sign.

If you have a guestbook on your lens, come join the fun: In Praise of the Squidoo Guestbook

Bigfoot Sightings

Bigfoot has been a long-time obsession of mine, mainly because I live in an area that is famous for having Bigfoot sightings. There are even reports of sightings that took place less than a mile of my home.

I wrote about those sightings on my Bigfoot Sightings lens on Squidoo.

I've also got a blog by the same name, Bigfoot Sightings. The blog gets over 200 visitors daily.

Swimming Holes

I love to go down to one of the local creeks and jump in, during the summer. It isn't warm enough yet, but soon will be. When it heats up, I'll be dipping in Indian Creek, Elk Creek, Clear Creek, and any other I can find. There are lots here, because I live in the center of the Klamath National Forest.

I recently created a Squidoo lens about Swimming Holes. It lists a few of my favorite swimming holes with photos, and asks you to tell us about swimming holes in your area. There are also books listed that tell about swimming holes in many regions.

Let's get wet!

Ten Classics of Great Literature

I love books! My Squidoo lens, Ten Classics of Great Literature, recommends some of the best books I've read. You will have to go visit the lens to find out which ones they are.

I have a page on my writing blog that lists almost every book I've read: My Reading List

Evacuation Planning

Last summer I had the shock of my life. I came home from a two-day trip to the coast and saw that a forest fire was burning on the hill right next to the one I live on. I live in the Klamath National Forest, and am used to forest fires. They happen every summer. But this was right next to my house, and I never saw one so close before this. It was less than a mile away.

Naturally I thought I was going to be evacuated at any time. I went to all the community meetings where we planned for evacuations, got forest service reports, and learned more about what to expect. After a scary couple of days, danger was averted... but I learned a lot about evacuation planning and now I'm sharing that information on Squidoo. Here's the link: Evacuation Planning.

Starting a Web Design Business

My newest lens is called Starting a Web Design Business. I made this lens to feature information related to my blog, Klamath Design - which is the blog that now occupies the space formerly used by my web design business.

You see, I'm an ex-webdesigner. I owned a web design business from 2002 to 2008, and decided to close it, giving myself time to do other things for a while. Now I keep the blog to let others who are thinking about starting a web design business the opportunity to learn more about web design and to get some questions answered.

My lens, Starting a Web Design Business, is part of that outreach effort of helping new and prospective web design business owners. I remember well how difficult it was for me to get started, so I believe having this information will save other business owners a lot of effort.

A place to share information about Squidoo

I've recently decided to use Squidoo as one of my main web 2.0 projects. This means I'm making Squidoo lenses on a variety of topics. I will use this blog as a place to tell people about the lenses I make.

Additionally, I will tell you about lenses I see that are worth commenting on, and my impressions about Squidoo in general. Hang in there - it may be a rough ride at times. I'm pretty opinionated.