Ever since the Purple Star was instituted at Squidoo I’ve been hoping that my Curvy Chics lens would get picked. Today the wish came true!
The Curvy Chics lens is kind of an index for other lenses. It gives brief intros on some of my favorite curvy chics and then leads readers to larger lenses on [...]

Double Stars

October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Two of my older lenses were awarded purple stars this week. The first is kind of a strange lens. I can’t remember why I made it in the first place and it wasn’t incredibly popular until the beginning of this year. I’m talking about the Megan Fox Tattoo lens. It’s a basic lens with very [...]

Last night when I was busy working on my third lens for my Squidoo Summer Course it never occurred to me that it would be rewarded a purple star so quickly (or at all really). I woke up this morning and there was a message in my inbox that it was purplized. This is my [...]

Earlier this year I succumbed to peer pressure and bought the four books in the Twilight book series. Within a few weeks I had devoured them and now consider myself a convert. As far as I’m concerned Stephenie Meyers rocks.
When I was done I decided to make a Squidoo lens reviewing each book followed by [...]

The Squidoo Team awarded me a second purple star this past week. This time it was for my lens that followed my Lasik eye surgery experience from start to finish.
I’m so glad I decided to start this lens before I even went under the laser. Reading over it now, I wrote things I never would [...]

A Purple Star

April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Over at Squidoo they have instituted a purple star award for exceptional lenses from Giant Squid lensmakers. They describe lenses given a purple star as “one of the most remarkable pages on the entire site”.
Being awarded a purple star increases the rank of the lens as well as the visitors. But of course the [...]

As of October 6, 2008 I joined the I joined the Giant Squid Top 100 Club. I remember back in the day (a few months before this) that I was working hard on my 50 lenses to become a Giant Squid. I never thought I’d make it this far but I did. Next goal. 200!”

Elizabeth George is best known for her psychological crime novels. She has 15 books published. This is her first short story collection.
The review of I, Richard was first published at 1/5/2008 at Literary Fiction BellaOnline. The full review of this audio book can now be read at SquidLit.

Pomegranate Soup is the story of ‘new beginnings’; of planting seeds, letting the roots take hold and rejoicing in what blooms. Sometimes it isn´t all that was expected and sometimes it´s even better.
This review of Pomegranate Soup was first published on 8/14/2007 at Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. The full review of Pomegranate Soup can now be [...]

Iris Murdoch (1919 – 1999) was a prolific author and philosopher having written twenty-seven works of fiction, five philosophical books, six plays and two books of poetry. Her novel, The Sea, the Sea, won the 1978 Booker Prize. The focus of this story is Iris and John’s relationship and their mutual love of words.
The review [...]

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