The Dark is Rising Sequence

I now have a total of 92 lens on Squidoo and I need well over 100 to give myself a chance of making the Giant 100 Club because the definition is 100 outstanding lenses and not all of mine might qualify as outstanding.

I’m going to do the best I can in the time I have left – just 30 days as the final date is June 30th. If I don’t have the required number of the right standard by then, I will have to wait till the end of September to apply again. I have decided that I won’t beat myself up if I don’t do it this time, though. That way I won’t be so prone to the ‘headless chicken’ syndrome – going crazy doing nothing because I have so much to do that I can’t make up my mind what to concentrate on!

I’m a bit disappointed that lenses I think are good don’t do well and haven’t been picked up by Google. One of these is The Dark is Rising Sequence, a series of fantasy novels for children that I think are as good as the Harry Potter ones. I read them when I was in my 30s even though, since I’ve been an adult,  I’ve never made a habit of reading children’s novels but these captured my imagination.

I wrote about a series of books for adults, The Revelation Space Universe. After I read the first book, I found the series compulsive. It’s proper science fiction, not fantasy, so maybe not as universally popular as other best selling books. I defy anybody who like sci-fi to read one of these novels without wanting to read the rest immediately!

Another lens that doesn’t get the traffic I think it should is The Historic City of Bath, England. It’s got lots of pictures of Bath plus some videos taken in the city. I’ve also written about its history and the places to visit there. I live fairly close to Bath and, before I moved last year, I lived just 12 miles away. My dentist was there and it was the place we went when we wanted more than just basic food shopping. I know it well and I love the city. I hope that comes through in what I’ve written about it.

Oh well, next month I’ll go through the lenses that don’t do so well and either delete them or try to assess what’s wrong with them. Doing that isn’t as interesting as writing something new but I’m wasting the work I’ve already done if I don’t try to make them more popular.