M E Wood

Going Home Book Review

I’ve reviewed young adults books in the past and some of my own favorite childhood books but this is my first requested children’s book review. Going Home is a simple creative non-fiction book about the migration of ten interesting and varied animals for children aged 4 to 8. You can read the full review at [...]

Period Undies Review

My latest review for BellaOnline is the Period Undies. Grace SooHoo is the designer/creator of Period Undies for Simple Necessit-Ease Inc. It officially launched in 2006 with a small but successful test group. Period Undies are designed for women with the goal of protecting clothing from those accidental moments while menstruating. Read the Period Undies [...]

The Fatgirl’s Closet

This last week has been really busy as I started a new venture with Squidoo — a club for plus size fashion bloggers called The Fatgirl’s Closet. My immediate goal is to build a top 100 directory of fashion bloggers. My long term goal is to create a club where these bloggers can network with [...]

Leaving Blessings

I’ve always wanted to be an angel. A SquidAngel that is. Today I started my position as a SquidAngel at Squidoo. It’s a volunteer position where I travel through the guts of Squidoo rewarding worth seeing with a love “bump”. In true Giant Squid fashion I have created a lens that will document my angel [...]

Purina Maxx Scoop

The people at Purina Maxx Scoop sent me a kitty litter kit for review (by my kitties, not me) and I’ve been posting the progress over at my personal blog. You can read the review complete with candid photographs — don’t worry they are PG.

The Write Prompts Gets Purple

Today I received an email announcing that The Write Prompts lens received a purple star. Of all the 200+ lenses this is probably one that I am most proud of. The Write Prompts is my first lens, originally developed by another writer who turned it over to me. From the day it became mine over [...]

Curvy Chics Gets Purple Star

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 [...]

Bookmarker Flag Pen Bookmark Review

While I’m reading I am always using pens and post-it notes. If I have to take my book somewhere I always end up losing the post-its and pen in my purse (or end up forgeting to take them with me in the first place). So when Everyday Innovations asked me to review their Bookmarker Flag [...]

Retiring from Literary Fiction

After just over three years I’m retiring from the Literary Fiction site at BellaOnline. I will continue to maintain my contacts and review books through my official website, SquidLit, and Amazon. It has been an interesting experience and I have learned many things from it. I do not regret my time working on this site.

The Budget Fashionista

I have followed Kathryn Finney’s blog, The Budget Fashionista for a few years. I even recommend her book on my blog for the last year. At the end of December I applied to be a contributing fashion poster on her updated website. Much to my own surprised they were “very interested” and offered me a [...]