Car-crash Squidoo Lens Building

Okay, so to start, I clicked on the "Create Lens" button on my dashboard (even I couldn't mess that one up!).
There are 3 steps to creating a lens:
1/. LENS TITLE: I chose my lens title, "Car-crash Squidoo Lens Building" as I am predicting that this is more-or-less what it will look like once I've finished, and before I can get advice on how to rectify it!
One of the things I have managed to grasp, is that the LENS TITLE is the only thing you cannot undo - so choose carefully.
There are many "How To..." lenses that highlight this fact (once I do the "linking" knowledge, some of these will appear as links here).
2/. CATAGORY: I chose "Humor" as I felt it would be misleading to put it anywhere else (especially in the "How To..." section, but that might change, as my lens grows in popularity, with thousands of like-dumb-minded newbie lensbuilders finally feeling that they have found someone to identify with! - You never know......*sigh*).
3/. TAGS: Tags are the keywords you attach to a lens (or a blog post, or a web page, etc) so that people can find your article using search engines (I'm not even going to begin to describe those!)
I chose "newbie help" ('cos you never know, someone may find this lens helpful!), "computer illiterate" and "overwhelming stupidity", ALL phrases I have personally used, with interesting results! I'll probably add more later.
That created my lens identity and URL (address), and took me into my lens building page (where I am now).
I chose the default setting for my lens design (not gonna even START messing with that one right now!).
I started at the start (!) in module 1 (the box of writing above this one).
I typed in the module title, and then wrote my introduction.
Then I added an image (a white question mark on a black background), which I have since decided isn't big enough, and tried to remove.
After several failed attempts, I have decided to leave it for now (I'll come back and change it later) and move onto module #2 - what you are now reading.
I reckon that's enough on module #2 - lets find out what's next!

Looks like I messed up the Amazon module (whatdidIdowrong???), so I'll come back to that (I believe this lens is developing a catchphrase!), and get on with telling you about IMAGES.
there are lots of places to find free images on the web. "Free" meaning that you do not have to pay for the image/photo copyright (eg. you're not buying it outright) or a fee (royalties) for the use of it. Google the phrase "free images" and you'll get a list of sites where you can find images and photos to use for free. But DO check the "Terms of Use", as some images/photos require a fee even when they're listed as free, and some artists allow you to use an image/photo for free, but request that you link the image back to them (as a means of promoting their work). Seems fair, so be polite and do it when requested.
So far on this lens, I've used www.public-domain-photos.com and the USA Gov free image site. The photos are a bit random (to say the least!), and may not be related to what I'm writing about here (you don't say!) but images/photos seem to be quite an important feature in a lens to make it sparkly and attractive, so random and unrelated is b etter than none, in my book!
(Oh, and at point of writing, my image from module 1 has disappeared off somewhere....(I think it got bored).

In the last few minutes (over an hour in reality!) I've learned that you can add mdules by selecting them from the "add modules shortcut" down on the right the "creation" page (somebody please write in if there is a correct name for this page!). AND there is also a nifty "drag and drop sort modules" box below that, so that you can easily organise the order in which your modules appear (even I can do it, so it MUST be easy!).
I've also learned that images uploaded for your "introduction" module (the first box, at the top), will automatically appear in the LEFT of the module, but in follwing modules, will automatically appear in the RIGHT of the module.
AND I've learned that it is easy to get back in and edit modules, but there is no spellchecker that I can see (Wha....?)

Okay. I've done all I'm going to do for now before I attempt to publish this.
I've worked out the very, very basics (almost).
I've discovered that I cannot enlarge images on my laptop WITHOUT any form of photo-shop type programme (I don 't remember deleting it, but think it must have gone the way of the bin, or mebbe it just jumped ship!)
I've managed to mess-up the Amazone ad. module WITHOUT EVEN DOING ANYTHING! (there MUST be some kind of prize for that level of incompetence, surely?)
Time to see if I can get my lens published, and then rush over to NewbieCentral and get the lens paramedics in to see if anything can be saved from this wreckage!
If you're still here - thanks for sticking by me through the tough times - it's meant a lot to me!