Calling all writers!

I’ve come across an interesting site for writers. It’s a cross between Helium and a blog! It’s called thisisby.us

It’s been running over a year, so it’s bit more established than Helium and seems to have more authors writing and posting. It also pays out based on the number of reads and other factors. And you receive a percentage of earnings of people who join as a result of your referral.

But that is where the similarity ends.

Firstly, you are able to post images with your articles - either your own pics, or those from elsewhere. Another feature Helium members have been asking for, is the facility to comment directly under the article and chat with the author. You’ll find it here.

There is a forum, but it’s not as user friendly as Helium’s. But then not everyone uses them - I have more or less dropped out of the Helium community boards recently.

If you are interested click on this - http://www.thisisby.us/register.php?r=6287

Then if you join I’ll get commission of 5% of what you are your earning! And I’ll also be cracking the whip to make sure you are writing bankable pieces!

Anyway, it’s worth a look. All I can say is that since I pasted several of my Helium articles there, the comments have been non stop and very useful.

One year on....

I can’t believe how quickly the last year has gone. Have you noticed that the older you become, the faster time goes by. One theory is that each year you live is a lesser percentage of your life. When you were a four year old, a year was 25% of your entire life. To a centurion, a year is a mere 1%!

Exactly one year ago I decided to start a blog. To this day I cannot put my finger on what led me to start - to me bloggers, and anyone who listed computers as a hobby, were anoraks, nerds! Yet that decision changed my life. My entire lifestyle changed. And when 6 months later an advert for Helium popped up on my blog, my obsession with writing went to a new level!

I suppose I was steered toward writing by my family. I decided that instead of sending postcards when I was away on my holidays, I’d keep a diary. Once home I would type them out and distribute them. They went down well, and it was suggested I use them as part of an autobiography.

So, like bloggers the world over, I now think in prose! Every situation I find myself in is turned into an essay in my mind! I often drift away into my own world of words , sentences and paragraphs. I’ve become a nerd!

My first blogs were pretty poor. All my efforts during the first couple of months have long since been deleted. But one year on, I am still tapping away on my keyboard at every opportunity. My sleeping hours get shorter, and my comfortable couch hardly gets sat on!

So what will the next year bring? Will I still be blogging in September 2008? Who knows!