Winnie the Pooh

I saw this, and couldn't resist posting it here Winnie the Pooh's guide to blogging. And it is written by James Chartrand from Men with Pens no less (I have heard much of this Chartrand and was pleased the copyblogger post that caught my eye was his) If you ever swing past this way James, give me a wave...

Oh, forgot

Online link to my latest tax technical article in Tax Adviser magazine is now available. And useful! Enjoy.

New writing sites and news

Well, twice in one day. We are privileged!

Just thought I would note a great new site I've found (when I say new, the site isn't new, but it's new to me) Kudos Writing. Not only is it a great resource for writing competitions (I've noted a few down that end in Feb) but you can also submit to sister publication Orbis (follow the link on the main site). You can even join the Orbis facebook group.

Other things, well I thought I'd link to Jodee's Monday Markets on fwj to share the link love.

Also, I have entered the Leaf Books nano fiction competition (closed 31 January), keep your fingers crossed for me- results due March.

Finally, I have signed up for the Writer's Weekly 24 hour story-a-thon on 25th April. Writer's Weekly (run by Angela Hoy) is another great resource. I had better get updating my useful links :)

A new beginning

Right, start again

Hello and welcome to the revamped(!) blog.

Aiming to be a bit different this time, I do intend to continue to cover and discuss writing stuff but I may also offer my own humble opinion on things going on in my world, and the world in general. Like the pitiful sentence handed out to the lorry driver that killed an entire family on the M6. Whilst I appreciate he didn't mean to kill them, surely the fact that he was using a laptop (albeit to see where he was) whilst driving at high speed is sufficient to constitute dangerous rather than careless driving. With a maximum jailtime of 18 months, that's just three months per life, and likely to be as low as two months each. Read the full story here.

And continuing the theme, the latest road safety speed kills advert is deadly. I had to cover my eyes the first time I saw it. It makes me want never to drive again. Let's hope it saves some lives. For those who haven't seen it, make sure you are sitting down and click the video link on this site.

Long time no speak...

Sorry.

I know, I've been conspicuous in my absence recently. I have been busy though.

I have (very) recently started writing for hubpages, and my latest article can be found here http://hubpages.com/_mywebs1/hub/The-Natural-Mothers-Toolkit

I also spend a lot of time browsing Deb's site here http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/ . It is very good, saves you a lot of time searching other sites and I highly recommend it.

I have also updated my clips site with some extra details, which can be found here http://www.samthewlis.wordpress.com/

Busy busy, got to go,much to do. I will update you on the fiction quest later this week, to include details of emailing an agent and drafting some children's books.

sam

An Update

Apologies for the lack of posting, due in equal parts to disillusionment with my lack of readers, and being busy working.

I have written and submitted a number of articles and queries to magazines, have a non-fiction book proposal under consideration and am fine tuning a couple of fiction stories for competition entry.

Read by Dawn Vol.3 is available for preorder from Amazon now, and will be published on 28 May. The champagne is already on ice. Search for 'sam thewlis' and you will find it.

I have also published a new website at http:\\samthewlis.wordpress.org which has examples of my fiction and non-fiction writing. My clips. Feel free to peruse at will.