OMG! OMG! The blogger in me turns four today! Four breathtaking and amazing years! Too many exclamation marks, I know, but I really cannot describe how happy and excited I am. I’ve started on Blogger, with the first version of Words of a Broken Mirror and that’s been my home for about 3 years. On the side, I’ve launched a photo blog, Views of a Broken Mirror, also abandoned in the mean time. The photos however are still there for you to enjoy. Right now, besides managing this blog, I also have a travel blog, Travel Spells, a great source of advice, tips, reviews and magical recipes to make your trip exactly what you want it to be and I also manage the PRwave Blog.

About a year and a half ago, I’ve been blessed with my own domain, a very thoughtful gift from my great friend and later appointed big sis, Trisi. I’ve started posting here and in time, WoBM has become what it is today, a PR and Marketing blog that I’m extremely proud of. A lot of people have helped ever since: Trisi with the WoBM logo, Mig and Alex with endless WordPress changes (Alex has also designed the new WoBM look) and old and new friends (who you can easily meet if you browse through the comments) with their constant support and cheer.

WoBM Proudly Announces the 4 Year Bloggiversary Group Writing Project

I’ve realized that today was the big day sometime after lunch. I got overexcited and when clicking the “Write new post” option in my dashboard, it hit me! What better way to celebrate these four amazing years, what better way to reward my friends and readers, than a group writing project? I got some prizes ready for you in the spur of the moment, but before tempting you with what you might get, I’d better tell you what you’d have to do to get it Continue reading

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BLOGAPALOOZA has become quite a tradition around the blogosphere! And everyone, including myself, can’t wait to be a part of it. So this year Robert Hruzek of Middle Zone Musings invited bloggeres to share what they’ve learned in 2008 through their best post from each month. He than took those key findings and published them on his blog. He aimed at having 100 entries, but he got just a few more. Ok, not a few, a lot .

I’m sure you’re curious to see which I thought were the 12 best posts of 2008. Just drop by Robert’s blog and see my contribution to this bloggy effort. And if you want to also be featured in the BLOGAPALOOZA, hurry up! When the weekend is over, your change is gone with it! So start digging the archives and send it to Robert!

Each of us is extremely subjective when choosing the posts they liked most: to write, to read, to share with others. As I am sure what I liked best might not also be your very favorite, please let me know what WoBM entries from 2008 you prefer. It might be because they’re linked to somehting close to your heart, it might be because it’s something you really wanted to know more about or simply because a certain post or paragraph made you laugh. I’d love to know what it was! So don’t be shy, share it with me and the rest of the audience in the comment box!

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Yes, after a quite bumpy two weeks ride, Words of a Broken Mirror is once again up and running! It took two weeks to get a new hosting account, backup my old files and get the answered approved, two days for my to partly import stuff on my new account and majorly screw everything up and about 2 hours for Alex to get everything sorted out and clean up my mess .

While my blog was down and I couldn’t share anything with you through posts and comments, I realized that this blog is such an important part of my life that I really wouldn’t want to live without it. I could, but why would I ever? So many friends, so many thoughts, so many moments, why waste something like that?

Again, I apologize for the down time and for all the hassle you might have encountered when trying to access my blog. Hope you quickly forgive me and get back to regular visits.

P.S. From what Twhirl shows up, Joanna Young was the first to comment after the move! Thanks so much for that!

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I’d first like to apologize to anyone who’s been trying to access my blog and got errors instead of my posts. I know it’s really frustrating, so I’ve decided to do something about it! I initially planned to move at the end of the month, but as my site is temporarily down a few times a day, I decided my current webhosting provider is no longer a wise choice. I’ll be moving to GoDaddy.

I’ll officially start working on this tonight, but the effects might last for a couple of days. I’m sorry for all the trouble you’ll experience in the meantime. Please stay tuned as I’m sure the situation will be significantly improved after the transfer!

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Hi everyone! As of late last night, Words of a Broken Mirror has a new theme, designed especially for me by Alex Cristache of Blogsessive through his amazingly creative design company, QBKL. We went for a more professional and clean look, staying true to a red based color scheme. Because I am a red maniac and luckily for me Alex indulges this weakness of mine

I want to thank hig again for designing the theme, helping me implement it, and taking the time to explain things to me so that I could understand his point of view. I can be a designer’s nightmare if I really put my mind to it, you know!

I’d really love to hear what you have to say about the new look. I hope you all love it, as I am thrilled with how my pr and marketing blog looks like right now!

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