Back in March, while having coffee with two good friends of mine, Alina Fekete and Violeta-Loredana Pascal, I first mentioned my idea of creating an online magazine for women that would be so much better than any other glossy magazine available on the Romanian market, pretending to know what women want and need. A magazine that would speak of career choices, successful women, real world relationships. A magazine for and with real women, the women beyond makeup and stereotypes.

Luckily, the jumped on board right then and there, and we started working on bringing our baby to life. It took us quite a while, the hardest part being to decide on a name. After a few failed tries, Alina Fekete who’s a designer suggested Cenuşă de trandafir, rose ashes. It’s the name of a colour, also called dusty pink. We loved the idea. Simply because complicated color names say women, but mostly because we loved the metaphor: purging through fire all the misconceptions, stereotypes and fake images on women. And then enjoying the real substance that’s left.

Cenuşă de trandafir was oficially launched last Tuesday. Mostly on Twitter and through word of mouth, from us to our friends, to their friends, to their friends. Based on the traffic, the number of comments, the retweets and the private messages, I’d say it was quite a success! And given the right amount of passion and hard work, plus some luck, it’s bound to keep growing.

Unfortunately, only my Romanian readers will be able to enjoy this new magazine. But since it means so much to me, I wanted to share the news with all of you! Good news are meant to be shared, hoping they’ll put a smile on the faces of those you care about

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It’s Sunday so it’s the perfect time to brag a little! WE magazine for women has published a list of 101 female bloggers they recommend to their readers for 2009. This happened in January, but I’ve only recently discovered the entry. Words of a Broken Mirror is on the list and I can’t tell you how proud and happy that makes me feel.

But enough about me! If you’re looking to expand you blog reading list, check out some of the great women selected by WE magazine. And you can help expand their list of women to watch by simply sending them a recommendation. I think you should really start doing this, as there are quite a lot of great bloggers out there who are also women. While you’re at it, if you’re a businesswoman running a business blog, you should contact Women on Business to get included in their businesswomen bloggers directory.

Have a lovely Sunday everyone!

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