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Making Deals, without the Devil.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been making deals with myself, or God, or the Universe, or the Devil or whatever I believed at the time was in control of my life. They look something like this (ranging from benign to a little intense): If I listen to this Journey song until the very [...]

Barf Bags

I remember the first time I flew on an airplane. I was five, it was the winter of 1979 and we were headed to Florida. Although I was too young to get it at the time, it was an incredible trip. We stayed with old friends in Cocoa Beach, went to Disney World, saw an [...]

Use this for that

Way, way back, a long time ago – like in the 90’s – I ran in a fantastic road race in Harvard, MA: the annual Apple Harvest Ramble Road Race. It’s a 10-miler through a picturesque New England town, with one gargantuan hill. I ran it twice, in ‘98 and ‘99 – and, from race [...]

Compass Shmompass

I grew up in St. Louis – a city boundaried by the great Mississippi, the river that divides our country into east and west; a city with a monstrous steel arch marking the gateway to the west. As soon as I was conscious, I knew where the river was, I knew where the arch was, [...]

If you try to do it all yourself, I bet you’ll fall over

I just got off the phone with a friend. She was telling me about her morning. Like me, she’s a freelancer, but of graphic design. This morning, before she even opened Photoshop, she did her bookkeeping, went to the bank and the post office, cleaned her office, fixed the leaky faucet in her bathroom, booked [...]

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What is your blog link?

http://www.bloggingroads.com

What is your twitter URL?

http://www.twitter.com/writingroads

A little about yourself...

I'm a mom of 2 two year-olds and I own a writing and marketing business called Writing Roads that specializes in blogging and web 2.0 marketing....but from a women's perspective: it's all about building relationships and community. I live on Martha's Vineyard and work in a tiny post and beam shed in my backyard with my dog at my feet and my children's voices and laughter filling up the air outside my door...it's heaven.

What kinds of things do you typically Twitter about?

Writing, Web 2.0, Marketing, Blogging, Life (& Politics lately!)

What are your areas of interest?

mommyhood, business, blogging, social media, twitter, work-at-home, politics

Julie Roads's Blog

EClass: How to become a freelance writer

When I started my business, I had a handful of books to guide me. But what I really wanted was a guide - for someone to literally propel me through the process, hold me accountable and steer me in the right direction.

I’m so pleased to be able to offer this EClass to you in order to help you start your business, to be the guide that I was looking for once upon a time. I will be asking you questions and supporting you as you find the answers & as you take action - and I’ll be giving you some… Continue

Posted on January 21, 2009 at 5:23am —

how’s your needless consumption?

This is my one and only post plugging something for the holidays…I think.

My daughter turned three last week, and there was a decision to be made: presents or no presents. Call me the grinch or any other name you come up with - but my kids have enough toys. Not onl… Continue

Posted on November 13, 2008 at 1:10pm — 4 Comments

now that’s smart marketing: BOB strollers

As you know, when I find something good, I sing like a canary. I simply can’t hold back. This is a twofer, a 2 in 1; hits my professional and my personal side. Drumroll…it’s a stroller.

I love when people do it RIGHT.

Inspired Marketing

The … Continue

Posted on October 24, 2008 at 8:01am — 3 Comments

blog redesign: an advertising deal

Yes, you are still at the Writing Roads Blog, aka. Blogging Roads!

Last night my dear designer, Leslie Tane, surprised me by expanding my blog into three columns with a new theme called Amazing Grace, a lightweight, super-optimized WordPress theme packed with features (SEO, Adsense & Widget Ready) created by Vladimir Prelovac. I was thrilled as I’ve been itching for some more elbow room!

One impetus for this space-making was that I’ve been approached by several vendors looking to advertise… Continue

Posted on October 8, 2008 at 1:12pm —

Eating Disorder or Just Starving?

I already know my answer...but a lot of women out there have no idea about theirs. For 12 years, I struggled with my weight, I binged, I purged, I didn’t eat, I suffered from chronic IBS, bloating, gas and pain, all I thought about was food, I loathed my body, I loathed myself.

At the time, I had several dietary rules/beliefs:
1. Eat as little fat as possible.
2. No dairy.
3. No meat.
4. Non-fat frozen yogurt doesn’t count as anything.
5. If it comes from the ‘health food store’ it’s fine.

Mea… Continue

Posted on September 30, 2008 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

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At 6:49am on January 18, 2009, Samantha said…: Congrats on TMOTW, I am a recent follower of your blog & I look forward to reading more. I wish you continued success & abundance in all you do.

At 6:54am on January 16, 2009, Janine N. said…: Congrats on being a TMOW! You deeeeserve it and obviously I'm not the only one to think so!

At 10:56am on January 14, 2009, Billie said…: Hi Julie, congratulations!

At 5:57pm on January 13, 2009, Angela said…: Congratulations, Julie! I could hardly believe it when I was named Twitter Mom of the Week. Excellent work.

At 6:19am on January 7, 2009, Julia Pimsleur said…: Thanks for writing and good luck with all the writing! in another life i would have liked to be a writer (or a therapist). but its entrepeneurship for me - and i do love it. If you have time when you come to ny i'd love to have you up to my office. we are on west 14th street near 6th ave. i'll be out of town jan 16 - 23 but back in the offic eon jan 25th. hope to see you in person or just keep following your cool self on Twitter. happy birthday (late) to your daughter!

At 6:12pm on December 31, 2008, Tonya Ward said…: Happy New Year's Day in China 2009!

Thank you for your friendship!

I wish you and yours a

Very Happy New Year 2009!

Tonya : )