About Red Room
Welcome to Red Room: Where the Writers Are
Red Room (redroom.com) is the online home of many of
the world's greatest writers. Red Room provides authors and members with free, easy-to-use, elegant online homes. It's a place for the literary community to promote their work, express themselves, and connect with their favorite authors.
Begin Exploring the Red Room There are several ways to get started. If you have:
30 Seconds: Sign up for our newsletter.
1 Minute: Start
browsing the site now. Check out our
homepage, our
author list, and our most popular page on the site: the
blogs.
5 Minutes: Join now to create your member account - it's free and easy. If you have also published a book, creating a Member Page is the first step in order to
apply to become a Red Room author.
In the Red Room, you can get everything you want in one site: read, research, buy, manage content, create, socialize, and connect with other avid readers, published and aspiring writers, publishers, agents, students, researchers, and other literary industry professionals. We can help you learn more about and discover new favorite writers and books, from personal stories to academic research. We are a high-quality site with free premium content and safe, educational, entertaining services.
In our current
BETA mode, you can:
Create a
free Member Page to add your bio, blog, and post videos and image galleries
Showcase your writing with excerpts and more
Interact with literary icons and other authors
Read an author's bio, comment on his or her up-to-date blog, see upcoming events, watch videos, listen to podcasts, view all of his or her published work, and read professional and reader reviews of his or her writing
Create, build, and improve your world of relationships through social-networking functionality
Comment on other members' and authors' blogs to continue the conversation
Learn about literary events in your area
Choose your privacy settings
Much more...
Soon, you will also be able to:
Find friends, teammates, alumni, or other contacts
Invite others to join your group or personal profile
Create a private or public group
Stay current on group and friend news, events, photos, video, and more
While all content is available to the public without registering, we encourage you to take a minute to
sign up to become a Red Room member so you can create your own Member Page. You can blog, post book reviews and comment on authors' blogs, and bookmark your favorite authors, content, and media.
What Can I Do in the Red Room? Avid Readers - Share your love of literature with friends, colleagues, literary professionals, and other readers around the world. From cultural icons like
Dr. Maya Angelou to aspiring authors, a diversity of voices, viewpoints, and genres are represented on the site. >>
Set up your free Red Room Member Page and watch video clips, listen to podcasts, and read and comment on original blog posts from your favorite authors.
Published Writers - Red Room provides you with a quality of life as a writer that you can't find anywhere else. You focus on writing; we'll take care of the technology you need. It's easy and free to set up your profile, network, bookmark, shop, and pursue your interests on Red Room. >>
Apply to become a Red Room author to build your fan base, communicate with friends and colleagues, promote your work, and finish your projects.
Aspiring Writers - We'll give you the tools, inspiration, information, and connections you need to become a productive, published, and successful writer. >>
Set up your free Red Room Member Page, and read writing and publishing
tips from other writers.
Publishers, Agents, and Other Literary Industry Professionals - We will help you secure the clients and contacts you need to be successful in the literary realm, including discovering new talent and promoting your own business. >>
Set up a Member Page to join other literary industry professionals in the Red Room.
Book Clubs, Literary Organizations, and Other Associations - We'll help provide you with the group functionality you need to have an effective home on the internet, as well as a method for recruiting new members. >> Encourage your members to
set up a Member Page to connect with each other. Group page functionality is currently in the works.
Students and Researchers - Information on Red Room is the most reliable author and book information on the web because our content is author-generate. >> Start your research! See the full list of
Red Room authors and even create your own
Member Page.
Red Room was named after both a place and a literary tradition. The famous
Red Roomof the White House is an extraordinary place where revolutionary behavior occurred in a small parlor. For example, when Franklin Roosevelt wouldn't allow female reporters at his press conferences, Eleanor Roosevelt held her own press conferences at the same time for the women. The conferences were so popular that the male reporters started attending, and the President had no choice but to integrate his press conferences in order to get any attention. A tradition of civilized revolution on behalf of disenfranchised writers is carried on in the modern-day Red Room.
"The Red Room" is also the name of four different literary works of different genres, by very different authors, spanning a century. One of these works, written by
H.G. Wells, is about confronting fear itself, alone in a small room-a relevant allegory for writers. Red evokes passion, action, and drama, providing the perfect backdrop for literary creation.
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