Redroom.com

Do you like to keep up with your favorite authors? Are you an author? Do you like to keep up with the literary community? If you said yes, to any of these questions you should checkout Redroom. On their 'About Us' page they say:

"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." (http://www.redroom.com/about-red-room)

Several author names that I recognize from our library are already registered with Redroom.com. Among them were names such as Khaled Hosseini, Amy Tan, Maya Angelou, Clive Barker, James Patterson, Katie MacAlister, Norman Mailer, Shirley Tallman, Gail Tsukiyama, Barack Obama, Louise Ure, and Christopher Moore.

Redroom is relatively new (still in beta) so as it takes off, more well-known authors are likely to join. Redroom provides space for authors and members to create a page where they can introduce themselves and talk about their work, even showcase some of their work.

There are videos, such as this one in which Amy Tan is talking about creativity:



In addition to videos, there are podcasts and event notifications. You can also browse authors, books, genres, and blogs. So take a look and see what you think.

Elizabeth