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Dec.02.2008 - 7:32 pm
Calling All Authors!... Help?
So... I've been asked to do a little research on the best sites online, whether it be blogs, magazines, or anyplace else that conduct great author interviews. Google has been a...
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Nov.26.2008 - 5:06 pm
Red Room Welcomes Tin House Books!
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As Author Liaison for Red Room, I’m very excited to announce that Tin House Bookshas partnered with us to be the official online home for its authors! I’d like to take a moment to...
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Nov.24.2008 - 1:28 pm
Meme Team!
Mantis!
Ok, I'll play. The things I've done thus far are bolded. 1. Started your own blog2. Slept under the stars3. Played in a band4. Visited Hawaii5. Watched a meteor shower6. Given...
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Nov.10.2008 - 9:24 pm
Seriously? Hypermiling? Really?
I Disapprove
Much like me, this rabbit disapproves of the selection of "hypermiling" to be the "Word of the Year" by the "New Oxford American Dictionary." Quick...
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Comments from Max

Dec.05.2008 - 11:23 am
In response to: Something Too Important To Forget
Thank you
Susan, each morning your posts make me alternatively laugh, reflect, or both, and today was no exception. The last...
Dec.04.2008 - 10:47 am
In response to: Why College Is Important—to Authors
Scary
These numbers even corrected for inflation, do not bode well for the future of the country. I am confident, at least,...
Dec.04.2008 - 10:41 am
In response to: The Official Darwin Awards
Humanity...
...never ceases to amaze me.Thanks for sharing these! -Max Sindell, Red Room
Dec.04.2008 - 10:01 am
In response to: Writers need to look at the details
Wow!
Jean, I always love your photographs, and they brighten my day. However, these photos of frost and ice crystals are...
Dec.03.2008 - 4:46 pm
In response to: Words I'm Looking Up (One in an occasional cleverly named series on words I'm looking up)
Funny
That line definitely threw me off. Cheeky always seemed like such a cute word, you know? -Max Sindell, Red Room

Writing

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Article: The Divorced Kids' Bill of Rights

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Nov.27.2007
The Bright Side: Surviving Your Parents Divorce
Published by The Marin Independant Journal
When Max Sindell was a kid, adults inundated him with books about how to cope with divorce. He remembers one: "The Dinosaurs Divorce," about Mommy and Daddy Dinosaur ending their...
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Image Gallery: LitQuake Literary Death Match!
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About Max

Hi, and welcome to my Red Room homepage! Let me tell you a little bit about how I came to write my first book... My parents got divorced when I was six, and my mother had been my father’s second marriage. (I also had three half brother’s from his first...
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Max’s Favorite Books

Atomized, The Possibility of an Island, Cloud Atlas, The Hobbit, The Foundation Series, Rabbit is Rich, Man's Search For Meaning, 100 Years of Solitude, Off to...