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Oct.19.2010
The results are in! After hundreds of entries, dozens of worthy semi- and semi-semi-finalists (and many more with moments of brilliance), and five finalists, Red Room is exceedingly proud to announce the final results of its Scandalously Short Story Contest!
Before we get to the winners, we want to...
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Oct.17.2010
It came as no surprise last week when, after we asked Red Roomers to blog about their favorite gardens, that we were presented with beautiful photos of flowering plants, ornamental hedges, and spreading trees. From sentimental memories of vegetable gardens tended in childhood to once-in-a-lifetime...
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Oct.11.2010
At least a hundred stories submitted in our Red Room's scandalously short story contest had moments of brilliance—a great premise, a great scene, great descriptive language, a great ending. We picked just a few of these to highlight here, but there were so many that we really enjoyed reading....
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Oct.11.2010
Thank you so much for the overwhelming response to our short story contest! It was such a pleasure for all of us to get to know everyone better through their writing. Someone on our editorial team read your story, and you should be proud of yourself for entering. Almost all entries had moments of...
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Sep.27.2010
Red Room is proud to join thousands of authors, readers, industry professionals, and others who are passionate about freedom of expression and inquiry in recognizing Banned Books Week,September 25th through October 2nd.
This year's observance comes at a particularly apt time for one Red Room...
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Sep.19.2010
"We must become the change we want to see." -Mahatma Gandhi
My favorite response to that somewhat familiar aphorism comes from Red Room member Teresa Burns Gunther: "Easy for him to say."
Transitions can be about getting rid of something (an old idea, a bad relationship, some...
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Sep.12.2010
"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is another." –Erma Bombeck
There's no accounting for taste. After hearing teen pop music sensation Justin Bieber's name, Red Room's CEO Ivory Madison finally checked out one of his videos recently, and was completely mystified...
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Sep.07.2010
"Henry James was a man of many words. But when it came to selecting just a pair that he would define as 'the two most beautiful words in the English language,' he chose the words, 'summer afternoon.'"
–Rosemary Herbert, Oxford Press USA blog
With the usual apologies to our members based...
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Aug.09.2010
None of us really succeeds without the support of family, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances; you know, it takes a village. Often, it's total strangers who offer help at the unlikeliest of times. Last week, Red Room asked its members to blog about a time they were helped.
As I wrote on my blog...
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Aug.02.2010
"Memory is the diary we carry around with us." -Oscar Wilde
Last week, we asked Red Roomers to open up the first page of their personal diary—their memory—and read what they found there for their blogs. We received more than ninety responses, which is close to a record for the year we've...
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Jul.26.2010
“Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from—from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.” –Paracelsus, 16th century physician, astrologer, and alchemist
Modern science has replaced the traditional four elements Paracelsus studied—fire, air, earth, and water—with the...
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Jul.20.2010
"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming." –Helen Keller
Overcoming her disabilities led Helen Keller to do great things with her life. Last week, in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Red Room asked its members to blog...
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Jul.12.2010
"This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me."
The first two lines of Emily Dickinson's famous poem were a major inspiration for Red Room's mission to connect readers with their favorite authors. We never stop striving to be the place where, through the power of brilliant...
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Jun.15.2010
"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative" -Maurice Chevalier
Maybe it's because of our culture's relatively new glorification of youth, or because longer life spans raise new questions about health, financial security, and continued purpose, but it seems like we never...
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Jun.08.2010
In last week's email, we asked Red Roomers to blog about their favorite fictional detectives, thinking that mystery sleuths are more memorable than the individual cases they solve. Here are some posts that prove while detectives have to memorable characters, the mysteries they solve must be great...
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