Adam Renn Olenn holds degrees from the University of Virginia and the Boston Conservatory.
He writes fiction, nonfiction, and occasional computer code. He lives in Massachusetts with his family.
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June 19, 2013
June 18, 2013
You Are The Second Person
You wondered out loud what writing âmulticulturallyâ actually meant and what kind of black man would write the word âbroâ in an email.
Writing so good it glues your sneakers to the floor.
June 18, 2013
Thank you, Grub
I’d like to thank the good men & women of Grub Street for kindly awarding me a scholarship to take their Master Novel in Progress class. They do a stellar job on every front, and I’m honored they put some stock in my work.
June 13, 2013
June 12, 2013
8. Bryan Cranston
Actor Breaking Bad
Bryan Cranston talking about art, creativity, and Breaking Bad, which might just be the best TV show ever written.
June 12, 2013
"My advice to young writers (and myself): Don’t write as if you’ll be paid by the word; write as if you’ll be charged by it."
— David Jauss (with thanks to Mary Akers for sharing)
June 8, 2013
June 3, 2013
Pulp Fiction's Bad Boy Mike Hammer Returns In 'Complex 90' : NPR
Mickey Spillane was the best-selling mystery writer of the 20th century. He created Mike Hammer after returning from World War II, and though Spillane died in 2006, writer Max Allan Collins is keeping Hammer’s story alive by completing the manuscripts Spillane left behind.
http://www.npr.org/2013/06/01/187093598/pulp-fictions-bad-boy-mike-hammer-returns-in-complex-90
May 29, 2013
May 24, 2013
"I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest."
— John Keats. (To whom I say, “Go get ‘em, Tyger!”)
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