by Avery White | Feb 10, 2017 | Stories
“Can I return this?” Eli asked slightly disheveled despite his khaki slacks, maroon v-neck sweater, and dark suede leather jacket. His hair was parted neatly to the side, and his eyes shone a sincere brown. “Sure. Do you have a receipt?” The store...
by Avery White | Feb 8, 2017 | Training
So I was given the idea to do a sort of ‘what worked, what didn’t, and why’ post from one of you, and I think it’s a great way to stay honest. Back in forever ago, I wrote a short story called “Something About a Bank Robbery”. The...
by Avery White | Feb 6, 2017 | Challenges
I’ve got allergies. My go to, Loratadine For sleep, Diphenhydramine I’ve never tried Cetrizine I mean, allergies are really tough to get rid of… So now I’m taking my sinuses into my own Kleenex No Bromephiramine, no Clemastine just zeroing my...
by Avery White | Feb 3, 2017 | Stories
There are certain things that do and do not lend themselves to stories. And I confess that the title did not come naturally, the characters did not come willingly, but understandably when you consider they’re just survivors. This story began in Japan on an...
by Avery White | Feb 1, 2017 | Challenges
What Is For You You are an overcoming, image capturing, scene splaying master of rhetoric. You are a ship with full sails unafraid of storms. You are smart. You are a witty wise-crack crackin dissatisfied with slackin creative. You are the weaponizer of story to sear...
by Avery White | Jan 30, 2017 | Challenges
Believing Different Something to read aloud before you flip the creative switch… or have it read to you…because that’s cool 🙂 You are a creator from a Creator Your lens, different. Your perspective, needed. Your art, valuable. You have what it...
by Blake Verboom | Jan 27, 2017 | Stories
I’m excited to welcome Blake Verboom to the TPC stage today! Blake Verboom is from Bastrop, TX and graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in English. Blake is a Project Manager by day and a Writer by… very early morning. Blake has always had...
by Avery White | Jan 25, 2017 | Spotlight
Last weekend I saw the movie “Kubo and the Two Strings” in a spectacular home theater (not mine). In short, it’s rich. Claymation, visual effects, and excruciatingly detailed set design make the telling of this story a technical achievement as well...
by Avery White | Jan 23, 2017 | Challenges
I love NGEN radio. And you better believe that’s what I was listening to when I saw the words “RUG AND ART SALE” outside the Post Oak shopping mall here in College Station. So I thought I’d stop and see what the art was about. I got out,...
by Avery White | Jan 20, 2017 | Stories
45 Seconds To Midnight 11:59:15 The tear of sweat seemed to hang motionless, suspended in air like a Kleenex particle caught in sunlight. His top rope quivered 100 feet off the far side of a nearby cliff face. The Yenisei River roared below. “45 Seconds” “You...
