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November 18, 2008 · The Theory of LIght and Matter, a collection of short stories by Andrew Porter has received rave reviews all over town and now all over the country. Porter just returned from Los Angeles, where his work was read by the likes of actor Rain Wilson, of The Office fame, as well as actors, Justine Bateman and Eric Stoltz.
"For someone like me it was just a completely surreal experience. Most writers spend ninety-nine percent of their time holed up in their offices working and to have you work read publicly by actors who you've watched and admired all you life is pretty amazing."
Andrew says he was a very serious writer at a young age. In fact, the first piece in his collection titled, "Hole," is actually the first piece he ever had published at the tender age of 23.
"I never really had a back-up plan, which is one of the reasons why I think I worked so hard at writing, because I knew if I wasn't going to do this I wasn't sure what I was going to do."
When he's not winning awards for his writing or touring the country, Andrew teaches at Trinity University. And when he's not teaching he's working on his next project: a novel.
"It's set in Houston and it involves a family going through a crisis, but that's about all that I'm going to say about it because I don't want to jinx myself." |
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