Editor's Blog — Author

No Comparison

Has any good ever come when one person compared himself to another? The answer has to be, “No!” and yet we keep doing it and doing it and doing it.

William KenowerFebruary 20, 2019Writing, Comparison, William Kenower, SpiritualityComment

If You Were Born to Write

If you were born to write, you wanted to share what you had written, often for reasons you didn’t fully understand.

William KenowerFebruary 18, 2019Writing, William Kenower, SpiritualityComment

Snow Day, Part II

I wanted my comforts and to resume my habits. All I could do was sit with my cat on my lap and wait.

William KenowerFebruary 15, 2019Snow, suffering, William Kenower, HelpComment

A Good Practice

To be an artist, you must embrace your inherent freedom.

William KenowerFebruary 13, 2019Writing, Spirituality, William Kenower, HappinessComment

Endless Journey

To appreciate an ending, you must understand it’s invented.

William KenowerFebruary 11, 2019Writing, Death, Larry McMurtry, William kenower, Spirituality, StoriesComment

Approval Seekers

Approval, no matter from whom, can be a powerful motivator.

William KenowerFebruary 8, 2019Writing, William Kenower, ApprovalComment

Snow Day

I couldn’t hold that stillness forever any more than I could a freshly packed snowball.

William KenowerFebruary 6, 2019Writing, Spirituality, Snow, Stillness Comments

My Only Problem

The only way to solve the problem of the future is to ignore it.

William KenowerFebruary 4, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Stories, ProblemsComment

Enemies and Allies

The difference between your enemies and allies is forgiveness.

William KenowerJanuary 30, 2019Writing, William kenower, Memoir, Spirituality, ForgivenessComment

The Writing Party

Ideas are like invited guests. Who comes depends on the party.

William KenowerJanuary 28, 2019writing, William Kenower, Spirituality, stories, ideasComment

The Voice

The quality of his voice I enjoyed was the depth of his agreement with his own unique perspective.

William KenowerJanuary 25, 2019Writing, Voice, singing, SpiritualityComment

A Person Is Easier To Love Than A Book

There’s a lot of people in my life whom I love and who love me. I don’t write for them.

William KenowerJanuary 23, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Spirituality, FriendshipComment

Disposable Words

If there was only one piece of craft advice I could give a new writer, it would be that your job is to say the most in the fewest words possible.

William KenowerJanuary 21, 2019Writing, William kenower, Craft, WordsComment

All Or Nothing

Writing becomes an excellent exercise in valuing what we would otherwise abolish or condemn.

William KenowerJanuary 18, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Spirituality, Contrast, StoriesComment

Where The Story Is Told

The story is never, ever outside of us.

William KenowerJanuary 16, 2019Writing, Memoir, Stories, SpiritualityComment

Slow Down

The author is a like a lawyer, his readers the jury, and his details the evidence.

William KenowerJanuary 14, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Craft, FeelingsComment

Friendly Conversations

Friendliness is our natural relationship to one another, what is always present if we stop worrying about whether we’re likable or interesting

William KenowerJanuary 9, 2019writing, Interviews, William Kenower, Celebrity, FriendshipComment

Nudged by Inspiration

Sometimes inspiration arrives with fireworks and cymbal crashes. More often, however, inspiration comes with no fanfare at all. I simply notice something.

William KenowerJanuary 7, 2019Writing, Spirituality, inspiration, William Kenower, John PavlovitzComment

The Real Reason Books Aren't Finished

Writing is an act of trust, not chopping wood.

William KenowerJanuary 4, 2019Writing, Imagination, Dreams, William Kenower, TrustComment

Always Original

Once you learn the kind of stories you like to tell, and once you start figuring out how to tell them, you have to keep finding why you love to tell them.

William KenowerJanuary 2, 2019Writing, Stories, William Kenower, Love, OriginalityComment