Editor's Blog — Author

No Offense: How Not to Fear the Politically Correct Reader

People have said plenty of unkind things to me in my life, particularly about my work. Yet the things these people said only “hurt” when I believed them.

William KenowerMay 3, 2019Writing, Nick Bantock, William Kenower, Misunderstanding, SpiritualityComment

The Last Word

Writers start stories, and readers finish them.

William KenowerMay 1, 2019Writing, Reading, William Kenower, courageComment

Finding Stilness

In my desperation to feel better, I forgot that all momentum begins in stillness.

William KenowerApril 26, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Stillness, Spirituality, CreativityComment

Real Problems

All my stories end the same, you see: I’m fine. I have no other ending.

William KenowerApril 24, 2019Writing, Stories, William Kenower, ProblemsComment

The Way Out

You have to believe more in what you want than what you don’t, believe more in love than fear.

William KenowerApril 22, 2019Writing, Creativity, William Kenower, Hell, Ideas, SpiritualityComment

Mysterious Treasures

That which compelled your search, your unique interest and curiosity, remains your truest and only compass.

William KenowerApril 17, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Discovery, Stories, SpiritualityComment

Changing Minds

I don’t know how to change the world, but I do know how to change my mind.

William KenowerApril 15, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Ideas, Creativity Comments

The Authors

We can give our characters a mansion as easily as we can give them a shoebox.

William KenowerApril 12, 2019Writing, Stories, William kenower, SpiritualityComment

Long Drive Home

My past is most useful to me now as source material, all of which has to be written about in the present for the present.

William KenowerApril 10, 2019Writing, Driving, Journeys, SpiritualityComment

Know It All

For a time my heart had seemed like a fickle lover, abandoning me over the smallest misstep, stranding me in a world of right and wrong answers.

William KenowerApril 8, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Spirituality, LoveComment

Stay Connected

Connection comes before all meaningful action; never the other way around.

William KenowerApril 5, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Spirituality, Connection, Inspiration Comments

Different and Equal

The point of all stories is how we are the same. That’s where we meet.

William KenowerApril 3, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Fiction, Diversity, EqualityComment

Stealing

Copying, like clichés, is just a way to get started when I don’t know where to begin.

William KenowerApril 1, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Terry Persun, Immitatin, T. S. ElltioComment

Love Songs

I have never once described the world I live in, only what I think of it, what I want from it, what I believe about it.

William KenowerMarch 29, 2019Writing, Singing, Beauty, William Kenower, Spirituality, DescriptionComment

No Apologies

Everyone’s innocent, but everyone also believes something that isn’t true.

William KenowerMarch 27, 2019William Kenower, Stories, Apology, Memoir, SpiritualityComment

All Things Being Equal

The budding artist in me secretly believed the easiest way to relate to someone was to be adored and admired.

William KenowerMarch 25, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Spirituality, Equality, LearningComment

The Un-Haunted House

Where I actually am when I write is with me always everywhere.

William KenowerMarch 22, 2019 Comments

Love Story

The storyteller must look past what is, training his storytelling eye on what will be, a thing that will be the shape of what he loves.

William KenowerMarch 20, 2019Writing, Stories, Love, FearComment

Student Teacher

The page taught what I wanted to say, and the students teach me what I want to learn.

William KenowerMarch 18, 2019Writing, Craft, William Kenower, TeachingComment

Equal Stories

There is no opposite of you. Everyone’s different, but not opposite.

William KenowerMarch 15, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Equality, StoriesComment