Editor's Blog — Author

Good Within

The end of the world, the end of love, the end of joy, the end of all that is good is never quite as close as we sometimes believe.

William KenowerMarch 25, 2020William Kenower, Pandemic, Connection, InternetComment

The Ballista and the Dragon

There has always been a part of me who does not participate in all my plan-making.

William KenowerMarch 23, 2020William Kenower, Stories, Dungeons and Dragons, PlanningComment

The Stars

Artists have to learn to forget about their numbers, forget about the reviews and the rankings, and just do their work.

William KenowerMarch 20, 2020Writing, Fame, Popularity, William Kenower, Social MediaComment

The End of the World

A true ghost town is an abandoned idea, a location that can no longer serve the people who would live there.

William KenowerMarch 18, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Success, Failure, ApocalypseComment

Life and Death

It wasn’t so much the writing as how I felt when I wrote.

William KenowerMarch 16, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Time, Fear, LoveComment

Discovery

No matter how many times I’ve told a story before I write it, I always leave room within my writer’s imagination for something new about this story or idea to come.

William KenowerMarch 13, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Fiction, Non-fiction, DiscoveryComment

Creating Worlds

I’m going to create something with every single person I meet, even if we exchange nothing more than a hello.

William KenowerMarch 11, 2020Writing, Marriage, William Kenower, CreativityComment

Let Them Go

Once I’m done with an essay or story, what someone thinks of my stuff is ultimately none of my business.

William KenowerMarch 9, 2020Writing, William Kenower, autism, Parenting, Criticism Comments

A New Story

I had always hated and feared this story, but I decided on the day I told it to Eric to make it a funny story.

William KenowerMarch 2, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Stories, Success, Failure, HumorComment

True Stories

All a story can do is point to something the reader or the audience may have forgotten or disregarded.

William KenowerFebruary 28, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Fearless Writing, Spirituality, Fear, LoveComment

Homebody

For one moment, there is a surprising emptiness in me, as if I’m closing the door for the last time on my childhood home.

William KenowerFebruary 26, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Travel, HomeComment

Being Seen

Like most people, I have spent ninety-nine percent of my time looking out of my face, not at my face.

William KenowerFebruary 24, 2020William Kenower, Expression, PerceptionComment

Believe It or Not

You can believe whatever you want to believe. I believe the old screenwriter loved to write screenplays.

William KenowerFebruary 21, 2020Writing, William Kenower, William Falkner, Aliens, Hollywood, ScreenwritingComment

Going For A Ride

The only thing that ever stands between me and doing anything is how friendly a story I’m telling myself about whatever it is I’m going to do.

William KenowerFebruary 19, 2020William Kenower, Fear, Writing, Cars, Fun, StoriesComment

A New Day

No matter how glad I am when that new idea arrives at my door, no matter how interested I become when I see a familiar subject from an unfamiliar perspective, I remain vaguely uneasy about tomorrow and its unwritten story.

William KenowerFebruary 17, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Creativity, Originality, SpiritualityComment

Okay

If you got it then the movie must have given it to you, and movies don’t give to some and not others. How could he not get it?

William KenowerFebruary 14, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, FriendshipComment

Everything

Ideas always arrived when you were quiet, when you weren’t trying, when you weren’t worried, when you weren’t doubting.

William KenowerFebruary 12, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Spirituuality, Ideas Comments

Modeling Perfection

The model sat on my desk for a time, a little monument to what almost was.

William KenowerFebruary 10, 2020Creativity, William Kenower, Pefection, ModelingComment

You Are Not What You Write

In truth, once I’m done writing something, I’m on to the next thing.

William KenowerFebruary 7, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Spirituality, GenreComment

Solving Problems

Eventually, not that bad becomes its own kind of prison as I dream of good or great.

William KenowerFebruary 5, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Lessons, Essays, SchoolComment