Editor's Blog — Author

Desirable Genie

The force and velocity of that desire had focused his attention so completely that what we call craft arrived to serve it.

William KenowerMay 29, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Ken Burns, Craft, PassionComment

The Secret Formula

Our greatest challenge is to allow what’s within us to find its form.

William KenowerMay 27, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Success, ValueComment

A Simple Mind

I’m not my ideas, nor all the knowledge I’ve accumulated.

William KenowerMay 25, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Mindfulness, ThinkingComment

Real Genius: Indulge Your Curiosity

What we call genius is an expression of our curiosity indulged.

William KenowerMay 22, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Genius, CuriosityComment

Teach the Children

Something in me snapped.

William KenowerMay 20, 2020Writing, Teaching, William Kenower, Learning, CriticismComment

Won't Quit

You know you can’t actually quit what’s right for you.

William KenowerMay 18, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Rejection, QuittingComment

Whole Stories

It’s hard to write stories that contradict your own life.

William KenowerMay 13, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Heartbreak, Stories, LoveComment

The Critic Speaks

We were all glad to be rid of him, but I sensed he had sucked the life out of that theater

William KenowerMay 11, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Pink Floyd, CriticsComment

All Is Well

It is the pain of doubting that tells me I needn’t doubt.

William KenowerMay 8, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Discovery, Suffering, StoriesComment

Inner Reality

As writers, we get lost when we forget where to look for our stories.

William KenowerMay 6, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, FearComment

Already There

I cannot see my own path, and this feeling of not knowing, of doubting such a path even exists, leads me to look to other people who seem certain of their life.

William KenowerMay 4, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Self, SpiritualityComment

Day After Day

My mind was free to remember other things that lay far beneath the noise of a useless calendar.

William KenowerMay 1, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Calendars, FearComment

Crafted Reminders

The ideas that come to us that need crafting do not belong to us anymore the than draft day hopes belong to camera operators.

William KenowerApril 29, 2020William kenower, Writing, Craft, Football, DraftComment

Forgetting What You Have

I’d known it so naturally and intuitively, that I didn’t even know I knew it.

William KenowerApril 27, 2020Writing, Stories, Teaching, Time, William KenowerComment

All You Need to Know

An idea arrived that interested the artist and their only ambition was to complete that idea.

William KenowerApril 22, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Music, Paul McCartney, The BeatlesComment

Known Connection

How long are you allowed not to know before you think not knowing is a problem?

William KenowerApril 20, 2020Writing, Stories, William Kenower, Ideas, InspirationComment

Not Normal

It is not my job, nor anyone’s job, to belong anywhere.

William KenowerApril 17, 2020William kenower, Writing, Normal, Acceptance, ParentingComment

Going for the Ride

I have wondered how many of the threats I’ve feared in my life were like those roller coasters.

William KenowerApril 15, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Fear, Joy, MeaningComment

Change in the Time of Corona

Sometimes it is the circumstances thrust upon on us to that compel us to grow.

William KenowerApril 13, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Book tours, Plague, Corona Virus, ChangeComment

Describing Shadows

Shadows may come in a variety of sizes and shapes, but they all share the same impermanence.

William KenowerApril 10, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Shadow, Happiness, Feelings Comment