Editor's Blog — Author

Body and Soul

I think all the questions around writing and money really come down to this: Can I make a living doing something I would happily do for free?

William KenowerJuly 31, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Spirituality, Stories, Money, SurvivalComment

New to the Party

To be allowed in to this party, I can’t complain about it or want it to be different; I have to just accept it, accept all of it, including that part of it called Me.

William KenowerJuly 27, 2020Writing, Spirituuality, William Kenower, Love, IdeasComment

Longer Conversations

Pithiness by itself is not deceit, though it must by its nature leave a certain amount unsaid.

William KenowerJuly 22, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Writing Classes, MarketingComment

The Book for Me

I was someone who had not yet given himself permission to dive fully into this subject, and that resistance, that self-rejection, was becoming increasingly uncomfortable.

William KenowerJuly 20, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Anne Lamotte, VoiceComment

Full of Life

The fullness of our stories is found in the telling.

William KenowerJuly 15, 2020Writing, Stories, William Kenower, EndingsComment

Adults in the Room

Why wasn’t anybody in that room happy?

William KenowerJuly 13, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Childhood, AdultsComment

No Modiefiers

Love is both an experience and expression.

William KenowerJuly 10, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, LoveComment

The Perfect Antidote

Fear is fantastically unbiased. It can be applied to anything at all.

William KenowerJuly 8, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Fear, Curiosity, Stories, LearningComment

Curios Moments

All writing is driven by curiosity that will lead you to some doorway you’ve resisted opening.

William KenowerJuly 6, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Fear, Struggle, CuriosityComment

You Deserve It

Isn’t it possible that we deserve everything we hear, even the worst and cruelest insults?

William KenowerJuly 3, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Praise, CriticismComment

Persisently Friendly

How much friendlier the world seemed when I did not ask it to make me happy.

William KenowerJuly 1, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Rejection, Acceptance, PersistenceComment

Special Recognition

I needed to understand where the challenges of being human overlapped with the challenges of writing.

William KenowerJune 29, 2020Writing, Success, William Kenower, SpecialComment

Kind Stories

If you knew you were just fine as you were, would you still get up before the kids to write every morning?

William KenowerJune 24, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Kindness, Criticism, AcceptanceComment

A Writer's Inspiration

Love is creation’s only companion.

William KenowerJune 22, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Inspiration, Doubt, LoveComment

Ready and Waiting

A new idea changes me a little, even if that idea is only a sentence.

William KenowerJune 17, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Publishing, Waiting, Patience, ChangeComment

Tricky Obstacles

An obstacle can look pretty damn real in my mind where only I can see it and where only I’m navigating it.

William KenowerJune 15, 2020Comment

Ever Changing

If I want change and growth in my life, then I absolutely must look for it in every corner of my experience.

William KenowerJune 10, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Change, Progress, BeliefComment

Where It Comes From

If I doubt there are any ideas worth sharing, I’ll get none.

William KenowerJune 8, 2020Writing, Ideas, Doubt, TrustComment

No Coincidence

I thought something and then it happened.

William KenowerJune 3, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Publishing, Coincidence, ConnectionComment

A Very Different Place

I feel as though I’ve spent my life trying to describe that space where writing begins, for without it, no story would ever be told, no song ever composed.

William KenowerJune 1, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Travel, Description, SpiritualityComment