Editor's Blog — Author

Inspiring Light

When I find that interesting angle on a moment I’ve lived, something wakes up in me.

William KenowerAugust 24, 2020Writing, William Kenower, InspirationComment

A Thing Made New

There’s something about a cat’s choice that feels like the unquestionable desires of nature.

William KenowerAugust 19, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Cats, ChoicesComment

Friends and Enemies

You never know when you’ll turn some corner in your mind and find yourself in creative a dead end, face to face with the shadow.

William KenowerAugust 17, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Fear, Creativity, TrustComment

Final Resting Place

I imagined adventures he hadn’t taken, enemies he hadn’t faced.

William KenowerAugust 14, 2020William Kenower, Toys, Kung Fu, DeathComment

No Exceptions

Wherever I am is where I must need and want to be, whether I understand it or not.

William KenowerAugust 12, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Teaching, Spirituality, ComplaintComment

Unwanted Guest

Doubt is a resilient and slippery worm. Open the door to your mind a crack, and it will slide in.

William KenowerAugust 10, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Publishing, DoubtComment

The Known World

The arrows were all as harmless and transparent as thoughts.

William KenowerAugust 7, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Rejection, SufferingComment

Hard Work

There is nothing in the world harder than doubting yourself.

William KenowerAugust 5, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Self-doubt, Work, WaitingComment

Superheroes

The only inspiration I can find in Douglas’s story – or in anyone’s, for that matter – is if I understand that he drew from the same well of genius and inspiration from which anyone and everyone can draw.

William KenowerAugust 3, 2020Writing, The Incredibles, William Kenower, Frederick Douglas, EqualityComment

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