Editor's Blog — Author

New Thought

My old thoughts may have led me to where I am now, but it is the new thoughts that will carry me forward.

William KenowerNovember 16, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Thought, PastComment

I Can

At nineteen, I was not prepared to call a 62 year-old ex-marine on his racism or antiquated notions of women’s independence.

William KenowerNovember 11, 2020William Kenower, Lessons, OptimismComment

Gods and Mortals

If I place Gatsby on some holy pedestal, if I deify Fitzgerald, it makes my next book that much harder write.

William KenowerNovember 9, 2020Writing, William Kenower, F- Scott Fitzberald, The Great GatsbyComment

Accidental Journey

Life is so engrossing when you give it your full attention.

William KenowerNovember 4, 2020Writing, Fear, Courage, William KenowerComment

Perfectly Good

It was the shame of it not being perfect, and of someone noticing and telling me so, that so worried me.

William KenowerNovember 2, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Perfection, ShameComment

Personal Stories

Storytelling has reminded me how personal my suffering truly is.

William KenowerOctober 28, 2020Writing, Stories, William Kenower, SufferingComment

Good Enough

I didn’t believe good sentences were my passport to publishing success, but I did see them as conspicuous ambassadors of my ability.

William KenowerOctober 26, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Prose, D&DComment

Strangers in the Hall

It’s easier to change what I’m doing than what I believe.

William KenowerOctober 21, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Beliefs, FearComment

Patient Movement

It was never the movement that brought me where I wanted to be, just as it wasn’t typing that wrote my stories.

William KenowerOctober 19, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Patience, IdeasComment

Learning to Listen

I had to learn to listen on purpose, regardless of whether I was hearing something at the moment I sat down to write.

William KenowerOctober 14, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Poetry, Stories, ListeningComment

New Theory

Somewhere there were people with fast, responsive computers, but I just wasn’t one of them.

William KenowerOctober 12, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Past, TechnologyComment

Why Writers Can't Actually Fail

It easy to spin dark fantasies about your future, a science fiction dystopia where nothing you write is read.

William KenowerOctober 9, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Failure, Running, SuccessComment

No Escape

Feeling alive from the inside out was as real as life could get.

William KenowerOctober 7, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Fantasy, Reality, StoriesComment

Old Comfort

I sometimes want my creations to be more than things, to be like loved ones to comfort me in my dark hours.

William KenowerOctober 5, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Loss, Computers, CreativityComment

Worth Sharing

It’s the dreary business of staying alive that can gum-up the creative life.

William KenowerSeptember 28, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Despair, MoneyComment

Just What I Wanted

Secretly, I realized, this is what I’d always wanted: just to hear how sorry someone was for me.

William KenowerSeptember 23, 2020Writing, Complaint, William Kenower, Despair, Rejection Comments

Any Means Available

We will learn what we need to learn by any means available.

William KenowerSeptember 21, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Pink Floyd, Learning, Poetry, PhilosophyComment

Instant Gratification

The writer must remain as interested as she possibly can, no matter how long it takes that interest to turn into a story, scene, or sentence.

William KenowerSeptember 18, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Patience, LoveComment

The Math of Life

Publishing is how I share what I’ve written, and sharing things I love with other people is another way of reminding me why life is interesting and worth living.

William KenowerSeptember 16, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Meaning, Love, Money, SuccessComment

Knowing Where to Look

Here’s the thing about The Pit: there’s nothing there.

William KenowerSeptember 14, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Despair, Rejection, News Comments