Editor's Blog — Author

Fertile Soil

The seed of a desire was planted, and love and attention allowed it grow.

William KenowerJanuary 13, 2021Writing, William Kenower, PatienceComment

Genuine Stories

Genuine grief can summon you to the moment as immediately as joy.

William KenowerJanuary 11, 2021Writing, Stories, William Kenower, FeelingsComment

That's Life

To be in that writing frame of mind, I can’t think about the result of my writing, of simply getting it done.

William KenowerJanuary 6, 2021Writing, William KenowerComment

Natural Talent

It’s easy to get our talent twisted up with approval and attention and admiration, a means by which those supposed rewards will be gained.

William KenowerJanuary 4, 2021William Kenower, Talent, Interviews, InterestComment

Resolved

This is perhaps the most useful function of the New Year’s resolution: acknowledging the power and inevitability of choice.

William KenowerDecember 30, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Jon Stewart, ChoicesComment

Bottomless Well

Every time I believe I have reached the end of what I need to learn about the patience required to write I am wrong.

William KenowerDecember 28, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Patience, WaitingComment

Perfectly Understandable

Easy to start slapping labels and titles and definitions on everyone I meet. Put someone in a box and you think you understand them.

William KenowerDecember 23, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Labels, GenresComment

Big Time

I didn’t want to leave the chair, in fact, because as soon as I did, I knew I’d be caught up once again in the momentum of my day.

William KenowerDecember 21, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Hollywood, Fear Comment

No Agenda

How nice when where I actually want to be isn’t where I thought I wanted to be.

William KenowerDecember 16, 2020Wriing, William Kenower, Agendas, Fear, CreativityComment

Life's Core

I didn’t want to spend my days fretting about life’s pins and paperclips, its due dates and bottom lines.

William KenowerDecember 14, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Author, EgoComment

Trustworthy Mystery

I believe stories find the people who need them when they need them.

William KenowerDecember 9, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Reading, MysteryComment

There I Am

Of all the things I can do, writing looks and feels the least like doing.

William KenowerDecember 7, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Spirituuality, JourneysComment

Making a Friend of Life

Uncertainty remains not only my constant companion, but the source of all my inspiration.

William KenowerDecember 2, 2020Writing, William Kenower, UncertaintyComment

New Normal

I forget I was the one who chose that goal, and it becomes something without which my life is incomplete.

William KenowerNovember 30, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Goals, Acceptance, PublishingComment

Teasing Out Ideas

At the end of the work day, I am sometimes left wondering what exactly I should be upset about?

William KenowerNovember 23, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Teasing, UpsetComment

No Obstacle

Having a race filled with obstacles at regular intervals I had to clear made sense to me.

William KenowerNovember 18, 2020William kenower, Hurdles, Obstacles, PracticeComment

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