Editor's Blog — Author

Let The Train Go By

I’ve learned I alone can’t stop a complaint train once a gang of us starts riding it.

William KenowerAugust 8, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Conversation, ComplaintComment

Finding The Magic

The magic does not recognize times of day or quality of sunlight or the freshness of coffee.

William KenowerAugust 3, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Magic, Inspiration, Routine Comment

The Point

As writers and artists, ours is a journey for which uncertainty is an inevitable and enduring companion.

William KenowerAugust 1, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Fear, Questions, MeaningComment

Discovering Friends

What everyone wants is to be interested and excited and satisfied with what they read or see or eat.

William KenowerJuly 27, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Stories, DiscoveryComment

Your Aesthetic

We believe only other people can tell us whether our stuff is any good or not.

William KenowerJuly 25, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Aesthetic Comments

Fantasy and Reality

The future is my outline; the present is the sentence I’m finding right now.

William KenowerJuly 20, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Fantasy, RealityComment

Real Problems

I’m not saying we invent all our problems to keep our life interesting, but I do find myself wondering if we invent most of them.

William KenowerJuly 18, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Dungeons and Dragons, ProblemsComment

Triggered

My response was so immediate and intense it was as if a trigger had been pulled in me.

William KenowerJuly 13, 2022Writing, Stories, William Kenower, Despair Comments

Group Effort

There is something immediately exciting about another person bringing their imagination to a project that had previously lived entirely in my mind.

William KenowerJuly 11, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Music, CollaborationComment

The True Source

What’s the opposite of greed? I thought.

William KenowerJuly 5, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Greed, Generosity, Success, PovertyComment

The Right Tools

How easy it is to misplace the source of my discomfort.

William KenowerJune 27, 2022Writing, Gardening, William Kenower, ToolsComment

Just Like You

There are so many thoughts that wander into our heads that are absolutely incompatible with writing.

William KenowerJune 22, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Fear, Thinking, Stillness, StoriesComment

Face In The Crowd

There is something inherently friendly about recognition, the light feeling I get when I glance through a crowd, and there to my surprise is a face I know.

William KenowerJune 20, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Movies, Actors, RecognitionComment

Gravity's Source

Never underestimate the gravitational pull of your authentic interest.

William KenowerJune 15, 2022Writing, Talent, Interest, William KenowerComment

Listen To This

Where listening and thinking overlap is in the choice of thoughts we follow.

William KenowerJune 13, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Listening, SurrenderComment

Hard Work

Something within me had come to rest – had actually been at rest even while I wrote.

William KenowerJune 9, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Work, SufferingComment

No Escape

Whenever I’m feeling trapped or lost, my best plan of action is to look to the source of everything I fear and love.

William KenowerJune 6, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Freedom, Escape, ImaginationComment

War and Peace

There’s always a little relief every time I finish a sentence that belongs in my story.

William KenowerJune 2, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Resistance, Peace, AcceptanceComment

The Unwriting Coach

Once you get an idea you really like, you’re done for.

William KenowerMay 30, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Coaching, Fear, IdeaComment

A New Ride

What was fun yesterday is not always fun today.

William KenowerMay 25, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Horror, Roller Coasters, FearComment