Editor's Blog — Author

I will never get up an hour earlier to ask, “Why bother?”

William KenowerJanuary 30, 2023William Kenower, Time, Writing, FearComment

A Writer's Clemency

None of us ever want to stand as an example of how not to write, want to commit a crime for which there is no forgiveness.

William KenowerJanuary 25, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Guilt, ForgivenessComment

No Argument

Stories and essays and, for that matter, conversation itself, are not about winning.

William KenowerJanuary 23, 2023Writing, Stories, William Kenower, ArgumentComment

Our Place In The World

I used to get angry when I was young and I’d hear the loud applause after some band I loathed had finished one of their lousy songs.

William KenowerJanuary 18, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Saturday Night Live, Music, PreferenceComment

The Kind Rejection

People can be very convincing when they’re telling you how lousy they actually are.

William KenowerJanuary 16, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Friends, Despair, RejectionComment

Serving Life

A good story is always in service to the one who’s telling it and the one who’s hearing it.

William KenowerJanuary 11, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Radanth SwamiComment

The Smiling Faces

Speak first to the smiling faces and the others might come along.

William KenowerJanuary 9, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Fear, FantasyComment

Where The Story Starts

Complaints are many a story’s beginning, but never its end.

William KenowerJanuary 4, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Complaints, StoriesComment

The Lightness of Stories

The tension of conflict has no real value unless it’s eventually followed by the release of resolution.

William KenowerJanuary 2, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Stories, The Beatles Comments

Learning From What We Already Know

It is hard to believe sometimes that from something so small as an interesting idea can grow something so big as a book or a career.

William KenowerDecember 28, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Learning, KnowledgeComment

The First Solution

It is the moment I breathe for the first time that I appreciate what I otherwise do every moment of every day.

William KenowerDecember 26, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Suffering, SuccessComment

Acceptable Writers

If I’m disciplined, there’s a pleasure in recognizing what I want to change, like seeing a part of myself I’ve not acknowledged.

William KenowerDecember 19, 2022Writing, William Kenower, AcceptanceComment

Not Complicated

Whenever I try to travel back in time and rewrite the choices I made I can feel how unnatural it would have been for me.

William KenowerDecember 14, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Music, LearningComment

Evolving Questions

I don’t want to tell the same story twice, and the page is so utterly blank, and, most importantly, I am not quite the same person I was yesterday.

William KenowerDecember 12, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Evolution, Dungeons and DragonsComment

A Little Control

We don’t really choose our stories; they always choose us.

William KenowerDecember 7, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Control, FearComment

Correct Intention

I told myself it didn’t matter how long it took to write it, that it didn’t matter if I never finished it, I would not write it to try to please her.

William KenowerDecember 5, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Intention, SuccessComment

Generous Writing

When I write what I want to read, it means I’m giving to others what I wish to receive.

William KenowerNovember 30, 2022Writing, William Kenower, GenerosityComment

Quitting

If weren’t allowed to quit, then we would stay bound to whatever project or idea first came to us.

William KenowerNovember 28, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Creativity, Quitting Comments

Good Evidence

Eventually every creative person must accept that they were never actually waiting for anyone’s approval or recognition.

William KenowerNovember 21, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Evidence, AcceptanceComment

Unpredictable

There it is, the thing you didn’t know but knew you’d like when you saw it.

William KenowerNovember 16, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Elections, Poetry, SurprisesComment