Fear — Editor's Blog

A Light

Every bright, creative point of light in our life matters.

William KenowerMay 15, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Creativity, FearComment

The Stranger

And so I fight, a pugilist alone in the ring but still swinging.

William KenowerApril 3, 2023Writing, Doubt, William Kenower, Thoughts, FearComment

Focus

My focus must stay on my inner light of curiosity and not drift into notions of getting something right.

William KenowerMarch 15, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Focus, FearComment

Right Now

Every time I sit down to write, I’m not quite the same person I was the day before.

William KenowerFebruary 20, 2023Writing, William Kenower, The Secret Garden, Evolution, FearComment

Why Everyone Has Time to Write

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

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

The Smiling Faces

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

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

A Little Control

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

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

Cat Answers

Cats, in my experience, are always satisfied and complete.

William KenowerSeptember 26, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Cats, FearComment

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

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

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

Your Transparent Self

I enjoy public speaking, but only if I remember that to do so, I must become transparent.

William KenowerMarch 7, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Speaking, FearComment

Unerring Destination

When I reach the end of a sentence and don’t know what should come next, I must be willing to sit comfortably with the feeling of what should follow without yet knowing what it will be.

William KenowerFebruary 28, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Future, FearComment

A Good Year

If you’ve been drinking cheap wine and then you get a great bottle, you understand how cheap the cheap stuff actually tastes.

William KenowerDecember 6, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Wine, Fear, Yan Martel, Yann MartelComment

Where To Begin

To create anything, I simply cannot spend my time thinking about what I don’t have and what I don’t like.

William KenowerSeptember 7, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Creativity, FearComment

When The Fire Dies

The heat of fear and despair consumes and turns to ash any old, dry thought I might seek to soothe my mind.

William KenowerJune 23, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Fear, Ideas, ThoughtComment

Natural Expectations

It is only our requirements of time, our impatient fear, that will disappoint.

William KenowerJune 21, 2021William Kenower, Writing, Fear, ExpectationsComment

Where You Are

We would with equal force reject our own extinction.

William KenowerMarch 22, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Equality, Fear Comment

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