Editor's Blog — Author

Not Normal

It is not my job, nor anyone’s job, to belong anywhere.

William KenowerApril 17, 2020William kenower, Writing, Normal, Acceptance, ParentingComment

Going for the Ride

I have wondered how many of the threats I’ve feared in my life were like those roller coasters.

William KenowerApril 15, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Fear, Joy, MeaningComment

Change in the Time of Corona

Sometimes it is the circumstances thrust upon on us to that compel us to grow.

William KenowerApril 13, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Book tours, Plague, Corona Virus, ChangeComment

Describing Shadows

Shadows may come in a variety of sizes and shapes, but they all share the same impermanence.

William KenowerApril 10, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Shadow, Happiness, Feelings Comment

Story of Your Life

All you know about your readers is that they’re human.

William KenowerApril 8, 2020Writing, Stories, Life, FishingComment

Always There

I was amazed how magically unknowable I’d made music composition.

William KenowerApril 6, 2020writing, William Kenower, music, learning, creativityComment

Helpful Rejection

I understood how hard it was to see that she had helped him, tainted as this help seemed by rejection.

William KenowerApril 3, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Publication, Rejection, HelpComment

One Enemy

Who could have predicted that this simple transference from thought to page would have the power to summon the same host of woes as the front page of any newspaper?

William KenowerApril 1, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Problem, SpiritualityComment

Helpers

I don’t feel like I really know something until I’ve written it, until I can share it.

William KenowerMarch 30, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Help, TeachingComment

Learning to Listen

I sometimes feel as if my entire writing life has been one long practice in learning the difference between the one voice and the other.

William KenowerMarch 27, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Doubt, Inspiration, ListeningComment

Good Within

The end of the world, the end of love, the end of joy, the end of all that is good is never quite as close as we sometimes believe.

William KenowerMarch 25, 2020William Kenower, Pandemic, Connection, InternetComment

The Ballista and the Dragon

There has always been a part of me who does not participate in all my plan-making.

William KenowerMarch 23, 2020William Kenower, Stories, Dungeons and Dragons, PlanningComment

The Stars

Artists have to learn to forget about their numbers, forget about the reviews and the rankings, and just do their work.

William KenowerMarch 20, 2020Writing, Fame, Popularity, William Kenower, Social MediaComment

The End of the World

A true ghost town is an abandoned idea, a location that can no longer serve the people who would live there.

William KenowerMarch 18, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Success, Failure, ApocalypseComment

Life and Death

It wasn’t so much the writing as how I felt when I wrote.

William KenowerMarch 16, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Time, Fear, LoveComment

Discovery

No matter how many times I’ve told a story before I write it, I always leave room within my writer’s imagination for something new about this story or idea to come.

William KenowerMarch 13, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Fiction, Non-fiction, DiscoveryComment

Creating Worlds

I’m going to create something with every single person I meet, even if we exchange nothing more than a hello.

William KenowerMarch 11, 2020Writing, Marriage, William Kenower, CreativityComment

Let Them Go

Once I’m done with an essay or story, what someone thinks of my stuff is ultimately none of my business.

William KenowerMarch 9, 2020Writing, William Kenower, autism, Parenting, Criticism Comments

A New Story

I had always hated and feared this story, but I decided on the day I told it to Eric to make it a funny story.

William KenowerMarch 2, 2020William Kenower, Writing, Stories, Success, Failure, HumorComment

True Stories

All a story can do is point to something the reader or the audience may have forgotten or disregarded.

William KenowerFebruary 28, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Fearless Writing, Spirituality, Fear, LoveComment