Editor's Blog — Author

It's All Fiction

All of my past as I have come to know it is a fiction, by which I mean not the whole truth.

William KenowerJuly 26, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Claire Dederer, Fiction, Memoir Comment

Instant Creation

If I don’t believe I have the same power to create anything in my life the way I have the power to write any story on a blank page, I will sometimes tell myself I don’t know what I want.

William KenowerJuly 21, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Creation, DoubtComment

The Starting Point

The enduring, lifelong challenge, is to remember that what I truly have is always enough.

William KenowerJuly 19, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Creativity, SpiritualityComment

Time To Create

Time will wait until I am done doubting and grieving to resume its work.

William KenowerJuly 14, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Spirituuality, Self-doubtComment

Just What You Want

A lesson in getting what you wish for.

William KenowerJuly 12, 2021Writing, Publicaiton, William Kenower, GenreComment

The Way to Do It

You can hire someone for anything that you want done more than want to do.

William KenowerJuly 7, 2021William Kenower, Writing, Spirituality, SuccessComment

The Path Ahead

I must abandon the unattainable dream of the perfect story, and instead turn my attention to the path ahead.

William KenowerJuly 5, 2021Writing, William Kenwoer, Robert Dugoni, Stories, PNWAComment

Unworkable Ideas

If there’s something in my life I don’t want, it didn’t arrive by accident.

William KenowerJune 30, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Ideas, Thomas EdisonComment

Magical Talent

I can learn how to do pretty much anything well enough, but I can’t manufacture the desire necessary to master something.

William KenowerJune 28, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Talent, Magic, MasteryComment

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

Attractive Gems

Skill and craft are very helpful, but they are nothing without that gem of an idea that needs translating.

William KenowerJune 16, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Craft, Skill, Inspiration, MusicComment

What You Cannot Give

You cannot be heard if you don’t hear yourself, and you cannot be seen if you don’t see yourself.

William KenowerJune 14, 2021Writing, William Kenower, George Lucas, Star Wars, Fans, VoiceComment

Beautiful Light

My job as a writer, as a teacher, as a person, is not to be better than I am, but to be more of who I am.

William KenowerJune 9, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Light, BeautyComment

The Great Complicator

To write a story often gives one the opportunity to choose between doubt and confidence a dozen times in one morning.

William KenowerJune 7, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Doubt, ConfidenceComment

Belief

I had allowed the concept of belief to drift into the airy realm of superstition and desperation.

William KenowerJune 2, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Belief, DoubtComment

Mine And Yours

I may have started this conversation, but I’ve become just another enthusiastic participant.

William KenowerMay 26, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Publishing, SharingComment

Searching For Something Where It Isn't

How easy it is to look for my confidence and my value in what I see.

William KenowerMay 24, 2021Writing, William Kenower, ConfidenceComment

Two Stories

I cannot write two stories at once, any more than I can listen to a friend and make tomorrow’s shopping list.

William KenowerMay 19, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Stories, ListeningComment

Everyday Courage

Courage is not such a complicated thing. It is what arrives the moment I stop trying to be anything other than what I am.

William KenowerMay 17, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Stories, courageComment