Editor's Blog — Author

Critical Thinking

Fortunately, there is something in me that’s in everyone.

William KenowerMarch 25, 2024WritingComment

First Draft

I could hear something inauthentic in his voice as he criticized me.

William KenowerMarch 20, 2024Writing Comment

Something New

Life is so frustrating when what you want isn’t coming.

William KenowerMarch 18, 2024Writing Comment

Focused Results

Nothing makes me grumpier and less interested in being on this planet than believing my focus doesn’t matter.

William KenowerMarch 13, 2024WritingComment

Ordinary Trust

Sometimes when I begin writing I feel a bit as if I’ve approached the edge of a cliff, and the waters into which I’m about to jump look deathly far below me.

William KenowerMarch 11, 2024Writing Comment

A Good Cat

I have a curious nose in my own way, but I can get pretty irritated when someone interrupts my sniffing around.

William KenowerMarch 6, 2024WritingComment

Dreaming Our World

It’s as if we live in our imaginations, dreaming our world as we go.

William KenowerMarch 4, 2024WritingComment

Our Story

The thing, after all, I like about people, is that they aren’t me.

William KenowerFebruary 29, 2024WRitingComment

Friendly Lessons

Writing has taught me that rejection, in an odd way, is a form of agreement between both parties.

William KenowerFebruary 27, 2024WritingComment

War Stories

There’s a kind of romance to believing in a book for year after year, but that’s a lot of time to doubt and despair.

William KenowerFebruary 21, 2024Writing Comment

More Of This

I’ve always felt that the very act of writing is a kind of answer.

William KenowerFebruary 19, 2024WRitingComment

Out Of Time

Time only measures the changing conditions of the world, the seasons and the night and the day.

William KenowerFebruary 14, 2024WritingComment

An Old Master

I’ve felt sometimes as if I’d lived my whole life waiting for the time to come when my days would be mine and mine alone.

William KenowerFebruary 12, 2024WritingComment

The Social Writer

Sometimes I wondered if I had ever let myself write a story without the limitations I had placed on myself in social settings.

William KenowerFebruary 7, 2024WritingComment

The Hard Part

Knowing how to tell your story is the very opposite of arrogance.

William KenowerFebruary 5, 2024WritingComment

Story Magic

Like any good magician, I must make the unreal seem real

William KenowerJanuary 24, 2024WritingComment

Happy Endings

It’s rare that my stories resolve with a happy event.

William KenowerJanuary 22, 2024WritingComment

The Ticking Clock

The real discipline necessary for this work is choosing not to think the kind of thoughts that are incompatible with creativity.

William KenowerJanuary 17, 2024WritingComment

Right and Wrong

If I want to get along with these people, I have to give up most of my notions of right and wrong. It interferes with relationships.

William KenowerJanuary 15, 2024WritingComment

Agreement

There’s great in relief showing my struggles and grief when I know how things will really turn out.

William KenowerJanuary 10, 2024WRiting, WritingComment