Your Creative Idea Isn’t Stupid — Superman, Spider-Man, and Star Wars Prove It
Superman was rejected. Spider-Man was called a dumb idea. Star Wars was self-funded because nobody believed in it. Christopher makes the case for trusting your creative instincts.
My Voice Became My Keyboard — But the Writing Was Always Mine
Italian author Massimo Lorusso has written with voice technology since 1993. Here he makes the case that authorship has never lived in the fingers — it lives in selection.
Misery Loves Company: Part 1
A disgraced programmer takes a job at a military academy and finds himself alone with ghost stories, local history, and a building that doesn't quite feel empty. Part One of a serialized horror story set at the real Wentworth Military Academy.
I Pitched My Novel to Over a Hundred Literary Agents. Here's What I Built From the Experience.
Ben Cibula spent months querying literary agents for his debut novel, pitched over a hundred, and self-published instead. Here's what he learned about traditional publishing — and the tool he built from the experience.
The Difference Between Creating and Performing
Writer Oleksandra Fomichova on the moment she realized she wasn't creating anymore, she was manufacturing. On soul-driven work versus content engineered for approval.
Can 300 Strangers Write A Book?
At 22, Matthew King started The Secret Entrance with a simple question: why do the random, spontaneous parts of life disappear as we get older? Experiment 001 is his answer.
The Gray: A Short Horror Story by Clay Boone
A soldier sees UFOs over Baghdad in 2003. Years later, working at Area 51, he records something he was never meant to hear. Clay Boone's original horror fiction for Feeling Creative.
What I Learned From My First Book Signing
Self-published author Ben Cibula on his first in-person book signing: why Twin Peaks sold his novel, why presentation matters more than you think, and what he'd do differently next time.
The Valiant Alliance: Christopher Valentine Completes His Hero Trilogy
Christopher Valentine completes his Damara/Valiant Knight trilogy with The Valiant Alliance: a 1960s sci-fi hero story about hope, DC mythology, and what modern superhero stories have forgotten.
What I Learnt Publishing My First Book
Self-published author Tye Burroughs on the six steps he wished he'd known: planning, drafts, formatting, ARCs, storefronts, and the soul-crushing part nobody warns you about.
Why Your Attention Is Your Most Valuable Creative Asset
Writer Oleksandra Fomichova on attention as creative currency: why inspiration doesn't disappear, why protecting your focus isn't selfishness, and why you're the one holding the hourglass.
Indie Author Spotlight: Jonah Baird
Autistic indie author Jonah Baird on using generative AI as an accessibility tool, writing three novels, and finally finding a creative process that fit the way his brain works.
Back to the Oral Tradition
A high school English teacher and oral traditions scholar makes the case that podcasts, social media, and spoken word aren't new — they're humanity circling back to its oldest form of storytelling.
From Ukraine to the Las Vegas Strip
Circus and pole artist Yaroslava Slonova on her path from Ukrainian rhythmic gymnastics to the Las Vegas Strip, and writing one of the first practical books on creating original circus acts.
What Arthurian Knights Can Teach You About Writing Heroes
A writer's guide to crafting noble, aspirational protagonists, drawn from four Knights of the Round Table: Gawain, Galahad, Percival, and Tristan.
Original Fiction: Displacement
A figure navigates an ordinary Saturday with extraordinary dread. An original piece of literary short fiction from Phil Allard, author of Returning from Silence.
Books Do Grow on Trees: What Writing a Vampire Novel Taught Me About the Creative Process
Hungarian author W. L. Know went from outlining a mermaid novel to writing a vampire serial killer thriller. A witty essay on seeds, gardening, and how books find their own shape.
I Study Oil Recovery for a Living. I Wrote a Crime Thriller for Fun.
A petroleum engineering PhD candidate wrote a dark crime thriller in the cracks of his research schedule. Karthik Sivaraman on logic, fiction, and why the two were never really enemies.
Nearly Burned Down My Uncle's Food Stand. Here's What It Taught Me About Writing.
Christopher Valentine nearly burned down his uncle's food stand. What followed was a reflection on Viktor Frankl, Eiichiro Oda, and why embracing your foolishness might be the best thing a creative can do.
Returning from Silence: A Skeptic's Near-Death Experience and the Question Science Can't Answer
Phil Allard's debut novel follows a skeptical chemistry teacher whose near-death experience refuses any scientific explanation. A philosophical thriller that unsettles in the best possible way.