Welcome to Still Running Studio!
More than booksellers…We’re a writing-driven, storytelling domain-studio: Exploring ideas & writing stories that foster personal resilience - while assisting Others transform their hard-earned experience into permanent (IP) assets…
The Expedition Becomes the Story
Still Running Studio is the creative & narrative engine of a body of work devoted to exploring and quietly improving the human condition through writing & storytelling, CDFIs & technical assistance, and socioeconomic-impact solutions & small enterprise development.
We’re a constellation of people - each shining with their own light while assisting & investing in others to find their way.
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Whenever you’re ready & your Quiet Courage permits, Contact Us to discuss your project.
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We do not wait for the perfect weather
The sky is rarely clear. The wind is rarely at our back. If we only wrote when the conditions were flawless, the pages would stay blank. We move forward anyway.
No story truly ends
We share the perspectives that no story truly ends - but every story should pack a punch, spark emotion, and stir the soul—awakening imagination, movement, courage, and human possibilities.
The Quiet Courage of Those Still Running
Not because the race is easy, but because the Running is Who We Are. The book may close, but the journey continues.
Proven Institutional Capacity-building Still Running is the adaptive evolution of over quarter century field-level technical assistance delivered to small entrepreneurs and mission-driven organizations through Community Capital Advisors. Our foundational work and testimony have been featured in:
American Banker, and before
Finis est solum initium
In plain English, “The end is only the beginning.” The Expedition is the Story!
Shifting Challenges in the publishing Industry The publishing landscape is undergoing a rapid transformation—one plagued by structural apathy, high-effort/low-returns, and unrealized earning potential for creators. Most writing and story-driven enterprises fail primarily due to:
Structural Gaps: A distinct lack of structured editorial and marketing supports.
Distribution Friction: Few vetted distribution channels and inadequate financial management or monetization strategies.
Value Extraction: A vast majority of publishing platforms extract value from creators with inadequate and diminishing returns.
Capacity Limits: Most organizations need professional storytelling but lack internal assessment capacity or clear writer engagement strategies.
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The Still Running Solutions We offer a hybrid platform and IP-driven business model designed for value-aligned, mission-driven creators and organizations. Still Running is a space for ideas that refuse to collapse into speed, hollow spectacle, or transactional exchange. We provide a working environment for reflection, structure, and long-horizon meaning-making.
1. A Mission-Driven Writing Studio
High-level content creation and editorial development.
Crafting narratives that pack a punch, spark emotion, and stir the soul.
2. Capacity-building Technical Assistance (Project design & storytelling)
Rooted in over 25 years of foundational, field-level technical assistance.
Supporting institutions, nonprofits, creators, and emerging entrepreneurs.
3. An Independent Publishing Platform
Bringing books, journals, research, and storytelling IP to life.
Reclaiming financial architecture and monetization strategy for creators.
Whenever you’re ready & your Quiet Courage permits, Contact Us to discuss your project.
Turn Your Story or Idea into a Thriving Enterprise… We Can Help!
Whether you’re an author or entrepreneur with a story or rough draft of an idea or business concept in need of structure & support, we can help - by providing field-level technical expertise and other resources to successfully grow your enterprise, including project design & development, and capital formation/fundraising.
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Think of us as an integrated solutions hub - and potentially, your storytelling enterprise central nerve center! We invite you to join our expedition across the human landscape of storytelling & business formation - to learn together, build together, and explore together! We help turn promising ideas into thriving enterprises. The Expedition is the Story…
We're Writers & Storytellers for Good!
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We're Writers & Storytellers for Good! ~
At Still Running, storytelling is participatory. The expedition becomes the story.
We’re all about the story’s journey - where the expedition is the story….
Interested in unlocking your narrative arc so your story’s journey becomes the story? Find your tribe at our community of literary chapter chasers, fitness enthusiasts and philanthropic explorers...
We’re Writers & Storytellers for Good!
Ours is an “ABOVE THE FRAY” literary citizenship or engagement - where the paradox of abundance over scarcity, community over competition is our north star - “…do unto others what you would have them do unto you.” (Matthew 7:12).
Still Running II Shred the Dodo Syndrome… (Winter 2027)
Featured Products
“When the mind is Enlightened, the spirit is Freed, the body Matters not.” - Oma Desala in Stargate SG-1
Still Running III CROSSROADS: Cattle Ranch vs Starfleet… (Fall 2028)
Still Running IV Above the Fray: Setting the Spirit Free… (Fall 2029)
Whenever you’re ready & your Quiet Courage permits, Contact Us to discuss your project.
Contact us.
james.kerkula@communitycapitaladvisors.org
(267) 344-9891
6723 Musgrave Street
Philadelphia, PA 19119