Est. Appleton, WisconsinA working author's studio
Your book,
made real.
Ghostwriting, editing, design, and publishing for authors at every stage — from a writer who has shipped five books in five genres, including a 206,000-word evidence reference carrying 546 verified citations. No content mill. No mystery pricing. Your name on the cover.
Job ticket № Your book
Planning estimate for the manuscript. Your Blueprint converts it into a fixed quote.
01The shelf
Books we've already made real.
Drag to browse → or read the specimens
02Where are you?
Three doors. Same shelf.
Every project enters at one of three points. All three end with a finished, published book with your name on it.
I have an idea
Ghostwriting
You talk, we build. Interviews, research, and source material become a full manuscript in your voice — structured, drafted in review batches, and revised until it reads like the book you'd have written with a spare year.
Start with an idea →I have a draft
Editing & rewriting
Your pages, our pressure. Developmental editing for structure and argument, line editing for rhythm and clarity, or a full rewrite that keeps your ideas and replaces the scaffolding.
Send the draft →I have a manuscript
Design & publishing
The last mile, done properly. Interior typesetting that respects genre conventions, cover direction, metadata and category strategy, and clean KDP or IngramSpark setup — print and ebook.
Finish the book →03The honest table
Three ways to get published.
Only one works for you on your clock.
We'll tell you where traditional publishing beats us — because if an agent offers you an advance, you should take it.
| Book Made Real | Traditional publisher | Doing it yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Money | You invest in the book. Every royalty after that is yours. | They pay you an advance — their real advantage. Royalties run roughly 10–15% of list. | Cheapest in cash, most expensive in time. |
| Timeline | 6–12 months, idea to listed book. | 1–3 years of querying before the 1–2 year production clock even starts. | As fast as your nights and weekends allow. |
| Gatekeeping | None. If the book deserves to exist, we make it. | Agents reject the overwhelming majority of queries — often on market fit, not merit. | None — and no professional pressure on quality either. |
| Rights | 100% yours, in writing. | Publisher licenses your rights, usually for the life of copyright. | 100% yours. |
| Craft | A working author writes, edits, and typesets with you. | Excellent in-house teams — once you're through the gate. | Whatever you can learn, hire, and quality-check alone. |
| Distribution | Amazon, expanded retail via IngramSpark, ebook everywhere. | Bookstore and library placement — still their strongest card. | Same channels as us, minus the setup experience. |
Honest summary: if a Big Five imprint wants your book, sign. For everyone who'd rather not gamble years on a query letter — that's who this studio is for.
04The method
From conversation
to copies in hand.
Blueprint $499 · credited to your project
A working session on your idea: positioning, audience, outline direction, word-count target, timeline, and a fixed quote. You leave with a plan whether or not you continue.
Architecture Weeks 1–3
Chapter map, voice sample, and research plan. You approve the skeleton and the sound of the prose before a full chapter is written.
Drafting The long middle
Chapters arrive in review batches. You mark up, we revise. Your calendar gets interviews; your inbox gets pages.
Design 4–6 weeks
Interior typesetting to genre convention, cover direction, and print-ready files that pass KDP and IngramSpark preflight the first time.
Launch Listing day
Metadata, categories, pricing strategy, and publishing setup under your accounts — so the book, the income, and the dashboard are all yours.
05The rate card
Pricing you can read
before we ever talk.
Every ghostwriting competitor hides numbers behind a discovery call. Here's the whole card.
| Project | Floor | Aligned | Best case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picture book (text) | $1,200 | $2,800 | $5,000 |
| Self-help | $7,500 | $19,000 | $34,000 |
| YA / sports fiction | $9,000 | $20,000 | $36,000 |
| Business / thought leadership | $18,000 | $38,000 | $68,000 |
| Upmarket / literary fiction | $22,000 | $45,000 | $80,000 |
| Research-heavy reference | $45,000 | $95,000 | $175,000 |
$0.65/word to 80,000 words · $0.42 to 140,000 · $0.28 beyond. Long books shouldn't be punished for their length.
Research references are built on verified endnotes, invoiced at $25–$40 per note. Sourced, checked, and formatted — not pasted.
Floor is the least a project can responsibly cost. Aligned tracks current industry benchmarks. Best case covers deep research, heavy interviews, or aggressive timelines.
Not ready for the full number? Start with the plan.
Positioning, outline direction, word-count target, timeline, and a fixed quote — yours to keep, with the $499 credited if we build the book together.
06Asked, answered
Questions authors
actually ask.
How much does a ghostwritten book cost?
Per word, on a taper: $0.65/word for the first 80,000 words, $0.42 to 140,000, $0.28 beyond. Most self-help books land between $7,500 and $34,000; business books between $18,000 and $68,000. Research references with verified citations are quoted separately. The estimator above gives you a live figure; the $499 Blueprint turns it into a fixed quote.
Who owns the rights — and the royalties?
You do, completely. Every agreement assigns full copyright, all royalties, and sole author credit to you, with publishing accounts set up under your name. Your book, your income, your dashboard.
What exactly is the $499 Blueprint?
A paid scoping session, not a sales call. You get a positioning read, outline direction, word-count target, realistic timeline, and a fixed quote — a plan you keep either way. Continue, and the $499 is credited to your project.
How long will my book take?
A typical 50,000–70,000 word manuscript runs four to eight months from Blueprint to final draft, driven mostly by interview access and how fast you review batches. Design and publishing setup add four to six weeks at the end.
Will anyone know I used a ghostwriter?
Only if you tell them. Confidentiality is written into every agreement. Credit is your call — sole author, a "with" credit, or a line in the acknowledgments.
Why should I trust you can write in my genre?
Because the proof is public. One writer, five shipped books, five registers: a picture book, a self-help title, a YA sports novel, a literary post-apocalyptic novel, and a 206,000-word clinical evidence reference with 546 verified endnotes. Read the openings side by side — that page is the whole argument.
07Open the door
Tell us about
the book only you
can write.
Two business days for a real reply from the writer — not an intake bot. If it's a fit, your Blueprint gets scheduled. If it isn't, you'll hear that too.