Wherestoriesbecomelegacy.
We pair authors and visionaries with bestselling ghostwriters, editors, and publishing strategists, so the book you have always meant to write is written beautifully, privately, and to last.
- Complimentary consultation
- Fully confidential
- 100% human-written
Titles our team has brought into the world.
A book is the most durable thing you will ever build. We help you make it beautifully, privately, and to last.
Craft
Every sentence is written and edited by a person who has listened to you. Never generated, never templated.
Discretion
Your name, your story, your terms. Every engagement is protected, and your credit as author is complete.
Legacy
We build books to outlast a season, from the first interview to the publishing path that gives them a home.
Everything your book needs, under one roof.
From the first conversation to the finished, published book: one team, one standard, one point of contact.
Ghostwriting
Memoir, business, fiction & self-help books written in your voice
Explore →Book Editing & Formatting
Developmental, line, and copy editing from bestselling editors
Explore →Book Coaching
One-on-one guidance for authors writing their own book
Explore →Writers Retreats
Immersive writing retreats for focused, guided drafting
Explore →Publishing Navigation
Traditional, hybrid & self-publishing strategy and introductions
Explore →For Publishers & Agents
Editorial and ghostwriting support for industry professionals
Explore →From first conversation to finished book.
A tailored, white-glove process. Every engagement is shaped around your book, your voice, and your timeline.
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A complimentary conversation
We listen first: your story, your goals, and the shape your book should take. No commitment, no cost, and complete confidentiality from the first call.
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Discovery and outline
Your team studies your material and your voice, then builds a detailed outline and publishing strategy before a single chapter is drafted.
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Drafting in your voice
Your ghostwriter writes section by section from interviews and research, beginning with the opening chapter to lock in tone and vision.
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Revision and refinement
You review each stage, and your editor guides every revision so the manuscript meets the standard of the finest publishing houses.
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Editorial finish
Line editing, sensitivity review, and copy editing bring the book to publication-ready polish, with optional beta readers from your audience.
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A home for your book
Traditional publisher, hybrid partner, or a beautifully executed self-publication: we guide you to the path that fits your goals.
The people behind your book.
Bestselling writers, former publishing executives, and editors who have shaped titles for the world's leading houses.
Eleanor Voss
Eleanor founded Story & Sterling after more than a decade writing books for entrepreneurs, executives, and first-time authors who had a story worth telling but no time to write it themselves. She's ghostwritten across memoir, business, and narrative nonfiction, and started the agency to give authors the full team a serious book deserves — not just a single freelancer. She still personally reviews every manuscript before it reaches a client.
Marcus Bellweather
Marcus spent years editing for traditional publishing houses before moving into agency work, overseeing editorial quality across every genre Story & Sterling touches. He's especially drawn to structural editing — helping a manuscript find its shape before a single line is polished. He leads the editorial team and signs off on every book before it's considered client-ready.
Whitney Carter
Whitney's background is in acquisitions, where she developed an eye for what makes a manuscript stand out to agents and readers alike. She specializes in positioning — helping authors sharpen the angle and audience of their book long before it goes to market. Clients often bring her in early, when a project is still finding its shape.
WriteyourbookamongthevineyardsofChianti.
Six days at a private villa with a small circle of authors and a bestselling editor at your side. Nothing to do but the work you came to do.
Story & Sterling took twenty years of stories I never thought I could put on paper and turned them into a book I'm prouder of than anything else I've built.
