Book writing services
End-to-end book writing for authors who have the idea, the audience, and zero free Wednesdays. We do the work; your name goes on the cover.
from $9,800
85,000–125,000 words · from $13,400
Sci-fi that respects the science and the reader.
Hard SF, space opera, cyberpunk, climate, near-future. World-building bible, technical consultants for the categories that need them.
You have a future. You have a technology or a discovery. What you need is a writer who can build a society around it and not undercut the science with a lazy plot.
Science fiction mood
What science fiction feels like, in five frames.
Visual reference for the voice, palette, and reader mood the books in this category live in.
Sub-genres we work in
The science fiction categories with their own conventions.
Sub-genres each have their own structural rules, word-count norms, and reader expectations. We assign by sub-genre, not just by parent.
Genre conventions
The rules we will not break unless you ask.
Every category has conventions its readers expect. The right time to break them is on purpose, with eyes open. The wrong time is by accident.
- Technology rules locked early. The reader notices when you bend them.
- World-building bible covers political economy, climate, and the consequence of the technology, not just the technology.
- Information dump is the cardinal sin. Exposition is delivered through character, not paragraph.
- Hard SF gets a domain consultant; space opera gets internal consistency; cyberpunk gets tone.
Sample covers
Science fiction covers we shipped this year.
Each cover is a real project. Drag through to see the visual language we work in for this category.
Comp titles
Books that share your shelf, and the choice we'd ask you to make about which one to compete on.
On the discovery call, we ask which two of these your book most resembles, and which one you refuse to be compared to. The answer shapes the outline.
- Project Hail Mary Andy Weir
- The Three-Body Problem Liu Cixin
- A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine
- Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie
Services for this genre
What a typical engagement looks like.
Ghostwriting services
Discreet, contract-bound ghostwriting where you own everything and the writer is permanently silenced on attribution.
from $11,400
Book editing services
Four levels of editing, real editors with real bibliographies. We start with a $250 sample edit so you can see the work before paying for the full pass.
from $0.018 per word
The studio
The team behind every genre.
Science fiction — FAQ
Questions we get from science fiction authors every week.
Hard SF or soft SF?
Different reader, different writer. We pair a hard-SF project with a writer who has a STEM background or a working knowledge of the field; we pair space opera with a writer whose strength is voice and pace. We will tell you which we think you need on the discovery call.
Do you have domain consultants?
Yes, for biotech, AI, climate, and orbital mechanics specifically. A consultant pass adds 4–6 weeks and $1,800–$4,200 to the project. Worth it for projects where the science is the point.
How long should sci-fi be?
85–125k for first book of a series. Space opera trends longer; near-future tends shorter. Standalones can run shorter still.
Other genres
Twelve in total. Different team for each.
Premium wedge
Memoir
Memoirs work when one specific reader feels seen. Ours work because we interview the author into the chapters that aren't on the LinkedIn page.
Letters from the Last Year by Sharon Linen Fordham
Premium wedge
Business
The right business book wins a Series B, closes a multi-year keynote pipeline, or repositions a founder for an acquisition. The wrong one sits in a box. We write the right one.
Operating Under Constraint by Miguel Torres Velasco
Specialist team
Children's writing
Children's writing is where most adult writers fail. Word count is constraint, not freedom. We have a Chronicle-trained lead who reads every manuscript to a real seven-year-old.
The Soft Hour by Aliyah & Joseph Bremer
Fantasy
Fantasy writing and editing by people who actually read fantasy. Outline-first, world-building bible, series-friendly.
The Salt Throne by Priya Narayan-Chen
Mystery & thriller
Mystery and thriller writers who plot the book first and write the prose second. Plot holes cost readers; we don't write them.
The Verdict Room by Deborah Ngozi Okafor
Romance
Romance writers who deliver the genre's promises on schedule. Trope clarity, beat placement, heat-level transparency.
Ready when you are
Ready to talk about your science fiction project?
A 30-minute discovery call with a senior editor — no sales script, no pressure. We'll tell you whether we're the right fit for your project, what it would cost, and how long it would take.