A STUDIO FOR THE LITERARY WORLD
We build a website that feels like you.
One-page Squarespace websites for poets, novelists, memoirists, editors, and micro presses. Designed, written, and built by two working writers. Live in four weeks.
THE MOMENT BEFORE THE MEETING
Someone important is about to type your name into a search bar.
your name
What they find should confirm what the referral, the manuscript, or the book has already told them. We build that quiet room: your voice, your work, and the proof of your caliber on ground you own.
NO FUNNELS. NO HUSTLE. JUST PROOF.
Four Recent Sites
From focused one-page launches to sites built to grow, each is shaped around the career it serves.
THE WORK
Dagny Scott
Journalist and memoirist. A complex career, clear at a glance.
Kitchen Table Writing
An editor's practice. A site as personal as the work she does.
Amanda Barusch
Author and scholar. A wide-ranging body of work, gathered into one world.
Yawning Fox Press
A literary micro press. One page at first, then more as the press grew.
Two writers, one workroom.
THE STUDIO
We’re Kirsten and Ron, novelists who design, designers who write. We built SiteSublime from a simple conviction: a literary website should feel as unique as the person, practice, or press behind it.
We know what it is to spend months or years making something, then face the strange vulnerability of presenting it to the world. That understanding shapes the way we work: closely, collaboratively, and with care for what has been entrusted to us.
We take a small number of projects at a time, and we don’t do hustle, for you or for ourselves. Neither do the sites we build. Every client works directly with both of us. The site you’re reading is one of ours: built with the process we outline below, on one page, in our own style and voice.
HOW IT WORKS
Every site, every tier, begins with you, not a template gallery.
A couple of calls, then one gathering of everything that matters, all in a single place that we set up for you. We build from there. Four weeks from the Brand Voice Interview to handover.
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The Discovery Call
A call to learn where you are along the path: querying, launching, hanging a shingle, founding a micro press, and what the site must do for you.
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The Brand Voice Interview
A recorded conversation that captures how you talk about your work, your world, and the people your site must welcome. Every word of your site is drawn from it. You never face a blank intake form.
The copy is included at every tier, built from your own words and finished by ours.
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The Content Studio
One calm place to gather what the site needs from you: your mood board, your photos, testimonials if you have them, a small icon chosen with our help, the legal policies your site may need, and a few small things besides. This is all the homework there is.
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The Build
All of it, composed into a page shaped by the depth of your career. You sign off on the opening before we build the rest. Then a gathered round of polish, and you're live.
One page. Shaped around the work.
OUR PACKAGES
Every package includes the whole experience: the interview, your look, your copy written from your own words. What changes is how much career the page must hold.
01 · One Clear Focus – $1,800
For a page built around one clear focus: a first book, a single editorial practice, or a micro press just getting started. Typically four to five sections covering the work, who you are, your mailing list, and how to reach you. What you need, no more, no less.
02 · A Wider Scope – $2,400
For a page that needs to hold more than one strand of work: a new book alongside essays, or coaching alongside editing. Typically six to eight sections, arranged so each part has its place and nothing crowds.
03 · A Full Body of Work – from $3,200
For a page that needs to hold the full breadth of your work: a shelf of books, several professional roles, or a full range of offers. We determine the scope together, then give each part its place without losing sight of the whole.
A note for micro presses: start with Package 01. Submissions, individual book pages, and stores are quoted separately.
A note for authors who sell direct: stores are quoted separately.
Every Site Includes
Brand Voice Interview
Your site's copy drawn from your own words.
Content Studio
One calm place for everything the site needs from you.
Your Look
Your palette, your fonts, your visual direction.
Photo Treatment
Your images, tuned to your palette.
Mailing List & Contact
Set up, tested, and ready to use.
SEO & Launch Foundations
Search, sharing, mobile testing, and domain setup handled.
Ready for You
Built on Squarespace, ready for you to manage.
A guided handover, helpful video guides, and 30 days of email support.
Launch & Beyond
Your Questions, Answered
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Often, yes. A well-shaped one-page site can hold a surprising amount without asking visitors to hunt through menus. We’ll recommend the scope that suits your work now, and your Squarespace site can expand with new pages or features when your work calls for them.
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Yes. We design responsively from the start, then adjust and test every site across desktop, tablet, and mobile before launch. We check how the words, images, spacing, forms, and navigation behave at each screen size.
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We use modern tools in our studio much like a bindery uses quality machines. AI is one of several tools in our standard workflow, helping us organize interviews, make sense of the information you share with us, explore initial ideas, and create or modify images when needed. Every final word, image, and design decision is reviewed and shaped by us.
We don’t treat access to your creative work as permission to run it through AI. Manuscripts, unpublished writing, and other creative material are only included in our AI workflow when there’s a clear reason for them to be part of the website process, and with your explicit approval.
If you have something that needs special handling, let us know before you send it. We’ll be clear about what our process can and can’t accommodate.
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Your SiteSublime fee covers the strategy, writing, design, and build. Separately, every site requires Squarespace Core hosting and a domain. At current prices, budget approximately $275 in the first year and $300 per year thereafter for those essentials.
Depending on how you’ll use the site, we may also recommend Squarespace Email Campaigns, professional email, a business mailing address, and an auto-updating legal-policy service. A typical setup using all four currently costs approximately $525 in the first year and $650 per year thereafter.
Prices are approximate USD as of August 2026 and may change. You don’t need to purchase anything before we begin; we’ll recommend what fits and guide you through each setup.
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If you already own a domain, we can connect it to your new site. If you don’t, there’s no need to purchase one before we begin. We’ll help you think through your options in the Content Studio, including which name will best serve your work.
When we’re ready to launch, you can acquire your domain through Squarespace after you sign up for hosting. The first year is included for free. Then, it runs about $20/year.
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You don’t need to arrive with a polished image library. We’ll review what you have and decide what the site needs. We can extensively edit, restore, composite, and colour-treat personal images, or create original AI imagery when that approach feels right for the work.
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Near the beginning of the build, we’ll show you the hero and establish the site’s overall visual direction together. As the rest of the page takes shape, we may share occasional previews when your guidance would be helpful.
The formal revision period begins once the full build is complete. You’ll have one week to review the site and leave your notes directly on the design. By then, the main direction has already been agreed upon, so this stage is about refining the details rather than beginning again.
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At launch, we hand over the keys, show you how to manage your Squarespace site, and give you access to video guides for making common changes. You’ll also have 30 days of email support while you settle in.
Tell us where you are in your literary life.
Five short questions. We read every answer ourselves and reply within two working days.