Become a Thought Leader

and Transform Your Industry

by self-publishing a
transformational business book

ATTN: Founders, business coaches, and Elite speakers

You’re fed up with the status quo — and you know your mission-driven passion and unique perspective are essential to the future of your industry. There’s no better way to spread ideas around the world than with a book.

The Grounded Writer Process will get you there.

Capture the essence of your inner brilliance onto the page of your transformational business book.

Share your perspective, framework, methodology, or legacy in a powerful way that is:

  • grounded and rooted in your truth,

  • aligned with your purpose,

  • on track with your vision and goals, and

  • positioned to impact the lives of many.

Welcome to The Grounded Writer book authoring agency.

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First time here?

Published books Stanley Dankoski has helped develop.

A selection of books we’ve worked on

The Grounded Writer is an agency of ghostwriters, editors, designers, marketers, and more.

The Grounded Writer serves thought leaders, business owners, and entrepreneurs who aim to instigate positive change in the world—but may not have a book yet to spread the word.

  • Startup founder who would like to tell investors you already wrote the book on XYZ?

  • TEDx speaker with a unique perspective or framework that needs to be captured in a book?

  • CEO who wants to leave a legacy?

  • Business owner with a certain philosophy to share that could help scale revenue?

  • Not a thought leader yet?

some of our Services

The Whole Package

Have our team create the transformational business book you desire, from start to finish, from book ideation to creation, from editing to book design, from marketing to publishing.

Business book consulting

Flesh out your best business book idea, get a jumpstart on the outline, and get ongoing project management support through the book creation and publishing process.

Jumpstart your book

Dive deep into your business book idea and come away with a detailed outline that’s aligned with your vision, goals, and purpose so that you can hit the ground running in the writing process.

Ghostwriting

Partner with a ghostwriter who aligns with your vision and goals, sets the foundation of your book, folds in any relevant material you may have, interviews you, and writes your book on your behalf.

Book coaching

Gain expert guidance with a book coach who will provide you with accountability, craft tools to pen a powerful book, and a partner providing appropriate feedback aligned with your vision and goals.

comprehensive editing

Once the book is ready for editing, we ensure its structure and flow are sound, and follow any revisions with tidying up of language, spelling, and grammar. Proofreading later polishes the book in the design stage.

Self-publishing

We help you publish your book on Amazon, IngramSpark, and all the relevant platforms to reach your ideal audience.

Traditional Publishing

Pique the interest of top-notch literary agents and traditional publishers with a solid book proposal and compelling query letter.

Looking for more services?

The Grounded Writer partners with key professionals to offer a more complete suite of services.

Free Masterclass

the 3 p’s you need to author your book

Small-group, interactive session

once a month on Zoom

Learn the three most important criteria you need to have in place in order to mirror the transformation you already provide to your audience or clients and capture that onto the pages of your transformational business book.

Authors speak to our strengths

Jean-Paul Brutus

Dr. Jean-Paul Brutus

hand surgeon and author of two books, Secrets and Lies from the Operating Room and Elevating Your Patient Experience

“Stanley is a pleasure to work with, and I could not recommend his services more to an author in need of help or to save tons of time! Stanley is five star all the way!”

Jeffrey Kiplinger

JEFFREY KIPLINGER

founder and author of the forthcoming book, Expert to Entrepreneur: How to Turn Your Hard-won Expertise into a Thriving Business

“Stanley reached out to me on social media at just the right moment, as my book was in development and I was frustrated with the editing process. I had lost perspective and my publisher wasn’t too helpful. I hired him based on emotion, but the end product was a careful and rational way forward to a successful book. I’m very pleased and would work with him again—earlier in the development process next time!”

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Ghostwriting client

TEDx speaker and lifestyle business coach for high-achieving women

“I understand now, why I couldn’t do this by myself. You bring out the best in me.”

Melissa Galt

Melissa Galt

business coach, interior designer, and author of Affluent Clients: Building a Multiple Six-Figure Creative Professional Business

“Stanley stepped in and took great care of my project and made me look and sound ever better. He is easy to work with and that’s a great thing. He also stepped in with my team, when it was necessary, to coordinate communication and fine details. I’m very grateful and look forward to working with him again in the future.”

Stanley Dankoski

Meet Our Founder

Stanley Dankoski has helped founders, speakers, coaches, and more with their transformational business books, giving them a jumpstart to success, developing their book from start to finish, ghostwriting it on their behalf, or coaching them through the writing process.

A certified Gateless Writing instructor, he has developed The Grounded Writer methodology, which allows you to leverage your perspective and experience and to further instigate positive change in the world.

With a professional background in print journalism and front-end web dev, and with personal development in mindfulness, spirituality, and dance, Stanley is able to take on book projects along myriad topics, all in service of capturing the essence of your inner brilliance.

Leveraging key partnerships, The Grounded Writer offers the full package, from book ideation to book launch, and custom services and packages.

More about the Grounded Writer

  • Of the few meanings of the word grounded, The Grounded Writer refers to a well-balanced and sensible writer, someone who is in integrity and is aligned with their purpose. They feel the call to share their perspective, their legacy, their framework, their methodology, partly to build their business, mostly to instigate positive change in their world. They are on a mission, and so are we.

  • Stanley Dankoski created The Grounded Writer and its philosophy and has since partnered with ghostwriters, coaches, editors, designers, marketers, and others to offer a more complete package, which is appealing to many who wish to author a business book.

    We believe in what they do and how they do it, even if they don’t articulate their process in the same way.

  • Ideal clients for The Grounded Writer are founders, business coaches, speakers, and others who want to elevate their authority, business, or credibility and know they can do so with a transformational business book.

    We do occasionally take on book projects outside of that niche, so if you feel pulled to contact us, please do, and we’ll see if there’s a good fit.

  • We offer a variety of services that each range from high five figures to low four figures. Ghostwriting and book consulting lean toward the higher end while jumpstarts and other coaching lean toward the lower end.

    In short, we customize our offers based on what you need to fulfill on your vision and goals for both you and your business.

  • Grounded Writer founder Stanley Dankoski has worked with a number of founders, business coaches, and speakers, many of whom have given testimonials of our work together.