Book Development & Coaching
For writers who want to write their own books with experienced developmental guidance alongside them. We clarify purpose, audience, structure, chapter flow and what the book needs to reach completion.
BOUTIQUE BOOK DEVELOPMENT & PUBLISHING
Your Story.
Your Legacy.
Our Mission.
Creating books that matter… because stories change lives.
KĪ Productions & Publishing is a boutique book-development and publishing house providing personalized, professional support for writers from first idea to finished book.
Whether you’re carrying a story you haven’t begun, working through a manuscript you can’t quite finish, or holding a completed draft and wondering what comes next, KĪ meets your book where it is—and helps you take it where it needs to go.
START YOUR BOOKEvery finished book
once began as
a possibility.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
Intentionally Small.
Deeply Personal.
We believe good books deserve time, attention, and relationship.
That’s why KĪ maintains a limited client roster and chooses projects based on its ability to serve each author and book well—from start to finish.
Founder and publisher Marya Patrice Sherron works personally with each author, providing continuity while coordinating the professional resources the book requires.
Your book isn’t one project among hundreds. It matters here.
HOW WE HELP
Wherever Your Book Is,
We Can Start There.
Collaborative Writing & Ghostwriting
We work from interviews, recordings, journals, notes, presentations, curriculum, research, memories or existing pages. The process begins with listening; the goal is to help the author’s voice make it onto the page.
Developmental Editing
We look beyond grammar to structure, purpose, pacing, clarity, continuity, repetition, transitions and cohesion. Before we make the manuscript look like a book, we make sure it works like one.
Publishing & Book Production
We guide trim size, typography, layout, cover development, ISBNs, metadata, print files, proofs and distribution. KĪ predominantly works with IngramSpark while choosing the appropriate path for each project.
THE KĪ DIFFERENCE
Your Story.
Your Book.
Your Rights.
Publishing with professional support should not require giving away ownership.
KĪ operates as a publishing service provider. We do not collect royalties, and we do not retain your copyright.
- We help you develop it.
- We help you strengthen it.
- We help you produce it.
- We help you publish it.
Then it remains yours.
WHAT AUTHORS SAY ABOUT WORKING WITH KĪ
“Throughout the entire process, Marya made me feel valued. Her commitment to preserving the integrity of my work was refreshing, and I always felt she had my best interests as an author in mind. The final product was polished, professional, and something I am truly proud of.”
Steven A. FreemanAuthor
“The publishing and writing process felt intentional, collaborative, and deeply supportive. Throughout the process, I never felt alone! I felt supported, understood, and empowered every step of the way.”
Karessa T. Johnson, MBAAuthor, Releasing Superwoman: A Guided Journal for Black Women Ready to Rest
“She always encouraged me and reiterated that I had the final say on every part of the process. The finished product was exactly how I wanted it.”
Mitch StevensAuthor
HOW IT WORKS
KĪ Meets the Book Where It Is.
There is no single starting point for becoming an author. We don’t begin by putting every writer into the same package. We begin with your book.
01Idea
02Development
03Manuscript
04Editing
05Design
06Production
07Publication
08Your Book
NEURODIVERSITY PRESS
Stories That Make Room
for Every Mind.
A specialized imprint celebrating the many ways people think, learn, communicate and experience the world.
Stories first. Labels second. Children always.
DISCOVER NEURODIVERSITY PRESSOUR BOOKS
Books We’ve Helped Bring to Life.
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Catalog content to be supplied by owner; no titles or covers have been invented.
FROM THE KĪ RESOURCE LIBRARY
Tools for the Work
Behind the Book.
Explore practical teachings, thoughtful articles, creative tools, and downloadable resources designed to help writers develop their ideas, strengthen their craft, and move their stories toward publication.
EXPLORE THE RESOURCE LIBRARYMaybe You Don’t Need
a Publisher Yet.
Maybe you just need someone who knows what your book needs next.
Tell us where you are. We’ll start there.
START YOUR BOOK