Lubbock, Texas

A digital press.

Gringo Press is a one-person studio in Lubbock. Sites, writing, and experiments — some for clients, some to see what holds.

Selected work

Full archive
2026Cotton IndexWhat a bale of cotton costs, in 41 countries, against the New York price.2025The Cotton WireA Substack for cotton news and notes, sent rather than filed away.2024Cotton GinsA directory of U.S. cotton gins. Addresses, a price tool, and a place for the trade to gather.

For hire

If you need something made, say so.

Sites. Long-form. Directories. Quiet landing pages that do one job. I am not a 40-person agency. I am one person in Lubbock who will actually finish the thing.

If you already have a WordPress, Ghost, Shopify, or Wix property, I can write for it. If you need a site from scratch, I can build that too.

sterling@gringopress.com·@SterlingTerrell

The name

Gringo — a foreigner, especially an American.

Everywhere I have lived was not a place I was born, from, or raised. I have felt like a foreigner my entire life. The press is named for that.

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