difficult riddle can you solve it?

[theguyunderyourbed]

What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.

first one to find it wins points
i knew i shouldn't find the riddle on the internet
i should make up my own

 

[LilyLunaPotterm]

Startling
L - Starting
T- Staring
A- String
R- Sting
T- Sing
G- Sin
S- In
N- I