About the work

A closer look.

Somebody in your family tells a story. You have heard it at the table your whole life. Give it to me roughly as they say it, and I hand it back as one page, in their words, plus a printable PDF. I don't turn it into prettier prose. I don't tidy the grammar or smooth the pauses. The whole value is that it stays theirs. I ask a few plain questions if something is missing, then I keep it. Free first step: send one line the person always says, or the opening of the story, and I send back the two lines I'd set. No charge, and that line is yours either way. What you get: one page, 400 to 900 words, plain text and a printable PDF, within 3 days. One revision included. Nothing invented. For a birthday, a funeral, an anniversary, or just because the person is still here to tell it. If I can't keep your story whole, I say so before you pay. Words people use to find this: keep my grandmother's story, write my family story, family keepsake, oral history, family memoir, record my parent's story, memorial story written, as told to, keepsake gift.