OriginStories

Your own story, in your own words

Tell your life story.
Without writing a word.

A gentle interviewer asks about your life, one chapter at a time, in relaxed twenty-minute conversations. It remembers everything you tell it. When you’re done, a beautifully printed book of your life arrives at your door, for your children and theirs.

Start my book — $149No deadline. Stop and start whenever you like.

Made for people who’d rather talk than type

You talk. That’s the whole job.

Open a link, press one button, and answer questions in your own time. The interviewer waits through every pause and never talks over you. Twenty minutes at a sitting, whenever suits.

It goes in order, and it remembers

Where you were born. The house. School. Work. The person you married. The hard years and the good ones. Each sitting picks up where the last one ended, and it never forgets a name or a year you’ve told it.

Your family can add their side

Invite your children, a sibling, or an old friend to a short interview of their own. Their memories of you appear beside yours in the chapters.

A book, not a file

A printed paperback of eighty to a hundred and twenty pages arrives at your door. Order more copies for the family anytime at printing cost plus a few dollars.

How it works

From the first conversation to the finished book — no apps, no homework, no pressure. Just talking.

I.

They talk

A gentle interviewer meets them when it suits them — twenty minutes at a time, one chapter of their life per sitting, nothing to type. It listens the way a good grandchild would, and it asks the second question, and the third.

II.

It remembers

Every sitting picks up exactly where the last one ended. “Last time we talked about your years in the Navy. Ready to continue?” No repeating, no starting over.

III.

Family adds their voices

Children, siblings, and old friends get their own interview link. Their memories are woven into the chapters alongside the storyteller’s own.

IV.

You review every page

Chapters arrive as they’re written. Your family reads, corrects names and dates, and approves each one — nothing is printed until you say so.

V.

A book arrives

A beautifully typeset paperback — origins, work, love, the hard years, what they know now — shipped to their door. Made to be read for generations.

What families say

“
Dad hasn’t stopped talking about his sittings. He told stories none of us had ever heard — sixty years of them. Reading the first chapter, I heard his voice on every page.
Ellen R.
Gave a book to her father, 84
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My grandmother doesn’t use a smartphone and she didn’t need to. She just talked. Watching my mom and her sisters add their own memories to the chapters was the best part.
Marcus T.
Book for his grandmother, with 5 family contributors
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I bought this for myself, honestly. Twenty minutes at a time, it walked me through my whole life in order. My kids will have answers to questions they haven’t thought to ask yet.
Priya S.
Started her own book

One price. Your whole story.

Everything included for a single one-time payment: unlimited interview sittings, up to three contributor interviews with family and friends, your family’s review of every chapter, and a printed paperback copy shipped to their door.

Want more voices in the book? Add as many extra contributors as you like for $19 each — a sibling, an old friend, the whole choir.

30-day make-it-right guarantee. Unredeemed gifts refunded in full.

$149one-time · everything included
  • ❧A finished book of 80–120 pages
  • ❧As many interview sittings as they need, at their pace
  • ❧Three contributor interviews included
  • ❧Family review of every chapter before anything is final
  • ❧One printed paperback copy, shipped to their door
  • ❧Extra copies at printing cost plus a few dollars

Additional contributor voices beyond the three included: $19 each.

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Questions families ask

Does the storyteller need a computer or an app?
No. They open a link in any web browser — a phone, tablet, or laptop — press one button, and talk. There is nothing to install and nothing to type. Many families set it up on a tablet and leave it on the kitchen table.
How long does it take?
The whole story usually takes four to six hours of conversation, in twenty-minute sittings spread over days or weeks. There is no deadline. Every sitting is saved the moment it happens, so stopping mid-story loses nothing.
Is it really an interview, or a list of questions?
An interview. The interviewer works one chapter at a time, follows up on what it hears, asks for the day, the room, and what was said, and comes back to a chapter on a later sitting to go deeper. It remembers every name and every year from earlier conversations.
What if a topic is too painful?
The interviewer asks permission before heavy ground and drops it the moment they decline. The family can also list topics to leave out before the first conversation, and those are never raised.
Is their voice recorded?
No. Speech is transcribed live and the audio is never stored. The transcript is the only record, and it belongs to your family.
When does the printed book arrive?
Once your family approves the chapters, the book goes to the printer. The included paperback ships by mail and typically arrives within two to three weeks; faster shipping is available at cost. Extra copies can be ordered anytime at printing cost plus a few dollars.
What if it doesn’t work out?
Unredeemed gifts are refunded in full on request. For a book already underway, contact us within 30 days of purchase and we will make it right, up to and including a full refund.