Memories fade. Memoirs last forever.
We turn life stories into beautifully written storybooks. Based on in-depth interviews, our memoirs keep your loved ones alive for generations to come.
How It Works
Why It Matters
Often, we wait until it's too late to ask the questions that really matter. Our memoirs are for people who want the voice, values, emotions, and soul of their loved ones to live on forever.
Our memoirs are a gift for today, as well as for generations to come.
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A Word from Our Founder
Hi, I’m Matt Hirst. Here, I write memoirs that work to keep your loved ones alive for generations to come. Within the last 18 months, we lost my mom’s father and dad’s mother. The count is now down to one grandparent, since my dad’s father died back in 2001. I grew up overseas, moving back to the U.S. in the late 2000s. Sadly, the precedent of not seeing family enough was already set. We all had our lives to live and were busy participating in the rat race. As a result, I never got to know my grandparents like I wish I had. Now, stories of my grandfather from Vietnam will be second-hand, if they exist at all. Stories of my other grandfather will be lost to the past; he worked in intelligence, specifics I’ll likely never know. My grandmother’s life in Panama during the Vietnam War, before moving back to Guatemala, will be hard to gather. I wonder how she felt. These realizations are hard for me to reconcile. Within that sadness and recognition of our need to celebrate life, Inked In Time was born. Our blood, while not limiting in who we become, is the foundation of who we are.
What Makes Us Different
Feature | Inked In Time | Them |
Format | Custom-written legacy books based on live interviews | Storybooks aggregated yearly based on weekly user-answered emails |
Interview Style | Real-time (online or in-person) | Email-based, no live interaction |
Written By | Professional writers | The loved one writes their own responses, and AI compiles them |
Voice Captured | Polished narrative | Literal answers, quickly edited |
Emotional Depth | Guided, reflective, deeply personal | Depends on what is written |
Deliverables | Printed hardcover, Digital PDF, interview recordings, and more | Digital + printed book |
Photos Included | Yes | Optional, must upload manually |
Add-ons | Many | Few |
Best For | Families wanting to keep their loved ones alive | Families wanting a simple, but meaningful gift |
Starting Price | $1,500 | $99/month ($1,188 Annually) |
Disclaimer from Our Founder
In my corporate career, I utilize AI whenever I see fit – for coding, strategy ideas, spit-balling, whatever. In my personal life, I use it for brainstorming, marketing, cooking, and many other things. It would be silly not to.
However, with this business, for the writing, I’m going in the opposite direction of the various memoir services you'll find online. In college, while friends paid essay writers, I refused. I would never trust anyone else to write for me. That applies to AI, as well.
At Inked In Time, we write real memoirs.
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