Words that Live
This is for you if: you believe a child deserves a story made only for them — you want to give a birthday gift that cannot be bought in a shop —you have a feeling with no name and suspect a story might name it — you think story is the most important thing in life
Every life contains a myth waiting to be told.
Five ways to receive a story
Whatever story calls to you, answer it.
I am a firm believer in story and in learning from the world around us. If you find yourself on this website, give it a go.
We are all so caught inside the stories we tell ourselves, the lives we live. Reading something from outside that world — something made just for you, or just for someone you love — might open your eyes to wonders you never dreamt were possible.
Answer the call.
Meet the Founder
Harvard-trained writer, decade-long wanderer, firm believer that the story you tell yourself is not the entire truth.
Mot Vivant. The world that lives. I started this because I believe that the stories we tell shape the lives we lead. I know this because changing my own story changed my life. And I have seen it change others.
AVAILABLE FOR EVENTS
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They will remember it for years
People frame these stories. Some send them to me years later to say they still read theirs.
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Every story is unrepeatable
No template, no AI, no two the same. Written live, for that person, in that moment.
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Harvard-trained, heart-led
A Master's in Creative Writing — and the instinct to hear what isn't being said.
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Available worldwide.
Based in Lisbon. Will travel to spread the magic.
Your guests will leave holding a magical story
A story written for them alone, on a typewriter, in the room. Not a photo booth. Not a favor bag. Something that knows them.
Tell me more
What makes your stories different?
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I write across genres and adapt my voice to whatever a story asks for but certain things remain constant beneath the surface. My writing tends toward the mythic and the intimate: stories that either leave you with something warm and whole, or leave you with a question. Sometimes both. I believe a story should do something to the person who receives it.
How do I get started?
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Every story begins the same way — you tell me something true.
I- You commission. Choose your offering, fill the form, pay. Tell me what I need to know.
II- I sit with it. I read what you've shared. I begin.
III- I write. Every word chosen by hand. No AI. No template. Just the story.
IV- You receive it. A PDF arrives. If you chose Proof of Soul, the video comes with it.
Written by a human.
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No AI. No shortcuts. Every word chosen by me — a person who sat with your life and thought about you before writing a single sentence.
One free edit included in every order.
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Every commission includes one full round of revisions. If something doesn't feel right — the tone, a detail, the ending — you tell me, and I rewrite it.