A LITTLE TIME. A LIFETIME OF STORIES.

Turn a Lifetime of Stories Into a Book Your Family Will Actually Keep.

Kinlore is a 12-week, self-guided course that takes 20 minutes a week. Talk your stories into the phone you already own, shape them into short chapters, and print a book you made yourself.

Start for yourself this Sunday, or give it to someone whose stories you don’t want to lose.

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Kinlore course cover: a family notebook, photographs and a phone recording on a warm kitchen table — Your stories. Your voice. Your own little book.Digital course · You arrange printing separately

12 gentle weekly lessonsTalk first. Write later.Your recordings stay with you

01 / THE STORIES WORTH KEEPING

The Story Nobody Wrote Down

An illustrative composite. Not a testimonial, and not a real customer.

Every family has a box.

Maybe it's a shoebox in a closet, or a biscuit tin, or a drawer nobody opens. Inside: photographs with no names on the back. A ration book. A wedding invitation from a town that has since changed its name. A union card. A recipe in handwriting everyone recognises and no one can quite read.

And everyone in the family knows a few of the stories behind the box. How the car broke down on the way to the wedding. The year the river came up to the porch steps. The first job, the boss who was kinder than he had to be, the move across the country with two kids and one suitcase each.

Everyone knows the stories. They've been told at holiday tables and in hospital waiting rooms and in long car rides.

But they've never been written down.

Someone always says "You should really write all this down." Everyone nods. Then dessert comes out, and the moment passes. It passes the next year, too.

The stories don't vanish all at once. They go a little at a time. A name gets fuzzy. A date drifts. The person who could have filled in the middle of the story isn't at the table any more. And one day a grandchild finds the box, picks up a photograph of a young man on a bicycle in front of a bakery, and asks, "Who's this?"

Nobody in the room knows.

This course is about making sure somebody does.

02 / A SMALLER WAY TO BEGIN

Why Most Life Stories Never Get Written

Not because people don't care. Almost everyone wants these stories saved. They stall for three ordinary reasons.

Reason 1: "Write your life story" is a terrifying assignment.

A blank page with My Life at the top is enough to stop anyone. Where do you start? Birth? The war? The divorce? What if the writing isn't good enough? What if the kids read it and think it's boring?

So the project gets saved for "when there's more time." It's very hard to find more time for something that feels like a final exam.

What Kinlore does differently: You never sit down to "write your life story." Each week you answer a handful of small, specific questions, like What did your kitchen smell like on a Saturday morning? You answer out loud, the way you'd tell it at the table. Skip any question you don't want to answer, for any reason.

Reason 2: There's no weekly habit, so there's no finish line.

Big, vague projects die without a rhythm. A burst of energy in January, three pages, then nothing until next January.

What Kinlore does differently: One topic a week. About 20 minutes. Twelve weeks. You always know what this week's job is, and it's small enough to finish before the coffee goes cold.

Reason 3: The options that do exist usually mean paying someone else to hold your stories.

There are services that send weekly questions and then print and bind a book for you. Some people love them, and if that's what you want, they may be a good fit. They also tend to cost more than this course, they often run on an ongoing account, and your stories live inside their system.

What Kinlore does differently, and it's important to be clear about this:

We do not print or bind your book. We show you exactly how to do it yourself: at a local print shop, or through an online print-on-demand service you choose (Blurb, Mixam, and Lulu are examples covered in the guide).¹ ² ³ You pay them directly, at their prices, for the format you want.
We do not store your recordings or your writing. There's no app and nothing to upload to us. Your audio files and drafts stay on your own phone and your own computer. You decide who sees them.
It's $37, once. No subscription, no "per book" fee from us.

You do a little more of the work yourself. In exchange, you get a lower price and full control, and the book stays entirely yours.

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03 / THE 20-MINUTE HABIT

Small steps. Stories that stay.

Open this week's prompts.

(2 minutes) Each lesson gives you a short list of warm, specific questions. Pick the two or three that spark something. Skip the rest.

Talk into your phone.

(10–15 minutes) iPhones come with a Voice Memos app,⁴ and most Android phones come with a voice recorder app (names vary by maker). Press record and tell the story the way you'd tell it to a grandchild. You don't need a microphone, a script, or anything you don't already have.

Name and save the file.

(2 minutes) The phone-recording checklist shows you a simple naming pattern (like 03-childhood-kitchen.m4a) and how to copy files to a computer or drive you own. Your recordings never pass through us.

Every few weeks, turn talk into chapters.

Later lessons show you how to turn a spoken answer into a short written chapter of 400–800 words. You can listen back and type, use your phone's transcript if it offers one, or ask a family member to help. You make light edits and keep your own voice. By the end you have a table of contents, a dedication page, and a PDF you can hand to a print shop.

That's it. No software to learn and no writing degree required. You don't have to finish everything in a weekend.

Two ways people use Kinlore:

For yourself: Start this Sunday. One topic a week. Twelve weeks from now you'll have chapters on a page, and a clear path to a printed book.
As a gift for a parent or grandparent: Give them the course. Then, if they'd like, sit with them for 20 minutes a week and press record. Plenty of families find that the sitting together turns out to be the best part.

04 / INSIDE THE COURSE

Twelve weeks. One story at a time.

Each week gives you one short lesson, a set of prompts, and a clear "done for this week" line.

WEEK 01

Why Most Life Stories Never Get Written

The 20-minute Sunday habit, and what this course is and isn't. You'll set up the simple weekly rhythm that carries you to the end.

WEEK 02

How to Record on the Phone You Already Own

Voice Memos on iPhone, the recorder app on Android, or a recording you email to yourself. How to name files and back them up to a computer you own. No special gear.

WEEK 03

Childhood and the House You Grew Up In

The street, the kitchen smell, the rule you broke, the neighbour everybody talked about. Includes a labelled example showing how a rambling spoken answer becomes a tidy paragraph.

WEEK 04

Work, Service, and What You Figured Out the Hard Way

The first paycheck. The job you were proud of. Service, trades, crafts, and the thing you'd tell your younger self about work.

WEEK 05

Family and the Years That Asked More of You

Partnership, children, chosen family. The prompts are gentle and every one is optional. You're never asked to write about trauma, divorce details, or anyone else's secrets.

WEEK 06

The Stories Only You Were in the Room For

The storm, the wedding, the day the factory closed, the year the town changed. Eyewitness family history, plus how to include other people fairly, and when to ask permission before telling a story that's partly theirs.

WEEK 07

Letters to Children and Grandchildren

Write an "ethical will": letters about the values, lessons and hopes you want to pass on. It's a personal letter, not a legal will or estate document.

WEEK 08

Choosing Photos That Belong With the Stories

Pick a few photos that earn their place and write captions that say who, where and when. Scan old prints with your phone, no fancy gear needed. A short note on using photos you own or have permission to use.

WEEK 09

Turning Answers Into Short Chapters

Go from notes or transcript to chapters of 400–800 words. Light editing, simple headings, and a table of contents, while keeping it sounding like you.

WEEK 10

Printing Options You Can Hand to a Shop

Page size, margins, and exporting a PDF from Google Docs or Word. Compares a local print shop with online services such as Blurb, Mixam and Lulu, which you choose and pay yourself. We're honest that quality, options and prices vary and change.

WEEK 11

Sharing With Family Without Making It a Chore

A family reading night, a shared folder you control, and gift copies, without turning relatives' reading into homework.

WEEK 12

A Binding Day and a Dedication Page

Dedication-page templates, a simple ritual to mark "done," and an easy way to keep going: one new chapter each birthday.

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THE LITTLE THINGS THAT HELP

Included With Your Course

These sit inside the 93-page course PDF — printable pages you can run off on their own, not separate downloads.

The Printable Prompt Workbook

All the weekly prompts in one printable workbook, with room to jot notes before you record. Every page carries the same reminder: skip any question. Print one copy for yourself, or a fresh one for each parent or grandparent you're working with.

The Phone-Recording Checklist

A one-page checklist for iPhone and Android: find the recorder, do a 10-second test, pick a quiet spot, name the file, copy it to your own computer or drive. Stick it on the fridge or hand it to a parent with the phone.

The "How to Turn This Into a Printed Book" Guide

A plain-English walkthrough from finished chapters to a book you can hold. It covers choosing a page size, exporting a print-ready PDF, what to ask at a local print shop, and how online services such as Blurb, Mixam and Lulu work in general.¹ ² ³ We don't print the book, and we don't earn a commission from any of these services. The guide simply helps you pick. Each service sets its own prices and specs, so always check their current details before you order.

MADE FOR YOUR KIND OF STORY

Who Kinlore Is For (and Who It Isn't For)

Kinlore is a good fit if…

✔ You have stories worth keeping and want a simple, low-pressure way to get them down
✔ You'd rather talk than stare at a blank page
✔ You want to give a parent or grandparent something meaningful, plus a reason to sit down together
✔ You like the idea of keeping your recordings and drafts on your own devices
✔ You're happy to do the printing step yourself, at a local shop or an online service, in exchange for a lower price and full control
✔ You want something you can do at your own pace, and pause and pick back up

Kinlore is not for you if…

✘ You want someone else to print and ship a finished hardcover for you. We don't print books. A full-service printing company would suit you better.
✘ You want a hosted app that stores your recordings. We don't store anything. Your files live with you.
✘ You're looking for therapy or grief counselling. Kinlore is a writing and storytelling course. It isn't therapy and doesn't replace a counsellor. You never have to write about anything painful.
✘ You're looking for a memory or brain-training program. This isn't one, and it makes no claims of that kind. It's a way to save the stories you already tell.
✘ You need a legal will, trust, or estate plan. The "letters to children" lesson is a personal values letter, not a legal document. Please see a qualified professional for those.
✘ You want a professional ghostwriter. You (or your family) do the telling. We give you the structure.

A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

About Magicka Games

Kinlore is made by Magicka Games, a small independent publisher of digital guides and creative projects.

We're not a big memoir company. We aren't professional biographers, therapists or archivists, and we won't pretend otherwise. What we've tried to build is a short, sensible, kind course that takes the intimidation out of telling your own stories. It keeps the steps small and leaves you in charge of your words and your files.

If something in the course is unclear, or you get stuck, email us at emaildevdude@gmail.com. A real person reads every message, and we aim to reply within one business day.

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Everything You Get

A 93-page course. A clear path.
A book only you could make.

Kinlore: Stories Only You Can Tell

✔ The 12-Week Course PDF (93 pages): 12 weekly lessons, from your first recording to a dedication page. The printable prompt workbook, phone-recording checklist, and printing-options guide are included inside this same PDF
✔ Printable weekly prompts: every weekly prompt, with room for notes and "skip any question" built in
✔ A phone-recording checklist: iPhone and Android, no special gear
✔ A "how to turn this into a printed book" guide: local print shop or online print-on-demand, step by step
✔ Instant download right after checkout, plus a re-download link by email
✔ Email support from a real person
✔ 60-day money-back guarantee

$37 USD · one time

That's the regular price. There's no subscription and nothing renews. You won't get upsold a "premium tier" later.

For comparison: $37 is roughly the cost of a family dinner out. You get a structure that can carry a lifetime of stories onto paper.

(Printing is separate and paid directly to whichever shop or service you choose. Costs vary by page count, format and service.)

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ROOM TO TRY IT

The 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee

60DAYSMONEY BACK

Try the whole thing for 60 days.

Download Kinlore and record the first few weeks. Read ahead to the printing guide if you like.

If it isn't right for you, for any reason, email emaildevdude@gmail.com within 60 days of purchase from the address you bought with, and we'll refund the full amount you paid us. You don't need to explain, and there's nothing to send back.

(Your bank or PayPal may keep currency-conversion fees, which we can't control. This guarantee is in addition to any rights you have under your local consumer law. Full details are in our refund policy.)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you print the book for me?

No. We don't print, bind or ship books. The course and the printing guide show you how to make a print-ready PDF and take it to a local print shop, or upload it to an online print-on-demand service you choose (Blurb, Mixam and Lulu are examples we discuss).¹ ² ³ You pay that shop or service directly. We have no affiliation with them and earn no commission.

Do you store my recordings or stories?

No. There's no app and no upload. You record on your own phone and save files to your own computer or drive. The checklist shows you how to back them up. We never see your recordings or your writing.

What do I actually receive?

One 93-page course PDF: the 12 weekly lessons, the printable prompts, the phone-recording checklist, and the printing-options guide, together in a single download. You get it on the download page right after checkout and by email.

Do I need special equipment or software?

No. The phone you already own is enough. For the writing and PDF steps, ordinary tools such as Google Docs or Microsoft Word work fine. A printer is handy for the workbook but not required.

I'm not a writer. Will this still work for me?

Yes. That's why the course starts with talking instead of writing. You tell a story out loud, then make light edits so it reads well and still sounds like you. You don't need polished prose.

Can I skip prompts I don't want to answer?

Absolutely, any prompt, any week, for any reason. Some topics are tender. You decide what goes in the book, and nobody checks.

Will I have to write about painful things?

No. The prompts are gentle and every one is optional. Kinlore isn't therapy. If a topic stirs up more than you'd like, skip it. If you're struggling, a counsellor or someone you trust is the right person to talk to.

Is the "letters to children" lesson a legal will?

No. Week 7 helps you write an ethical will, a personal letter about your values, lessons and hopes. Ethical wills aren't legally binding and don't transfer property.⁵ We suggest adding a line saying the letter doesn't change any of your estate documents.⁶ For a legal will, trust or tax questions, please see a qualified professional.

Is this a memory-training or brain program?

No. Kinlore is a storytelling and book-making course. It makes no claims about memory, thinking or health, and it isn't related to any brain-training product. It simply helps you save the stories you already tell.

I want to give this to my parent. How does that work?

Buy it with your own email, then forward the PDF or print the prompt and checklist pages for them. Many families do it together: one person asks the questions and presses record, and the other tells the story. The course is for personal and family use, so share it within your household and the person you're giving it to.

What if I fall behind or miss a week?

Nothing expires. The "12 weeks" is just a rhythm. Pause for a holiday, a busy month or a whole season, and pick up where you left off.

What if it's not for me?

Email us within 60 days for a full refund. You don't have to give a reason and there's nothing to return.

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START THIS SUNDAY

Final Call

The stories are already there. They just need twenty minutes and a place to land.

Every family has someone who was in the room: for the flood, the wedding, the first day at the plant, the night the baby came early. When those stories get told aloud, they're wonderful. If they also get saved, a grandchild who isn't born yet can still read them one day.

Kinlore gives you a small, kind, doable way to save them. It's one topic a week, recorded on the phone you already own and kept on your own devices, then turned into a book you print on your terms.

$37, once. 60 days to decide.

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Start this Sunday, or give it to someone whose stories you'd like to keep.

P.S. To be completely clear: Kinlore is a course, not a printing service. We don't print your book or store your recordings. We give you the prompts, the weekly habit, and step-by-step instructions to turn your stories into a printed book yourself. If that's the kind of help you want, it's yours for $37 with a 60-day money-back guarantee.

P.P.S. Giving it as a gift? The best version often isn't "here's a course, good luck." It's "I'll come over Sunday, bring the coffee, and press record."

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Sources & further reading

Blurb, "Bookmaking and design tools" (PDF upload workflow and specifications calculator): https://blurb.co.uk/bookmaking-tools
Mixam, "Books" (print books from your own files): https://www.mixam.co.uk/books, and "What is Mixam's 'Design Online' Tool?": https://mixam.co.uk/support/designonline
Lulu, "Publishing Toolkit" (print-on-demand, upload interior and cover PDFs, free to create an account): https://www.lulu.com/publishing-toolkit and https://www.lulu.com/
Apple, Voice Memos app listing (built-in iPhone recording app): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1069512134, and Apple Voice Memos User Guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/voice-memos/toc/localeselector
USLegal, "Ethical Will Law and Legal Definition": https://definitions.uslegal.com/e/ethical-will/, and Trust & Will Help Center, "What is an ethical will?": https://help.trustandwill.com/hc/en-us/articles/31290124639757-Ethical-Wills
MP Estate Planning, "Ethical wills and legacy letters in the UK: passing on values, not just assets": https://mpestateplanning.uk/ethical-wills-and-legacy-letters-in-the-uk-passing-on-values-not-just-assets/

Sources describe general service features and definitions. We didn't quote or verify any company's current prices, and citations aren't endorsements. Competitor services that print books for you are mentioned only in general terms; none of their sales copy was used.