The Story Cellar

A Creative Studio

Hi there,

Welcome! You’ve stumbled upon the wordy, creative hub of Katie Masters - writer, winemaker, designer, ocean swimmer. A woman of many passions and micro-businesses, they have all been united at The Story Cellar, the communal home of professional copy and content writing services, fiction and creative non-fiction, and Provisioning a Sailboat, a sustainable bookshop selling blind dates with books and tea.

Here, stories gather in many forms. Come inside. Browse the shelves. Take what you need for the journey.

The Masters of Words

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Wild Waters

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Provisioning a Sailboat

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The Masters of Words • Wild Waters • Provisioning a Sailboat •

A professional woman sits at a desk with a laptop and journal in front of her. There is a leather bound book to her left. The view is from above.

The Masters of Words

Freelance copy and content writing for small businesses and ethical brands that are looking for unique storytelling or a fresh perspective. Services include websites, bios, product descriptions and more.

A vintage typewriter sits on a timber desk next to a stack of notepaper. There is a pen and a plant in the frame, and a small pile of pictures leaning against the wall

Wild Waters

The creative writing chapter of The Story Cellar, including an ocean swimming Substack, short fiction, lyrical essays, and the occasional romance story. Come explore the quiet, the curious, and the deeply human.

A cup of tea, a pouch of loose leaf tea and a book wrapped in pretty paper and tied with a ribbon

Provisioning a Sailboat

Provisioning a Sailboat: A bookshop for the word-drenched, sea-dreaming, and story-hungry. Visit here for books, tea, art, gifts, and vintage coastal nostalgia.

  • Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.

    Oscar Wilde

A gentle swell crashed over a stony beach. It is late afternoon light and a little bit milky. The sky is heavy with clouds.
The view is over the edge of a cliff, down to a rocky shore. There are native plants with yellow flowers clinging to the sides of the cliff and an angry ocean of teal at the bottom.
Footprints on a sandy beach. Late afternoon sunshine, some rocks that look warm and a steel-blue sea. The sky is clear.