Publishing: We publish memoirs and autobiographies, memoir, genealogy related titles, and other historical works, especially Florida history.

All titles reflect our organization’s motto, “Preserving history and healing lives…one life story at a time”

Interviewing and Transcription: We will record your stories using audio and/or video, depending on what you are comfortable with. You can hire us for your own personal stories, or you can hire us to work with your family member. We will transcribe your recordings to digital format. These recordings are transcribed verbatim. You can choose to have them translated into narrative form for an additional fee.

Writing & Editing Services: We will work with you to edit and develop your book, whether it be a memoir, fictional story, or other manuscript.

Writing Coach: We will coach you through the writing and help keep you on track. Writing memoirs is often painful and darn hard, especially if you are truthful with yourself when you are writing. We will edit the memoirs as you write and offer you suggestions while you write. What do you get out of it? A sense of accomplishment, a hopefully healed heart, a documentation for the future that you passed this way, a real published book that you can put on your shelf and, God willing, a little bit of cash in the bank.

Classes, Workshops, Lectures: Workshops are offered in Lifewriting, Self-Publishing (formatting, uploading to online venues, marketing), Journaling, and Art Journaling

Research: Are you trying to remember when certain events occurred in your life, and on what dates? Do you recall what happened to you during a historical event, but find yourself fuzzy on when and where the event actually occurred? From elections to wars to fads to song titles, an APH researcher knows where to look to find the accurate historical information that can jog your memory and complete your story.

Consulting Services & Project Planning: If you are faced with overflowing boxes of writings, mementos, photographs and letters that you’d like to put together, a personal historian can help you plan, organize and complete your project. Whether you need a coach or a consultant, a guide or a counselor, a personal historian can help.

Memoir Workshops

Where are workshops held?

Workshops are held in your home, at your church or clubhouse, or your residence’s recreational hall. Workshops are 1 1/2 hours long and can be a one-time activity or spread out in ongoing sessions. The ongoing sessions provide more in-class writing time and feedback from the instructor and others in the groups, as well as providing motivation to keep writing.

Turning Point

Most people who are interested in lifewriting have a particular story they want to tell about a time that significantly changed their life. In the Turning Point Workshop, we will write about that moment of time when you crossed a threshold into a new self.

The Early Years

In this workshop, we will write about childhood memories – places you lived, friends from your youth, family traditions, experiences that shaped you into the person you are today.

Loves of Your Life

How many great loves have you had in your life? We will write about your experiences with these great loves and how they shaped and changed your definition of love.

Family History

Preserving your history is a gift to the world that never ends. Who were your ancestors, and how did they contribute to who you are today? In this workshop we will reach back into the past and bring your ancestors alive so they can live forever throughout the generations.