Capture life stories.
Create lasting legacies.

We offer decades of professional editing and interviewing experience to document a lifetime of memories and create lasting legacies.

What do my children and grandchildren need to hear from me? What advice or milestones can I share about my marriage, friendships, and relationships? What childhood memories and life experiences do I want to document? What do I want to know about my parents and family? What do I want to share now about my life, work, and passions? 

Dr. Margaret Brady and Jim Davis founded Editing For Life to compile, organize and preserve the answers to those important questions. Margaret holds a doctorate in curriculum and instruction for higher education, including a specialty in writing life stories, and Jim has mentored writers for more than forty years – spending thirty-five of them as a content editor and weekly columnist at the Daily Herald newspaper. Together, they’ll work to capture the lives, times, and tales of extraordinary humans and everyday heroes.

A living legend.

Every family holds a rich history built on long-standing traditions, the passing of knowledge, and the sharing of memories from past generations. We document the literature of lives well lived by gathering the words, wisdom, tales, and truths of the ones you love.

A storied career.

Accomplished careers create incomparable expertise. We work to refine and record the story of successful entrepreneurs, innovative creatives, and legendary leaders.

A moment in time.

We turn your memories into memoirs. Be it the story of a lifelong friendship, an epic love story, or life lessons learned along the way–we work to collect and capture the moments, messages, and milestones worth remembering.