“I’m not into big anymore. My joy today comes from working side by side with individuals and families to gather the memories of their life adventures—or to help them discover and shape the stories held in their hearts. I care about every page of your book, the marketing materials that support it, and your presence on social media and the internet. I can serve as a trail guide as you write, then walk beside you through the self-publishing process. In this last chapter of my life, my dream is to help bring your story into print for future generations. I will always continue to be a voice for the voiceless.” —Jodee Kulp
“Legacy books begin when a memory is finally ready to tell.”
For families and elders
Preserve family history, faith journey, milestones, recipes, lessons, and the moments that shaped a household across generations.
For caregivers and advocates
For first-time authors
Shape difficult, meaningful experiences into a narrative that brings dignity, understanding, and practical wisdom to others.
Move from notebooks, recordings, and fragmented memories into a readable book with a clear beginning, middle, and ending.
I help you to build your manuscript one memory at a time.
Legacy Publishing with Jodee Kulp helps authors, caregivers, elders, and family historians turn lived experience into a book with structure, warmth, and forward motion.
For more than 40 years, Jodee Kulp has art directed, designed, written, and helped produce thousands of publishing, educational, marketing, and nonprofit projects. Her original company, Jodee Kulp Graphic Arts Services, founded in 1979, supported publishing organizations and clients including Hazelden Publishing, Lerner Publishing Group, Meadowbrook Press, Coffee House Press, Milkweed Editions, Compcare, Augsburg Fortress, Dickinson Press, Liberty Bell Press, and the University of Minnesota. Jodee’s design work has earned prestigious recognition, including Judges’ Choice and First Place for Book Typography from the National Composition Association in 1986. Today, Jodee brings that lifetime of experience to authors, families, advocates, educators, and organizations with stories worth preserving. Her clients often become friends, gaining not only her publishing knowledge but also the steady encouragement, careful listening, and practical problem-solving that bring a book from idea to finished copy. Whether you are creating a family history, memoir, children’s book, educational resource, advocacy guide, cookbook, or faith-based project, Jodee can help you develop, design, produce, and share work that matters.
For more than 40 years, Jodee Kulp has art directed, designed, written, and helped produce thousands of publishing, educational, marketing, and nonprofit projects. Her original company, Jodee Kulp Graphic Arts Services, founded in 1979, supported publishing organizations and clients including Hazelden Publishing, Lerner Publishing Group, Meadowbrook Press, Coffee House Press, Milkweed Editions, Compcare, Augsburg Fortress, Dickinson Press, Liberty Bell Press, and the University of Minnesota. Jodee’s design work has earned prestigious recognition, including Judges’ Choice and First Place for Book Typography from the National Composition Association in 1986. Today, Jodee brings that lifetime of experience to authors, families, advocates, educators, and organizations with stories worth preserving. Her clients often become friends, gaining not only her publishing knowledge but also the steady encouragement, careful listening, and practical problem-solving that bring a book from idea to finished copy. Whether you are creating a family history, memoir, children’s book, educational resource, advocacy guide, cookbook, or faith-based project, Jodee can help you develop, design, produce, and share work that matters.
"Lee Swisher was 90 years old when she decided to write her family legacy books... her grandfather was a scout with Lewis and Clark!"
Written by Eleanor 'Lee' Swisher available on Amazon
Memory Prompts
Gentle questions that unlock the stories people often struggle to begin.
Session-by-session structure
Publishing guidance
A clear path from notes, voice memos, and journals into chapters.
Support for shaping, organizing, and preparing a book you can confidently share.
How I help you
From scattered memories to a finished manuscript.
Step 1: Remember
Start with prompts, conversations, journals, family stories, and key life moments. Nothing has to be polished at first.
Step 2: Organize
Step 3: Publish
Gather themes, arrange memories into chapters, and decide what belongs in the story so the manuscript gains shape.
Refine the manuscript, prepare it for readers, and move toward print or digital release with clarity and confidence.
A process that feels human.
Good legacy writing is not rushed. It is gathered, listened to, and shaped with care
so the final manuscript still sounds like the person who lived it.
Empowerment Through Words
Bring the first memory.
Jodee will help you
build the rest.
Jodee brings a voice that is pastoral, practical, and deeply attentive to lived experience. That makes this service especially strong for memoir, family story, faith-rooted reflection, advocacy writing, and books born from caregiving or resilience.
- Compassion without drift. You are met with warmth, but the work still moves forward. Each memory becomes usable material rather than just a beautiful loose end.
- Structure without pressure. The page guides hesitant writers and honors people who need space, reflection, and encouragement before they can tell the whole story.
- Publishing support that stays personal. The experience keeps the book centered on the author's voice, values, and legacy rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all formula.