Sometime around 2019 or 2020, I decided to self-publish a craft book for memoir and life story writers that had been writing itself by way of the tips and prompts I’d been giving my students for years. There was only one person I could dare ask to work with me on such an audacious project, my friend Dorka Hegedus. Dorka is a professional photographer, a visual creative, and a fantastic collaborator. More importantly, she loves a challenge. I knew all of this because we’d worked together on many projects in the past, including sharing tips on raising sons, cooking soups and nourishing foods together and for one another, never compromising on coffee, and two oral history projects you can see HERE and HERE.

Dorka and I published our first Demitasse Press book, How to Begin Writing Your Life Stories: Putting Memories on the Page, in August 2024. The next year, we published two wonderfully written, artistic books of life story writing: Gathering: Family, Grief, Resilience by Patsy Truxaw, and Hey Nature Lady: Vignettes on Living a Creative Life by Jane Howard. We’re currently working on our next book, Memories on the Page: A Year of Tips and Prompts for Memoir and Life Story Writers, to be published in 2026. You can read about our self-publishing adventures HERE and HERE.

In the meantime, we’ve learned that we adore making books. We’d love to talk to you about your book and whether Demitasse Press might be a good fit for helping you through your own self-publishing journey.

I also offer publishing services for independent authors looking to publish under their own name or imprint. I have a passion for creating books, mine and others’. Email me to schedule a consultation.

“Sara is perceptive with her support, thorough with her editing, generous with her suggestions and examples, and clear in her communication. She has been invaluable to my success in seeing this memoir published.”    

—DONNA ANDERSEN, AUTHOR OF THE LIFE YOU GET: A MEMOIR OF RECOVERY, REWARD, AND REFLECTION (coming Fall 2025)