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Veteran Book Writing and Publishing

Access Live Guidance for your 2026 Veteran Book Project

FREE Zoom Meeting to ask your writing and publishing questions

Make 2026 the year you research your World War II, Korea or Vietnam veteran and write their story! Not sure where to begin with writing and publishing your book? I can help!

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America turns 250 in 2026.
This once-in-a-generation milestone invites us to look back—not just at famous names and battles, but at the real people who lived, served, waited, sacrificed, and carried the weight of war home with them.

Many families hold pieces of a veteran’s story—documents, photos, half-remembered stories, unanswered questions. This free Zoom session is designed to help you take the first meaningful steps toward writing and publishing your veteran’s story during the America250 commemoration. Jennifer will assist you by answering your specific questions on research, writing, and self-publishing.

Whether your veteran served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, or another era, this gathering will help you move from “I’ve always wanted to do this” to “I know where to begin.”

This Free Zoom Session Is For You If:

You want 2026 to be the year you finally write your veteran’s story
You feel called to honor America250 by preserving family military history
You’re overwhelmed by research, writing, or publishing options
You have questions and have no idea who to ask for help
You have documents and stories but don’t know how to shape them into a book
You want your work to be both historically sound and deeply meaningful

You don’t need to be a writer. You don’t need everything figured out. You just need to ask questions, create a plan, and begin.

This is not a general presentation. It’s active, personalized support 60-minute session. Attendance live on Zoom is required to receive the replay after the event.

A replay will be available for download via Dropbox to those who attend live. Additional resources may be provided as handouts as needed with the replay.

Testimonials

Doug Hall

As a writer and researcher of a family biography, I have used Ms. Holik’s expertise in military research, editing, organization and drafting skills now for several years. Jennifer has the ability to take a body of work, in any stage of development, and evaluate the contents and direct an action plan that moves the project forward in a superior way, on all fronts. I have depended on her professional insight into my family biography that is both complicated with multiple time periods and source material also requiring the insight to understand how to engage the reader. The finished product will in no small way reflect her dedication and professional research, guidance, suggestions, edits and actions. I can, without reservation, recommend her military and publication research services for any personal or commercial publication project.

Doug Hall Freelance writer, Boston, MA, 2024.

Purchase Doug's Book, Legacy of the Skies. Published 2025.

Rachel & Bill Riley

My son had been asking me for many years to consider writing a book about my uncle, Captain William Bruce Overstreet, Jr. Uncle Bill, as we both called him, was just my uncle. A golf-playing, summertime fishing, certified public accounting, and part of an entertaining-loving couple known as “BillandNita”, which must be spoken as all one word because they were one thing.

After my grandparents passed away, we rotated venues for Christmas observances. One Christmas held at the Overstreets’ home in Roanoke, Virginia, Nita posed a question to those dining which changed my life. She asked, “Did you know your Uncle Bill was a war hero?” I had to answer “no”, but it was lame and embarrassing to speak.

I vowed then and there to learn and become involved in this part of his life. My son, William Bruce, and I, Rachel Bruce, (see a pattern here?) have studied, questioned, and collected over the years. I joined a local genealogical society when Jennifer Holik showed up as our speaker one day to teach us about writing about our ancestors who had military service. I attached myself to Jennifer and have not let go.

We scheduled a conference call for the three of us and have not looked back. The book is under development. We could not be happier. Jennifer has technical knowledge, but what sets her apart is her insight and judgment. We have adopted her into our family as an honorary member. I would recommend Jennifer to anyone who needs research, writing, advice, or projections about projects. She will know what to do.

Rachel Bruce Meiselman Riley, December 11, 2024, Alexandria, Virginia

Choose Your Session

Thursday, January 15, 10:00 a.m. CDT

Join me for the live Zoom Meeting to ask your questions.

Monday, January 19, 7:00 p.m. CDT

Join me for the live Zoom Meeting to ask your questions.

Meet Your Coach

Jennifer Holik

Roughly 15 years ago, I developed a 2-part military research strategy that makes it possible to discover the story of any veteran from WWI through Vietnam — even if the records burned. This grew out of a journey I began nearly 30 years ago, guided by my military ancestors. What started as genealogy quickly expanded into a full military research, writing, and speaking business shared through the WWII Research & Writing Center and later, here at the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School.

Over the years I have written and self-published more than 20 of my own books. For clients, I have primarily written and published countless private family projects outlining centuries of family history, photo books, veteran books, and other types of military stories. A few of my clients are now publishing for the public.

My work is rooted in both fact and spirit. I’ve walked battlefields, stood at graves, and listened to the echoes of soldiers and families whose stories still long to be told. Living between Chicago and the Netherlands, I absorbed history, culture, and the weight of inherited war trauma. My own path through PTSD and ancestral healing deepened my ability to see repeating patterns, connect dots across generations, and help others uncover truths hidden beneath silence and loss.

At the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School and WWII Research & Writing Center, I bring together research and soul work, helping you not only recover your family’s military history but also transform the patterns and pain it left behind. This is where history, healing, and story meet.