Two Books: The Battalion Artist - Lighter Than Air
If you are a writer who grew up hearing quirky behind-the-scenes stories of what it was like being a sailor who was on the front lines of World War II’s Atlantic Campaign…perhaps it’s inevitable that you will end up authoring a book about the War in the Atlantic.
But what happens when you’ve started compiling the stories of that sailor and you’re interrupted by a request from another World War II sailor to write a book about the paintings he brought back from his three-plus years serving with the Navy’s 78th Construction Battalion in the South Pacific?
The answer is obvious. You write two books.
That’s what I’ve done.
Being a writer is who I am.
About Janice
My very first writing project was a play. It opened with a steady stream of passengers boarding an airplane bound for a ski resort in Idaho. I had no particular plan in mind for what would happen next. But what did I know about plotting or narrative tension? I was only eight years old. The play remains unfinished.