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Joel Balkovec — Emona Literary Services
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Writing. Editing. Content creation.
I do words good. I paint little plastic fighting dudes less good…
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Behold: The joke that no-one seems to get!
January 30, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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All-ages #Fantasy #Fiction brought to you by Emona LIterary Services at realmgard.com!
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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"I do words good."

That's really all you need to know about my #writing and #editing business.

Full video on my Substack (and various other platforms)
January 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Looking back at Emona Literary Services' 2025.

#Writer #Editor #SmallBusiness
January 4, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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Check out my playlist of #Christmas trivia and joke videos on the Emona LIterary Services™ YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/@EmonaLiterary
And please Like & Subscribe, because I'm an influencer now, apparently…
December 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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What a year of life as an #entrepreneur has taught me about being my own boss.
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Realmgard is all-ages #Fantasy Fiction brought to you by Emona LIterary Services™. The first three stories featuring Kat and Dunstana, the Sisters Darkstone, are available to read for free at realmgard.com!
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Emona Literary Services turns 1!
To celebrate, I'm discounting all my #writing and #editing rates until the end of November.
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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October #Author Update: Lots of big things in store as Emona Literary Services turns one.
September 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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"What's your story, strangers?"
Inspired by the question that kicks off my seminar at LegendHaven 2025, this week Patreon subscribers can read all about the Lyte Brigade at the Nearfields tavern.

#Fantasy #Fiction

[Music by Vlad Bakutov from Pixabay.]
September 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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I’m Hosting an Event at LegendHaven 2025!

I can't fit the full message they want me to share, so check out my various other channels for the full spiel.

I'll be presenting "What's Your Story, Stranger?", my interactive seminar on rules for writing a better #DnD character.
September 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Live today to my #Patreon subscibers: Realmgard's greatest love story.

Join Emona Literary Services on Patreon for a new short scene every Friday, and bunch of other neat stuff.

#Writing #Fantasy #Fiction
August 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Hopefully the first of many stories published by Emona Literary Services, my #flashfiction slice-of-life story "Sophie's Folly" is now live on my various platforms.

#Writing #Story #SliceOfLife
August 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Hot off the… whatever the blogging equivalent of the press is: my #AnimeReview of the 90s classic 'Record of Lodoss War.'
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August 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I’m doing my first proper run through of my #DnD character writing seminar tonight, so I needed some characters….

I’m opening with “Pick somebody from this box, they walk into a tavern. What’s their drink?”

#writer #writing #fantasycharacter #charactercreation #ttrpg
August 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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This is the card I made for my niece's birthday this year:
August 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Check out Emona Literary Services for Sci Fi, Fantasy, and more bad puns just like this…
July 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Art of Realmgard's very own Kat and Dunstana Darkstone by the talented @viathefool.bsky.social.

Read all about their adventures on realmgard.com!
Art of Kat and Dunstana Darkstone.
July 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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I am happy to announce that I have begun the process of commissioning an #audiobook version of the first Realmgard story, Fryte's Gold.

Details to follow as I get more of them, but stay tuned.

[Image by Photo by Dmitry Demidov from Pexels.]
A microphone in a recording studio.
May 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Emona Literary Services is now live on Patreon!
Please consider subscribing to help fund more #Fantasy and #ScienceFiction content!
May 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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I’ve been trying to do a month-long Daily Writing exercise at least once a quarter since October 2021. As a result, there are now more than 300 short stories featuring my characters available to read on realmgard.com.
May 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Emona Literary Services' three guiding principles. Read more 👇
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May 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Over on my Substack, my latest 100-word #BookReview: The Italian epic poem Orlando Furioso.
An image of a female knight with the caption "Of the (many) books I’ve had to read for school, the Italian epic poem Orlando Furioso has gone down as my favourite."
April 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I'd like to wish all my followers, clients, and readers a very happy Easter!

And to remind them that, should they ever need an editor, I know a guy…

📷: Helena Lopes on Pexels.
A bunny in a bucket holding a sign reading 'Happy Easter' in its mouth.
April 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Reminder that if you need an editor, I know a guy 👇
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April 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM