A collection of my written content from across the Internet
Realmgard
The series of middle-grade Fantasy stories, written by me under the pen name J.B. Norman and published by Emona Literary Services™.
Visit the official Realmgard website
Stories in LegendFiction Anthologies
Fantasy stories published in anthologies put out by faith-based writers’ group LegendFiction, introducing the characters of my Fantasy serials “The Free Company of Mariburg.”
As of Summer 2026, my stories are featured in the Quilldrake and Emberwing anthologies, which LegendFiction has put out as free ebooks.
Meet the adventurers of Mariburg
Screen Rant Autism Article
While freelancing in 2023 as a Features Writer for leading entertainment Screen Rant, I wrote a deeply meaningful long-form article on the importance of positive representation of autism and neurodiversity.
Autistic anime & why it matters
Bam Smack Pow! Author Bibliography
From 2024-2025, I worked as a contributor for various sites across the FanSided network, including comic book news site Bam Smack Pow!
My work focused primarily on breaking anime news to help the website build authority and credibility as a source on the latest developments from the Japanese animation industry.
Joel Balkovec, anime journalist
What is a Muppet?
Originally written as an assignment on Expository Writing done while I was a student at Algonquin College’s now-defunct Professional Writing program, this article delivers more information than you ever wanted to know about funny puppets.
It’s not quite a mop, and it’s not quite a puppet
RPG Character Writing Seminar
Since 2025, I have been workshopping a… workshop that I really should find another word for.
Ahem.
I’ve been running a seminar guiding participants through several steps to establish an approach to writing better, more memorable RPG characters.
Predicated on the first question I envision the barkeep asking a newcomer to the archetypal Fantasy-genre tavern – “What’s Your Story, Stranger?” – my interactive writing seminar provides participants with a series of interactive question-and-answer lessons to bring a character concept from a series of numbers on a sheet into a fleshed-out, fully-realised person.
I have hosted the “What’s Your Story, Stranger?” seminar in various formats for both online and in-person audiences, including for the LegendHaven convention run by writers’ group LegendFiction.
And some other things I’ve accomplished
To commemorate his having turned Rome from a city of brick to a city of marble, first Roman Emperor Augustus had publicly inscribed in bronze a lengthy list of his accomplishments.
This came to be known as the Res Gestae Divi Augusti — “The Things-Having-Been-Accomplished of the Divine Augustus.”
While not inscribed in bronze by a living god, below you can view my educational and professional history – my own Res Gestae, so to speak:
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