Author: Jonathan S. Pembroke
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The Mauler, out 28 Aug!
I’m a bit late updating this here (as I’ve done it on social media) but The Mauler, the second book of The Holly Sisters, will be available on 28 Aug (preorder for Kindle link here, paperback link coming). It’s the second book to have a cover done by Jessica Dueck of StarsColdNight. She does excellent…
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Keep plugging along
So … It’s been a while since the last entry. For various reasons, I haven’t been back to update. Some soul-searching, some real-life complications, and lots of writing. Yeah, I know I had a little whinge last time. I guess I got it out of my system. So, let’s recap: – I’m working on final…
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At a Bit of a Crossroads
I think we all come to them, in life. All the time. Points where seemingly minor decisions can have cascading effects for months or years. I think I’m hitting one of those in my writing life now. So now I sit here at three in the morning, unable to sleep because of thinking about this.…
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Am I Letting My Peers Down?
So…. I am not someone who leaves a ton of reviews on the works I read. There are a few reasons. One, I have been reading a lot of indie fantasy lately. The authors are my peers to some degree and I have a friendly acquaintance relationship with quite a few. I am reluctant to–…
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Rumble in Woodhollow, et al
So…. My latest project, Rumble in Woodhollow (Kindle, print) is now live on Amazon. It’s the first book in the trilogy The Holly Sisters. Rumble introduces us to a twenty-two-year-old faery named Sydney. Sydney is the younger sister of Marla, the leader of the Faery Gang, which is one of the criminal outfits competing…
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The Boys
So…. Last night, I was scanning YouTube (actually I was looking at videos on applying epoxy to concrete floors) and I caught an advertisement for Amazon Prime, who appear to be adopting the comic series The Boys for a series. (Link to the preview trailer here.) The Boys might be the best deconstruction of the…
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The Snark is Unbecoming
So…. I first interacted with Sarah Chorn last year when Pilgrimage to Skara was a finalist in the 2017 Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (still tickles every time I say that). Sarah runs the blog Bookworm Blues, which was then, and is again this year, one of the SPFBO judges. Sarah didn’t particularly care for Pilgrimage, which is…
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The Drying MMO Pond
So…. I was in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) this evening. It’s my go-to RPG-type game when I just want to bum around a bit and talk to some old online friends. Well, there was a discussion about MMOs (Massive Multiplayer Online games) in the “global” chat channel (meaning all players could see it…
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The Long Slow Slog of Life
So…. Been six months since I populated this space and … well, lots has happened. Real life has been an adventure. On a down note, health concerns for close family members have eaten up a lot of time. I’ve been helping with health care–which is a) exhausting and b) gives me new appreciation for health…
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Birthday Blues
So…. Birthday today. Forty…something. Another year of cheating death. Another year older. (Muse: And uglier, don’t forget that.) Yup. Sorry for the misleading title. My mood isn’t blue as much as it is reflective. Thinking back over the past year and where I stand, writing-wise. On the upside, I entered the SPFBO (written about in…