Had a great time at The Bookstore at Fitger’s in Duluth! Left some signed books with them if you missed me. #indieauthor #yahistoricalfiction

Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for "Jurassic Park," has died at the age of 78. Neill died Monday surrounded by family in Sydney, Australia, according to a statement released on his Instagram account.

July 12 1776: Americans take control of Ft. Stanwix and renamed it Ft Schuyler. By summer 1777, the fort would be besieged by British forces for 6 weeks. Read about these events in my novel Enterprising and Dangerous: erinmakela.com/books/ #indieauthor #yahistoricalfiction #americanrevolution

A really fascinating discussion today on 1A. Give it a listen! the1a.org/segments/asp... #declarationofindependence

I love Fort Ticonderoga but Col. Anthony Wayne did not. In this week's Revolutionary Remark, he said, "It [the country about Ticonderoga] appears to be the last part of the world that God made, and I have some ground to believe it was finished in the dark." Pics of Fort Ti #americanrevolution

My second book - Enterprising and Dangerous, sequel to Worthy of Trust - is available! From the Declaration of Independence to the battlefields of Saratoga, see the American Revolution through Whitley's eyes. #indieauthor #yahistoricalfiction #americanrevoltuion

Swampy’s ready for a trip to Des Moines and the @DSMBookFestival! #dsmbookfestival2026 #indieauthor

This Saturday! Come and say hello!

Thanks to @erinmakela.bsky.social for the shout out on Art Hounds this morning! www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Come and Meet the Finalists for the MN Book Awards on Saturday, March 21 at the George Latimer (Central) Library in St. Paul! I’d love to see you there!

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

So excited to announce that Worthy of Trust is a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in Young Adult Literature! #mnauthor #indieauthor

If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live.

“A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!” Richard III V.4 #ShakespeareSunday

“Pray you, who does the wolf love?” Menenius Agrippa, Coriolanus II.1 #ShakespeareSunday

“About his neck a green and gilded snake had wreath’d itself” Oliver, As You Like It IV.3 #ShakespeareSunday

“I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.” Trinculo, Tempest II.2 #ShakespeareSunday

“If thou wert the lion, the fox would beguile thee” Timon, Timon of Athens IV.3 #ShakespeareSunday

Editing on this snowy Saturday, and this comment from my editor made me smile! #amediting #indieauthor #yahistoricalfiction

“Take heed, lest by your heat you burn yourselves.” - Richard Plantagenet, Henry VI, Part II V. 1 #ShakespeareSunday

From the beginning of the film and woven throughout the rest of the series, Ken Burns’ #AmericanRevolutionPBS features and centers the perspectives and stories of Native American nations. Join Museum President & CEO R. Scott Stephenson to learn more: https://youtu.be/Mfs_QZpIygA

“What is honor? A word. What is in that word “honor”? […]Air. […] Who hath it? He that died o’ Wednesday. […]But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it. Therefore, I’ll none of it. Honor is a mere scutcheon.” Falstaff #ShakespeareSunday #AmericanRevolution

Come and join Swampy and me at the Twin Cities Book Festival today at Union Depot from 10-5! #tcbf #indieauthor #historicalfiction #americanrevolution

This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: LOVE & LOSS

What a great set of novels! They are all related but not necessarily a series. Just finished Jupiter Rising - so many tears, soooooo good! #amreading

“What, art thou mad? art thou mad? is not the truth the truth?” - Falstaff, Henry IV, Part I II.4 #ShakespeareSunday #AmericanRevolution

“Out with it boldly: truth loves open dealing.” - Queen Katharine, Henry VIII III.1 #ShakespeareSunday

“She’s punish’d for her truth” - Pisanio, Cymbeline III.2 #ShakespeareSunday

Twin Cities Book Festival is next weekend! Stop by my table to pick up your copy of Worthy of Trust AND get this double-sided bookmark with a sneak peak of book 2’s cover on the reverse! #indieauthor #historicalfiction

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

“Here’s a skull now.” Hamlet V.1 #ShakespeareSunday

“‘Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” Hamlet III.2 #ShakespeareSunday

“The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about: Thrice to thine and thrice to mine And thrice again, to make up nine.” Macbeth I.3 #ShakespeareSunday

In 2 weeks (Nov. 8), I’ll be at Twin Cities Book Festival at Union Depot!! Come and say hi and get your copy of Worthy of Trust! More info: twincitiesbookfestival.com #indieauthor #historicalfiction #YAhistoricalfiction

#LetFreedomReadDay is in ONE WEEK! On 10/11, take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship and speak up for those who make them available. Find resources/tools + actions you can take in just 5 mins: uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans

In Brookings, SD this morning until 11 outside The Nook! #indiebookstore #indieauthor #historicalfiction

Finished this book today - absolutely loved it! #amreading

Great new bookstore in Spirit Lake, IA - Goose Feather Books! #indiebookstore

Happy National Book Lovers Day! What are you reading today? #books #bookloversday #amreading

My friend @erinmakela.bsky.social !

This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @stdavidscathlib.bsky.social and @westminsterabbey.bsky.social - BOOKS and LIBRARIES! A rare 1588 Welsh-language edition of the Bible from Westminster Abbey library will be on public display at St Davids Cathedral for the first time!

On the 250th anniversary of #BunkerHill, a little reading from my novel - the last letter Dr. Warren writes my main character, Whitley. Order at: itascabooks.com/products/wor... #americanrevolution #americanrevolution250 #DrJosephWarren

Richard: Here, cousin, seize the crown; Here cousin: On this side my hand, and on that side yours. […] Henry: I thought you had been willing to resign. Richard: My crown I am; but still my griefs are mine; Richard II IV.1 #ShakespeareSunday

“And though she be but little, she is fierce.” Helena, MND, III.2 #ShakespeareSunday

Ready to work and chat about my novel! #amwriting #writerslife

Book spotting in the wild in @dragonflybooks.bsky.social! #books #indieauthor

Worthy of Trust was selected as a Finalist for Historical Fiction in the Literary Global Children’s Book Awards!

My love of reading is strongly link to this man…

This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @rosej100.bsky.social - FOOD & DRINK!