Erin Makela
@erinmakela.bsky.social
Teacher; lover of theater, books, and travel; Luther College and VCFA WCYA grad; author of upcoming YA historical fiction novel That Word Honor: Worthy of Trust
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Erin Makela
@erinmakela.bsky.social
· Mar 11
Worthy of Trust is out in the world today! Swampy says, “Order your copy now!” See my website for ordering links: erinmakela.com/books/
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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
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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
Stay free
So excited to announce that Worthy of Trust is a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in Young Adult Literature! #mnauthor #indieauthor
January 28, 2026 at 11:25 PM
So excited to announce that Worthy of Trust is a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in Young Adult Literature! #mnauthor #indieauthor
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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.
January 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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
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January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
“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
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January 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
“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
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January 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
“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
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January 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
“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
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January 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM
“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
#amediting #indieauthor #yahistoricalfiction
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Editing on this snowy Saturday, and this comment from my editor made me smile!
#amediting #indieauthor #yahistoricalfiction
#amediting #indieauthor #yahistoricalfiction
“Take heed, lest by your heat you burn yourselves.” - Richard Plantagenet, Henry VI, Part II V. 1 #ShakespeareSunday
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November 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Take heed, lest by your heat you burn yourselves.” - Richard Plantagenet, Henry VI, Part II V. 1 #ShakespeareSunday
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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
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November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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
Falstaff #ShakespeareSunday #AmericanRevolution
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“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
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
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Come and join Swampy and me at the Twin Cities Book Festival today at Union Depot from 10-5! #tcbf #indieauthor #historicalfiction #americanrevolution
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This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: LOVE & LOSS
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November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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
#amreading
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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
#amreading
“What, art thou mad? art thou mad? is not the truth the truth?” - Falstaff, Henry IV, Part I II.4
#ShakespeareSunday
#AmericanRevolution
#ShakespeareSunday
#AmericanRevolution
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“What, art thou mad? art thou mad? is not the truth the truth?” - Falstaff, Henry IV, Part I II.4
#ShakespeareSunday
#AmericanRevolution
#ShakespeareSunday
#AmericanRevolution
“Out with it boldly: truth loves open dealing.” - Queen Katharine, Henry VIII III.1
#ShakespeareSunday
#ShakespeareSunday
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November 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“Out with it boldly: truth loves open dealing.” - Queen Katharine, Henry VIII III.1
#ShakespeareSunday
#ShakespeareSunday
“She’s punish’d for her truth” - Pisanio, Cymbeline III.2
#ShakespeareSunday
#ShakespeareSunday
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November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“She’s punish’d for her truth” - Pisanio, Cymbeline III.2
#ShakespeareSunday
#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
#indieauthor #historicalfiction
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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
#indieauthor #historicalfiction
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
“Here’s a skull now.”
Hamlet V.1 #ShakespeareSunday
Hamlet V.1 #ShakespeareSunday
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October 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Here’s a skull now.”
Hamlet V.1 #ShakespeareSunday
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
Hamlet III.2 #ShakespeareSunday
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October 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“‘Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.”
Hamlet III.2 #ShakespeareSunday
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
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
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October 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“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
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
More info: twincitiesbookfestival.com
#indieauthor #historicalfiction #YAhistoricalfiction
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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
More info: twincitiesbookfestival.com
#indieauthor #historicalfiction #YAhistoricalfiction
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#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
October 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#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