Amber Harding
@adragonlady.bsky.social
I'm a BS of Biology college graduate, writer and published author, artist, and enthusiast of animals, science, and solarpunk. My feed is a safe and inclusive place, I try to keep it happy, so feel free to stick around if you like that kind of thing. =)
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Amber Harding
@adragonlady.bsky.social
· Jan 29
It appears as though I've stumbled across a nest of book-wyrms. :3 Thankfully, they appear to be quite friendly.
If you guys happen to love epic fantasy, dragons, and magic, and a comfortable read, then The Blood of Magic is right up your alley!
If you guys happen to love epic fantasy, dragons, and magic, and a comfortable read, then The Blood of Magic is right up your alley!
Showing off some more sketches I did recently. For the first, I wanted to practice hands and ended up doing mostly scaled draconic talons/digits; been loving the aesthetic of scales/limbs on a humanoid form. The second is a wyvern base design for an adoptable idea. Hard to get wyverns right, though.
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Showing off some more sketches I did recently. For the first, I wanted to practice hands and ended up doing mostly scaled draconic talons/digits; been loving the aesthetic of scales/limbs on a humanoid form. The second is a wyvern base design for an adoptable idea. Hard to get wyverns right, though.
Showing off the last picture I completed, boyfriend requested a cute squirrel as a gift for a coworker. :3 It's not often I get to do colored-pencil things for other people, but I like how it came out. ^.^
So yeah, I also do art commissions! Info here: ko-fi.com/therisentide
So yeah, I also do art commissions! Info here: ko-fi.com/therisentide
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Showing off the last picture I completed, boyfriend requested a cute squirrel as a gift for a coworker. :3 It's not often I get to do colored-pencil things for other people, but I like how it came out. ^.^
So yeah, I also do art commissions! Info here: ko-fi.com/therisentide
So yeah, I also do art commissions! Info here: ko-fi.com/therisentide
I've resisted buying D&D miniature figurines up until now; but this Adult Silver Dragon was on sale and calling to me. XP Can't turn away a dragon's call. #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dragons #dndminiatures Now I must eventually have a whole set of "main" D&D dragon types. X3
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I've resisted buying D&D miniature figurines up until now; but this Adult Silver Dragon was on sale and calling to me. XP Can't turn away a dragon's call. #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dragons #dndminiatures Now I must eventually have a whole set of "main" D&D dragon types. X3
I caught Trinity in a rare blep, then she dismissed it when I tried to get her to look up. Have a silly girl in these trying times. :3
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I caught Trinity in a rare blep, then she dismissed it when I tried to get her to look up. Have a silly girl in these trying times. :3
Small book news, I've gone ahead and re-listed the first two on Amazon, for the sake of ease for people; I've been getting asked more about them lately, and they may be easier to find this way. :3
As for the third, it's final conflict big action scene time. *Raises fist* FOR THE ARCANE.
As for the third, it's final conflict big action scene time. *Raises fist* FOR THE ARCANE.
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Small book news, I've gone ahead and re-listed the first two on Amazon, for the sake of ease for people; I've been getting asked more about them lately, and they may be easier to find this way. :3
As for the third, it's final conflict big action scene time. *Raises fist* FOR THE ARCANE.
As for the third, it's final conflict big action scene time. *Raises fist* FOR THE ARCANE.
Got back a bit into drawing lately, so here's two of my D&D characters. The sketch on the left is Kesserine, a rabbitfolk (in the Forgotten Realms, a Harengon) Monk, and the fullcolor on the right is from my current game, Silas "Trigger", the Tiefling (infernal-blood humanoid) Horizon Walker Ranger.
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Got back a bit into drawing lately, so here's two of my D&D characters. The sketch on the left is Kesserine, a rabbitfolk (in the Forgotten Realms, a Harengon) Monk, and the fullcolor on the right is from my current game, Silas "Trigger", the Tiefling (infernal-blood humanoid) Horizon Walker Ranger.
I wonder if I could get paid for creating those story prompts I see on social media. It's fun randomly thinking of them, anyway. X3
So I'll suggest prompts every so often for inspiration. Try this beginning line: "It all started when I found a magician's book and a murderer's ring." Go nuts. XP
So I'll suggest prompts every so often for inspiration. Try this beginning line: "It all started when I found a magician's book and a murderer's ring." Go nuts. XP
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I wonder if I could get paid for creating those story prompts I see on social media. It's fun randomly thinking of them, anyway. X3
So I'll suggest prompts every so often for inspiration. Try this beginning line: "It all started when I found a magician's book and a murderer's ring." Go nuts. XP
So I'll suggest prompts every so often for inspiration. Try this beginning line: "It all started when I found a magician's book and a murderer's ring." Go nuts. XP
I love the thought that some of us never stop creating imaginary friends when we grow up. They just become a world or two of OCs. X3
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I love the thought that some of us never stop creating imaginary friends when we grow up. They just become a world or two of OCs. X3
I messed around more in Tiny Glade today because I didn't quite know what to do with myself. x3 I fixed my mage tower cottage by adding a door to the house, after creating a whole lakeside manor, with front and back views. I could build for hours, but one only gets a small bit of space. #tinyglade
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I messed around more in Tiny Glade today because I didn't quite know what to do with myself. x3 I fixed my mage tower cottage by adding a door to the house, after creating a whole lakeside manor, with front and back views. I could build for hours, but one only gets a small bit of space. #tinyglade
Something I discovered about writing a novel with two storylines that eventually intersect is that you might have to keep track of how much time each line takes before the event so it lines up. Thankfully I somehow seem to keep the time disparity of both within a few days of each other.
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Something I discovered about writing a novel with two storylines that eventually intersect is that you might have to keep track of how much time each line takes before the event so it lines up. Thankfully I somehow seem to keep the time disparity of both within a few days of each other.
I haven't posted anything I made here in a bit, so here's a little mage-tower cottage I built while messing with Tiny Glade, which is pretty much just a build-pretty-things game, but it's super zen and relaxing. x3 Once I get used to the controls I may just build whole villages and towns.
September 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I haven't posted anything I made here in a bit, so here's a little mage-tower cottage I built while messing with Tiny Glade, which is pretty much just a build-pretty-things game, but it's super zen and relaxing. x3 Once I get used to the controls I may just build whole villages and towns.
Book update: Third book is now nearly two-hundred pages long (about the same as the first two), and I still have maybe five or six chapters left to write. Plot points are being resolved and Chekov's Guns fired...endgame time, folks!
Reminder: Ko-Fi has my books too! ko-fi.com/therisentide
Reminder: Ko-Fi has my books too! ko-fi.com/therisentide
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Support The Risen Tide
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August 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Book update: Third book is now nearly two-hundred pages long (about the same as the first two), and I still have maybe five or six chapters left to write. Plot points are being resolved and Chekov's Guns fired...endgame time, folks!
Reminder: Ko-Fi has my books too! ko-fi.com/therisentide
Reminder: Ko-Fi has my books too! ko-fi.com/therisentide
Slowly turning into a dragon at Anthrocon! Not pictured is also a really neat mask. X3 #Anthrocon #photos #dragons
July 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Slowly turning into a dragon at Anthrocon! Not pictured is also a really neat mask. X3 #Anthrocon #photos #dragons
As of this post, I have passed the 100,000 word mark on Book 3. No spoilers, but a little teaser, it's a funeral scene. I'm welling up just writing it, so I imagine I'm doing a tearjerker right. x3
I'll probably have it finished by the end of the year at this rate. ^.^ #booksky #fantasy #dragons
I'll probably have it finished by the end of the year at this rate. ^.^ #booksky #fantasy #dragons
June 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
June 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Some pics I took of the woods around my boyfriend's parents' place on Memorial Day, where I went for a nice cookout. Looks like I found where some of this year's cicada brood woke up. X3 Plus a fallen tree that my monkey brain wanted to climb and sit on. Love a nice woods-walk. ^^
June 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Some pics I took of the woods around my boyfriend's parents' place on Memorial Day, where I went for a nice cookout. Looks like I found where some of this year's cicada brood woke up. X3 Plus a fallen tree that my monkey brain wanted to climb and sit on. Love a nice woods-walk. ^^
Took a picture of Phoenix being pretty. :3 He's now just about five feet long. His current favorite thing is making tunnels in his aspen substrate, including under his water bowl, which prompted me to put a paper towel under it so stuff doesn't get in it. xP
May 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Took a picture of Phoenix being pretty. :3 He's now just about five feet long. His current favorite thing is making tunnels in his aspen substrate, including under his water bowl, which prompted me to put a paper towel under it so stuff doesn't get in it. xP
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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!
happy mother 's day wishing you a wonderful day with flowers
ALT: happy mother 's day wishing you a wonderful day with flowers
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May 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!
So I've been pulled back into World of Warcraft lately, and those who know me can probably guess why: the Dracthyr race.
Honestly, I find them so fun to customize and create. xP Plus they ARE fun to play, and their Evoker hero class is quite the powerhouse.
Honestly, I find them so fun to customize and create. xP Plus they ARE fun to play, and their Evoker hero class is quite the powerhouse.
April 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
So I've been pulled back into World of Warcraft lately, and those who know me can probably guess why: the Dracthyr race.
Honestly, I find them so fun to customize and create. xP Plus they ARE fun to play, and their Evoker hero class is quite the powerhouse.
Honestly, I find them so fun to customize and create. xP Plus they ARE fun to play, and their Evoker hero class is quite the powerhouse.
Hail today right outside my place. Biggest are about like golf balls. Thankfully no scratches on the car that I could see.
April 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Hail today right outside my place. Biggest are about like golf balls. Thankfully no scratches on the car that I could see.
I just got a great line out of a joke about autocorrect.
So now when a certain fraudster kicks the bucket, I'll be saying "may he roast in piss." :3
So now when a certain fraudster kicks the bucket, I'll be saying "may he roast in piss." :3
April 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I just got a great line out of a joke about autocorrect.
So now when a certain fraudster kicks the bucket, I'll be saying "may he roast in piss." :3
So now when a certain fraudster kicks the bucket, I'll be saying "may he roast in piss." :3
@dhscomix.com I wanna do a quick shout-out to the awesome artist who did the cover of my first book! They have lots of shiny talent, go ogle their art! :3 #comics #furries #artwork
March 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
@dhscomix.com I wanna do a quick shout-out to the awesome artist who did the cover of my first book! They have lots of shiny talent, go ogle their art! :3 #comics #furries #artwork
A timelapse of the lunar eclipse from last night, for those who couldn't see it for various reasons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=602v...
I could see it right from my porch, and the clouds backed off for once. xP So neat.
"The Blood Moon rises once again..."
I could see it right from my porch, and the clouds backed off for once. xP So neat.
"The Blood Moon rises once again..."
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE TIME LAPSE | ONE MINUTE | MARCH 13-14, 2025
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March 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A timelapse of the lunar eclipse from last night, for those who couldn't see it for various reasons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=602v...
I could see it right from my porch, and the clouds backed off for once. xP So neat.
"The Blood Moon rises once again..."
I could see it right from my porch, and the clouds backed off for once. xP So neat.
"The Blood Moon rises once again..."
Ladies and gents, it's the first anniversary of my first published book. ^.^ To celebrate, I'd like to announce my Ko-Fi shop: ko-fi.com/therisentide... From which you can buy (signed) softcover copies AND .Epub files of both books! #books #blueskybooks #authors #fantasy #adventure #dragons
Visit The Risen Tide's Ko-fi Shop!
I've opened a Ko-fi shop. Come take a look!
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March 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Ladies and gents, it's the first anniversary of my first published book. ^.^ To celebrate, I'd like to announce my Ko-Fi shop: ko-fi.com/therisentide... From which you can buy (signed) softcover copies AND .Epub files of both books! #books #blueskybooks #authors #fantasy #adventure #dragons