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 Trusthttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3muui6qhdkc26Happy #NationalReadaBookDay! I hope you have time to curl up with a good one. If you’re looking for new YA historical fiction reads, check out the first two from my That Word Honor series! #yahistoricalfiction06 Sep 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3muui6qhdkc26https://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mutyybpnqs2f“Why not ring out the bells aloud throughout the town?” - Reignier, Henry VI, Part I III.6 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/33/c2/rWy5uNEvBFIXhHx0lu.gif?hh=298&ww=498&mp4=H2lM0ugMXuzhnit0SJxU&webm=oJ7WQvxyCa27d06 Sep 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutyybpnqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3muty2usse22f“Help me this once, that France May get the field.” - Joan la Pucelle, Henry VI, Part I V.3 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/9294a2e836d178ddc22430dd7765727e/44/1d/k9cQjTyV5obGmoFH2.gif?hh=384&ww=498&mp4=af5uBT42e5f3&webm=aR1Xehi6DkMSAwfau06 Sep 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3muty2usse22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mucgkhnwqs2b“Shall I teach you to know” - Rosalind, Love’s Labour’s Lost IV.1 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/55/57/TQ4iPaOtvtK9dXpsuZR.gif?hh=448&ww=44830 Aug 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucgkhnwqs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mucfppijxc2r“Twenty-three days they have been absent”- Leontes, Winter’s Tale II.3 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/99/af/dsnlKCOH.gif?hh=278&ww=49830 Aug 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucfppijxc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3muce3kogrc2h“I will but teach them to sing” - Don Pedro, Much Ado About Nothing II.1 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/e1b92bb53e0c9e442408bc677a56c789/b2/e6/hO38MeFMq6vfdWNBaYia.gif?hh=414&ww=49830 Aug 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3muce3kogrc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mucd3tffe22h“My education been in arts and arms;” Pericles II.3 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/5a/ef/0zS6NnMgj0ii.gif?hh=360&ww=48030 Aug 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucd3tffe22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mucaod7iek2o“Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school” - Jack Cade, Henry VI part 2 IV.7 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/e1b92bb53e0c9e442408bc677a56c789/05/63/H17BSFthHGtWFWA.gif?hh=450&ww=49830 Aug 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucaod7iek2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mtqtk2laa225“Indeed, my lord, it is a most absolute and excellent horse.” Constable of France, Henry V III.7 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/4493325008d34b7bf8cd6813cd5c1619/52/2d/Ct7aHrKUV5YTj6NmPXrP.gif?hh=249&ww=49823 Aug 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqtk2laa225https://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mtqs5saruk2y“You speak like a green girl” Polonius, Hamlet I.3 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/35ccce3d852f7995dd2da910f2abd795/8c/c5/IeGIhvGM.gif?hh=359&ww=35923 Aug 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqs5saruk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mtqqnbgb6s2m“O, for a horse with wings!” Imogen, Cymbeline III.2 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/04/a6/KYPWU0GR.gif?hh=277&ww=49823 Aug 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqqnbgb6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mtqp5srij22v“We must to horse again. Go, go provide.” Helena, All’s Well That Ends Well V.1 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/a6/9c/R0JPTWz3.gif?hh=308&ww=49823 Aug 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqp5srij22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mtqn5vt2ac2p“How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!” Gonzalo, Tempest II.1 #shakespearesunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/fe/6e/u2kqJD6J.gif?hh=326&ww=49823 Aug 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqn5vt2ac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mtj5bscxe227Had a great time this summer touring around Minnesota with Enterprising and Dangerous! Thanks to all who came out to listen to me, chat, and buy my book!20 Aug 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj5bscxe227https://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mt7dqq7nck2f“for now I am in a holiday humor” Rosalind, As You Like It IV.1 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/8ce8357c78ea940b9c2015daf05ce1a5/d0/ea/ZiIdk0yr.gif?hh=298&ww=498&mp4=wFoGlDH3TweABRNf8&webm=sT2FoEVEAxdyz16 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7dqq7nck2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mt7aoyjkgc2v“Fear no more the heat o’ the sun” Guiderius, Cymbeline IV.2 #ShakespeareSunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/da290b156d64898341638f3c299e7478/4e/81/37gkScS7.gif?hh=498&ww=49816 Aug 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7aoyjkgc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mt75qk3xjs2j“Let’s to the seaside, ho!” Montano, Othello, II.1 #shakespearesunday https://static.klipy.com/ii/39f2394ae36df6e199be9eb7c9fa1012/bb/35/onCZptvU.gif?hh=498&ww=49816 Aug 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt75qk3xjs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3msv3nbrtk226My last event of the summer is on August 19 (next Wednesday!) at the Tracy Library at 4:00! Come hear about the Hidden Histories behind the American Revolution in 1776-1776! #indieauthor #americanrevolution #yahistoricalfiction12 Aug 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv3nbrtk226https://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mslysz6vus26Had a great time at the Paradise Center for the Arts today! Thanks to @prince-bge.bsky.social for helping make this happen!08 Aug 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslysz6vus26https://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mrujryjcps2uSee you at the Rock County Fair! Swampy and I look forward to meeting you. Find me in the west Tan Commercial Building starting at 10:00 am!30 Jul 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrujryjcps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mrrujtw4bc2bRemember - the Rock County Fair starts tomorrow and goes through Saturday. You can find me in the Commercial Building. Hope to see you there!29 Jul 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrujtw4bc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/erinmakela.bsky.social/post/3mrpixph2pc2tDo you have a Teen reader in your life? Close to Marshall, MN? Next Monday, come to the Unbound Teen Lit Fair at SMSU! I'd love to see you there!28 Jul 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:dczw62ide25sbceqoptkomug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpixph2pc2t