E.A. Bard | Romantasy Author
@eabardwrites.bsky.social
✨ She/her
📚 Historical romantasy author
⚔️ A TEMPEST OF RAVENS is out now!
🎨 PhD in art history
😷 Covid Conscious, mask up
📚 Historical romantasy author
⚔️ A TEMPEST OF RAVENS is out now!
🎨 PhD in art history
😷 Covid Conscious, mask up
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In 1651 Scotland, in a small village in the Highlands, a woman named Maeve MacDonnell was—almost—burned at the stake for witchcraft.
For years, the villagers had been terrified of her and the ravens that haunted her steps...
For years, the villagers had been terrified of her and the ravens that haunted her steps...
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The giveaway for this challenge is for a collection of TWELVE books generously donated by indie authors! These are:
A Tempest of Ravens by @eabardwrites.bsky.social
Blood Price by @thoughtsstained.bsky.social
Corpseflower by @authorjtomala.bsky.social
Cont 👇
A Tempest of Ravens by @eabardwrites.bsky.social
Blood Price by @thoughtsstained.bsky.social
Corpseflower by @authorjtomala.bsky.social
Cont 👇
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The giveaway for this challenge is for a collection of TWELVE books generously donated by indie authors! These are:
A Tempest of Ravens by @eabardwrites.bsky.social
Blood Price by @thoughtsstained.bsky.social
Corpseflower by @authorjtomala.bsky.social
Cont 👇
A Tempest of Ravens by @eabardwrites.bsky.social
Blood Price by @thoughtsstained.bsky.social
Corpseflower by @authorjtomala.bsky.social
Cont 👇
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It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and we may be winding down, but we're not yet done.
For today's first interview, we present debut author E.A. Bard ( @eabardwrites.bsky.social ), and we talk about her book A Tempest of Ravens.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
For today's first interview, we present debut author E.A. Bard ( @eabardwrites.bsky.social ), and we talk about her book A Tempest of Ravens.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and we may be winding down, but we're not yet done.
For today's first interview, we present debut author E.A. Bard ( @eabardwrites.bsky.social ), and we talk about her book A Tempest of Ravens.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
For today's first interview, we present debut author E.A. Bard ( @eabardwrites.bsky.social ), and we talk about her book A Tempest of Ravens.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#BookSky #AMoRaR
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All I want for Christmas is for everyone who is physically able to wear a well-fitted respirator mask to do so whenever they share indoor air with people outside their household AND outdoors in crowds.
But Santa isn't real, so I need you (yes, YOU 🫵) to help me make this happen
But Santa isn't real, so I need you (yes, YOU 🫵) to help me make this happen
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
All I want for Christmas is for everyone who is physically able to wear a well-fitted respirator mask to do so whenever they share indoor air with people outside their household AND outdoors in crowds.
But Santa isn't real, so I need you (yes, YOU 🫵) to help me make this happen
But Santa isn't real, so I need you (yes, YOU 🫵) to help me make this happen
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Sometimes I imagine what it would have been like had we adapted to Covid instead of giving up.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Sometimes I imagine what it would have been like had we adapted to Covid instead of giving up.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
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So is the anti mask cult. Not everyone can safely get live vaccines, but get them if you can! We *ALL* need to be masking whenever we're indoors and sharing air with people outside our households.
Even if it's inconvenient.
Even if it's annoying.
I promise the alternative is much much worse.
Even if it's inconvenient.
Even if it's annoying.
I promise the alternative is much much worse.
The anti-vaccine movement is a death cult
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
So is the anti mask cult. Not everyone can safely get live vaccines, but get them if you can! We *ALL* need to be masking whenever we're indoors and sharing air with people outside our households.
Even if it's inconvenient.
Even if it's annoying.
I promise the alternative is much much worse.
Even if it's inconvenient.
Even if it's annoying.
I promise the alternative is much much worse.
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YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.
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Immigrants aren’t taking your homes, they’re building them.
Immigrants aren’t driving food costs up, they’re working to put it on our tables.
Immigrants aren’t making healthcare unaffordable, they go without it.
Billionaires are driving the affordability crisis. Not immigrants.
Immigrants aren’t driving food costs up, they’re working to put it on our tables.
Immigrants aren’t making healthcare unaffordable, they go without it.
Billionaires are driving the affordability crisis. Not immigrants.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Immigrants aren’t taking your homes, they’re building them.
Immigrants aren’t driving food costs up, they’re working to put it on our tables.
Immigrants aren’t making healthcare unaffordable, they go without it.
Billionaires are driving the affordability crisis. Not immigrants.
Immigrants aren’t driving food costs up, they’re working to put it on our tables.
Immigrants aren’t making healthcare unaffordable, they go without it.
Billionaires are driving the affordability crisis. Not immigrants.
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This is why we all freak out about theft btw, bc just a few copies can make an actual, real difference. you would be surprised at how few copies someone needs to make it onto a bestseller list
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is why we all freak out about theft btw, bc just a few copies can make an actual, real difference. you would be surprised at how few copies someone needs to make it onto a bestseller list
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Mask mask mask mask mask
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Mask mask mask mask mask
I need this tattooed in reverse on my forehead
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I need this tattooed in reverse on my forehead
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
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Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
Mood
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Mood
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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Been chipping away at this for a while, my half of an art trade with the very esteemed @buntglas.bsky.social featuring their gorgeous oc Misam 🌙🌟🌌
#art
#art
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Been chipping away at this for a while, my half of an art trade with the very esteemed @buntglas.bsky.social featuring their gorgeous oc Misam 🌙🌟🌌
#art
#art
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A perpetual mood:
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A perpetual mood:
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If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU!
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU!
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
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My wokest opinion is that every community deserves an extremely well-funded library that’s open to everyone and that librarians and teachers should make like ten times what they make now.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
My wokest opinion is that every community deserves an extremely well-funded library that’s open to everyone and that librarians and teachers should make like ten times what they make now.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
In 1651 Scotland, in a small village in the Highlands, a woman named Maeve MacDonnell was—almost—burned at the stake for witchcraft.
For years, the villagers had been terrified of her and the ravens that haunted her steps...
For years, the villagers had been terrified of her and the ravens that haunted her steps...
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In 1651 Scotland, in a small village in the Highlands, a woman named Maeve MacDonnell was—almost—burned at the stake for witchcraft.
For years, the villagers had been terrified of her and the ravens that haunted her steps...
For years, the villagers had been terrified of her and the ravens that haunted her steps...
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tolkien: man I'm sure glad my book about how much industrialization sucks has found its intended audience, dudes who build war machines and want to kill the night sky
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
tolkien: man I'm sure glad my book about how much industrialization sucks has found its intended audience, dudes who build war machines and want to kill the night sky
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Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.
October 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.
Day 26 of #FantasyIndiesSeptember
I'm working on the sequel to A TEMPEST OF RAVENS and I'm really excited to get into all the new story threads that are coming together 👀
Préorders are now open for the ebook, paperbacks (and the hardcover special edition) are opening soon! ⬇️
I'm working on the sequel to A TEMPEST OF RAVENS and I'm really excited to get into all the new story threads that are coming together 👀
Préorders are now open for the ebook, paperbacks (and the hardcover special edition) are opening soon! ⬇️
September 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Day 26 of #FantasyIndiesSeptember
I'm working on the sequel to A TEMPEST OF RAVENS and I'm really excited to get into all the new story threads that are coming together 👀
Préorders are now open for the ebook, paperbacks (and the hardcover special edition) are opening soon! ⬇️
I'm working on the sequel to A TEMPEST OF RAVENS and I'm really excited to get into all the new story threads that are coming together 👀
Préorders are now open for the ebook, paperbacks (and the hardcover special edition) are opening soon! ⬇️