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JDEasterling

@jdeasterling.bsky.social

Author of historical fiction and romance, Path of the Vestal. Full time mental health worker, part time pirate and graduated historian. Former wine maker, teacher, podcaster, chef, and vagabond.

102 Followers  |  103 Following  |  42 Posts  |  Joined: 19.01.2025  |  1.5684

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Back to working on that dream of writing a book that will be worthy of being banned in Florida.

19.03.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unlucky for some, but I’m very happy to be sitting at 13 in historical romances today.

Steamy nautical love triangle, with a strong female lead, epic fight scenes and a one-eyed cat called Blackbeard.

Valentines Day Promo is running until the 17th.

15.02.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stuff Your Kindle | Nz Indie Writers B 1

Check out other amazing AU and NZ authors participating here: www.aus-nz-indiewritersbookclub.com/stuff-your-k...

14.02.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Path of the Vestal Amazon.com: The Path of the Vestal eBook : Easterling, J D: Kindle Store

Get Path of the Vestal for free here: The Path of the Vestal a.co/d/5hqO6C5

14.02.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Check out the other indie Australian and NZ authors participating here: https://www.aus-nz-indiewritersbookclub.com/stuff-your-kindle

Check out the other indie Australian and NZ authors participating here: https://www.aus-nz-indiewritersbookclub.com/stuff-your-kindle

Valentines Day Give Away!

My award winning debut is part of the AU/NZ Writers Clib Valentines Day giveaway.

Romance. Action. And an ending you won’t see coming! 🌢️🌢️🌢️

Free from Feb 14 - 17. Links in comments. πŸ’™πŸ“šπŸŒΆοΈπŸ”₯

14.02.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The only correct response.

Unless you’re a fan of the Indiana Jones method.

07.02.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is it about air travel that makes unisex toilets fine on planes but when they’re on the ground conservative lose their god damn minds?

06.02.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I paid too much attention in history class to tolerate fascism.

As you say, gotta do what feels best.

05.02.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deleted Twitter the day the day it got sold. Lost thousands of followers. 🀷

Disengaging with Meta means losing my highest engagement. πŸ™ƒ

Restarting on BlueSky from scratch. 😩

It’s hard trying to be an ethical user of social media and grow a brand. But I guess I’ve proved to myself ethics > sales.

04.02.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Things are not great right now.

But, silver lining, fresh figs are back in season and I can cook one of my favourite dishes again.

04.02.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing beats homemade πŸ‘Œ

01.02.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really hoping my fellow Australians don’t buy into Temu Trump’s rage politics and false narratives. We are better than this and if you want a live example of how messed up his reign would be, look to the US.

Send Voldemort back to the non-corporeal world this election.

31.01.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The second eye gets filled in when I release my second book. Motivate me, little friend. #booksky #amwriting

26.01.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Find some time for some self care this weekend, folks.

26.01.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any authors or readers out there using Fable.co?

Keen on anything that breaks away from Goodreads and interested in people’s experiences with it.

23.01.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tiger balm rubbed on the chest. Opens everything up.

23.01.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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23.01.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Found an author sized terminate mound on our hike today.

23.01.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Local vandals proudly displaying their kindergarten education.

23.01.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Give me your most quoted line from LOTR.

23.01.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am always excited when I encounter one of these little guys in the wild.

22.01.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got shadow banned on threads for saying Nazis are unacceptable. Taken down for discriminatory speech…

22.01.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland says the rabbit hole deepens . ALT: a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland says the rabbit hole deepens .
21.01.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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kermit the frog and darth vader from the muppets are standing next to each other in the dark . ALT: kermit the frog and darth vader from the muppets are standing next to each other in the dark .
21.01.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is falling through the air in a galaxy surrounded by colorful lights . ALT: a man is falling through the air in a galaxy surrounded by colorful lights .

It can get lonely in the void.

21.01.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€œπŸ€›βœŠ

21.01.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, a fellow void shouter. Nice to meet you.

21.01.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Where are my fellow romance authors hanging out here? #booksky
πŸ’™πŸ“šπŸŒΆοΈπŸ”₯

21.01.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love these photos. Very evocative.

21.01.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As an author is resisted TikTok for so many years, finally caved… didn’t enjoy it. So I’m very happily sipping my tea and enjoying the rise of #booksky πŸ’™πŸ“š

21.01.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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