Mike Blackwelder

Writer. Explorer. Gentleman.

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

Hey! I've got a Christmas mystery up on @CrimsonStreets. Check it out at https://t.co/iHRpQsJJso

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

@bwilmes Unbelievably stunning. Both of you. Congratulations!

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

Hundreds of ancient skeletons. Thousands of miles from where they should be. This article makes my head buzz with story ideas!
India’s Skeleton Lake contains the bones of mysterious European migrants https://t.co/EcsHptE4tx

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

'Lovers of Modena' Buried Hand-in-Hand Turn Out to Be Men. Now that we know the sex, why the 'war buddy' assumption? Same-sex relationships have been around since forever. Shouldn't be surprising. https://t.co/1ktVwe5DkM

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

@HossmanAtHome New to me. I say you go with it

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

<rubs forehead> Grammar and punctuation edits of your 1st draft are not enough to get a manuscript ready for a beta read. Plot, voice, character (the hard stuff) need to be taken care of first. The last thing we want to do is alienate those doing us a favor #WritingCommnunity

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

Pedantic, I know, but the headline misleads in an effort to shock. I thought a new mineral found in a meteorite. Nope. Still interesting, but the author could do better.

Extraterrestrial Mineral Harder Than Diamond Discovered In Israel https://t.co/zIUIHB7qTU via @ATInteresting

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

Must not have been a fortune teller ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii find amulets and charms that may have been used by Roman sorcerer https://t.co/xe9u1ynnDB via @telegraphnews

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

@bwilmes Would you post a sign up for an upcoming class you're teaching? I need help. Yeet.

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

@bwilmes Uuh. Yeah. Not inviting friends for an ice cream.

[Myke Cole @MykeCole]

Your Daily Affirmation:

I am the Emperor’s servant. I drive chaos back into the pit from whence it came.

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

@ScaylenRenvac Can't wait for camping this weekend and a break from the laptop. Thanks for the lift!

[Shannon Carpenter @HossmanAtHome]

--True story--
"I sold my book!" I said to my son, who promptly gave me a sympathetic hug, stepped back, and said: "Well, don't get your hopes up, dad."

Thanks for all the well wishes yesterday everyone. You people rock. Now back to work!

[Shannon Carpenter @HossmanAtHome]

So I can finally put this out there! I can finally say that I am with @PenguinBooks !

Oh man, I'm going to vomit. Then write. Then vomit again. I try to keep a good schedule to enhance my productivity.

And always, thank you @chriskepner You're a badass.

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

I love the fact that the more we investigate well known archaeogical sites like Chaco Canyon, the more we realize we don't know.
https://t.co/JLfclKd8D4

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

This is a great overview of the actual Spartans and a very detailed analysis of the historical subversion of the myth. You owe it to yourself to read all the way to the end.

The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer https://t.co/XVRYClwVgo

[Ancient Origins @ancientorigins]

Ancient Hopi Rock Art Of The American Southwest.

https://t.co/em60tarFT9

#ancientorigins #history #archaeology

[Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer]

4th century BC antefix depicting the goddess Athena, which decorated a Doric temple, unearthed at the Triangular Forum of Pompeii.
https://t.co/3XzOEFf8jQ #Italy #Archaeology

[Mike Blackwelder @mike_blackweld]

Editing my nano novel and outlining a new one.

[Camilla Writes @CamillaWrites]

In March, I created a post that asked for writers with <2K followers to ReTweet, comment and follow the writers who say Hi.

Times have changed...

Now, writers below 25K - follow, comment, retweet and say 'Hi'. Tell us what you're working on? How's that pinned tweet? #WriterLift

[Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer]

"For 500 years, the icy Baltic Sea held in its depths a tall ship of the Renaissance era. 
The first hint of its existence came in 2009, when a sonar survey by the Swedish Maritime Administration registered an anomalous blip on the Baltic seafloor".
https://t.co/mGWc0rcBie