Randy Nikkel Schroeder

CrimePunk Noir ARCTIC SMOKE (NeWest) | MagicPunk CROOKED TIMBER (Green Magpie) | & many more | Mennonite Heretic |Prof

Inventor of hair beads and the sod hut

[Randy Nikkel Schroeder @NikkelRandy]

Between atheists and agnostics are those of us who are "apatheists." We can't generate enough energy to care about the whole god question, any more than we can about the whole unicorn question.

[Randy Nikkel Schroeder @NikkelRandy]

thanks Mike!

[Mike Thorn @MikeThornWrites]

Buy Randy's newest, a Pynchonian Mennonite noir. Great stuff.

[Randy Nikkel Schroeder @NikkelRandy]

@lhallwriter https://t.co/OGUdLdOrg5

[Randy Nikkel Schroeder @NikkelRandy]

Pre-order available

[Psaltery & Lyre ❤️‍🔥 @PsalteryLyre]

SUBS OPEN IN 2 WEEKS

Jan 1, 2025
All genres
Always free

Details at https://t.co/7N1zUdB3xr

[JEREMY SIEMENS @JEREMYSIEMENS]

I find realistically violent scenes among the most challenging things to write. So easy to go over-the-top or resort to generic and cliched action sequences. I feel no need to shy away from depicting violence, but goddamn, I want to get it right.

[Brian Heinrich @wordsmythical]

*ouch!* 😆

[Randy Nikkel Schroeder @NikkelRandy]

@JEREMYSIEMENS pretty sure she actually won

[Randy Nikkel Schroeder @NikkelRandy]

That quotation seems more true now than it's been in a long while

[Megan Abbott @meganeabbott]

“Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart.”

Happy belated birthday, the stone-cold genius James Baldwin ...
📸Stephen Shames, 1969

[A.J. Devlin @ajdevlinauthor]

The @bcwriters Summit Series starts TODAY!

Visit https://t.co/tLZS2F0Zhm to check out and sign up for any or all of the online events celebrating “The Love Of Genre!”

[craftworkpod @craftworkpod]

Four our second episode, we sat down with @NikkelRandy (author of Arctic Smoke) to discuss noir, plot holes, literary prog rock and much more.

Listen here: https://t.co/EdoBDfWbzn

[Mike Thorn @MikeThornWrites]

Check out the second episode of @craftworkpod! We chatted with @NikkelRandy about Thomas Pynchon, Stephen King, Biblical frisson, plot holes, and much more.

Listen: https://t.co/gfDDQsOylp

[Mike Thorn @MikeThornWrites]

So excited to share the first episode of @craftworkpod, wherein @meer_bb & I chat with @MadMollGreen (author of The Animal in the Room - @coachhousebooks) about persona poems, sports, and much more.

https://t.co/BWXtEM4Aha

[Mike Thorn @MikeThornWrites]

First episode coming soon!

My partner @meer_bb & I started @craftworkpod, a podcast by writers for writers.

We'll sit down with a new writer each episode to discuss all things related to craft, technique, and process.

Music by @NikkelRandy

https://t.co/t4NOJHj6Mu

[Randy Nikkel Schroeder @NikkelRandy]

Can someone, anyone, give me an even minimally adequate definition for "common sense," other than "what you fearfully invoke when you've got no empirical or statistical evidence whatsoever for your claim"?

[Brian Heinrich @wordsmythical]

So, he’s saying Cons have no common sense?

[Randy Nikkel Schroeder @NikkelRandy]

Queenpin lives up to the cover and then some

[Nikki Dolson @nikkidolson]

On my writer’s bucket list, a cover like these:

[Megan Abbott @meganeabbott]

“Obsessions are the only things that matter. Perversion interests me most and is my guiding darkness.”

Happy birthday, the brilliant Patricia Highsmith ...
📸Francis Goodman, 1957

[Valancourt Books @Valancourt_B]

Up for preorder and shipping in February! This is a fun rediscovery, equal parts '60s campus novel, satire on modern education, and shocking horror tale. It got rave reviews on initial publication in 1967, and we think you'll enjoy it this time around too: https://t.co/FxkAa0ZHS6

[Canada Hardcover 🇨🇦 @CanadaHardcover]

Congratulations to all of the writers nominated for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Award.