Hi, hello, my name is Nicole Frail, and you may know me from the twelve years I spent at Skyhorse Publishing and Sky Pony Press. Or you may know me from the ten years I’ve been editing for indie authors and querying authors and other clients via my small editorial business Nicole Frail Edits. And now, I’d like you to also think of me as the publisher of a (very super small) independent press. I in
tend to introduce multiple imprints under the Nicole Frail Books umbrella eventually: one for nonfiction, one for kids (because half of my heart belongs to children’s books), one for moms (because I’m a mom of three boys and I KNOW the struggle involved with trying to find just one second of free time for yourself, and to write a whole book in those moments… C’mon. I’d bow to you but my back hurts from carrying around my thirty-pound two-year-old). And all of them are very community driven. NFB officially launched its first title in November 2024. We started with a few anthologies, and those have been amazing. We introduced some new voices to readers. We’ve walked some debut authors through the editorial and publishing process. Since then, we've also published a good number of short story ebooks and a handful of novellas. Some full-length novels and nonfiction are also under contract. WE are doing it. WE as in, the community of amazing writers that I have stumbled into in the two-ish years that I’ve been more active online (thank you, bookstagram!). You are all talented, you are all driven, you are all impressive. And whether you want to pursue traditional publishing, you want a bit of hand-holding with hybrid, or you want to stick to the indie route, I want to support you. If you think you have a manuscript for me, visit nicolefrailbooks.com to view my submissions guidelines, and let’s keep on doing it!
