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Nicole Frail, Book Editor
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Nicole Frail Edits, LLC
www.nicolefrailedits.com

Publisher, @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social
www.nicolefrailbooks.com

#RevPit Editor & Board Member

16 Years Fiction & Nonfiction Experience; 500+ Books Edited
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About three weeks left to submit to my next short story contest! Visit www.nicolefrailbooks.com/coffeeshopcontest for full prompt, rules, and FAQs!

#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #amwriting #shortstorycontest
Regional Short Story Contest. Coffee is our love language. Story should feature coffee in some form or can take place in a coffee-related space. Open to writers from: PA, DE, MD, NJ & NY Word Count: 3k to 8k Target audience: age 18+ What we’re looking for: Contemporary romance, ranging from sweet/closed door to open and slightly steamy. Light fantasy/a touch of magic will be considered. Submissions due: Dec 6, 2025 Proceeds benefit Coffee Inclusive in Pittston, PA [Coffee Inclusive logo] [And You Press logo] Visit nicolefrailbooks.com/coffeeshopcontest
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I have a 50-page assessment up for grabs in the @pulpliterature.bsky.social Keep the Presses Rolling 2025 silent auction!

Check out my item and all the others, too! Let's help keep this small press going!

#booksky #writersky #writingcommunity #communityovercompetition #auction
Keep the Presses Rolling 2025: Pulp Literature Silent Auction. November 1st through 29th. [Nicole Frail Edits logo] 50-Page Editorial Assessment. Fiction manuscripts, any genre. First 50 pages + Outline/Synopsis. In-line comments + Editorial Letter. To be scheduled between January 2, 2026 and April 2, 2026. www.nicolefrailedits.com nicolefrailedits@gmail.com @nicolefrailedits
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Just wanted to pop on to send a big thank-you to The Writers' Doubt Club for inviting me onto their podcast last night!

Watch for my episode in October! I'll share the link when it's ready.

Visit www.writersdoubtclub.com to learn more!

#writingpodcasts #writingcommunity
September 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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✨ September Events with @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social ✨

#booksky #authorsky #writersky #pennsylvania #nepa
Nicole Frail Edits and Nicole Frail Books September Events September 8 - Book Club at Long Live Playtime, 6 pm to 7pm September 13 - Luzerne Fall Pumpkin Festival, Main Street in Luzerne, 10 am to 6 pm September 14 - Book-Themed Craft Market, AlleyCrafts in Kingston, 10 am to 3 pm September 17 - Takeover of the Facebook Group "The Book Haven Tribe," starts at 10:30 am All times EST. Need a speaker, presenter, vendor, bookish guest or friend? Reach out! nicole@nicolefrailedits.com or nicole@nicolefrailbooks.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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NicoleFrailEdits.com launched ✨TEN✨ years ago this week!

Check back for some anniversary sales.

Just gotta get these kids back to school first. 😅

#amediting #amwriting #amquerying #authorsky #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity #smallbusinessmom
10 Years in Business. www.nicolefrailedits.com. Number 10 with NFE logo in the zero.
August 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Northeastern PA: If you're looking to write a children's book and aren't sure where to start, I can help! Join me at Long Live Playtime in Edwardsville this Wednesday to talk all things kidlit.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1502178308...

#nepa #discovernepa #booksky #pennsylvaniawriters #kidlit
ad for writing workshop titled SO YOU WANT TO PUBLISHA A BOOK FOR KIDS OR TEENS on August 20 at 5:30 pm with editor and publisher Nicole Frail at Long Live Playtime 75 S Wyoming Ave Edwardsville. Tickets available on Eventbrite or Venmo $20 to nicolefrailedits. Contact Nicole Frail at nicolefrailedits@gmail.com. Will talk about picture books, chapter books, young adult, middle grade, coloring books, workbooks and journals.
August 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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🎧Vote!🎧

I'm to the point on my 25 in '25 list where the remaining books either don't have audiobook components or the waitlist on Libby is literally 11 weeks long.

So I figured I'd work my way through some of my inventory. But I'm done making decisions for today, so what say you?

#booksky
August 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I've been MIA for a while between a mountain of edits, summer stuff, kid stuff, and trying to grow @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social (which now has a bluesky -- please follow!), but I'm going to attempt to be more active.

How has summer been for those reading/writing goals?

#authorsky #booksky
marker on textured paper that says "oh hey."
August 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Get a sneak peek of @elizabethdroppers.bsky.social's HAZEL DAVIES'S GOOD GOODBYE, which is featured in @reviseresub.bsky.social's 2025 #revpit Showcase!

I so enjoyed working on this with Elizabeth, and I can't wait to see who scoops this up!

"Love is a haunting."

reviseresub.com/showcase/haz...
Screenshot of Hazel Davies's Good Goodbye by Elizabeth Droppers, featured on ReviseResub.com in the Revpit Showcase.
June 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The #revpit showcase is LIVE! #Litagents, take some time this week to check out everything our authors have to offer:

reviseresub.com/showcase

Congratulations to all revpit participants on a fabulous 2025 contest! ❤️
June 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I know there's a big fiction audience here, but nonfiction has always been a big part of my editorial career, and I cannot be happier about this. Congrats to Dr. Jill Grimes for being named a Best Book by Oprah Daily!

🎉🎉🎉

#booksky #college #classof2025 #gradgifts #graduation #oprah
As seen on Oprah Daily, The 50 Best Gifts for Graduates They'll Actually Use. THE ULTIMATE COLLEGE STUDENT HEALTH HANDBOOK, by Dr. Jill Grimes (acquired and edited by Nicole Frail hehe) is number 11 on the list, named the BEST BOOK. Text reads: Students are notorious for partying at college—overdoing it on beer, not getting enough sleep, and surviving on a diet of instant noodles. This clever handbook is the ultimate guide to living a healthy and full college student life.
May 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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I received the PCA Creative Entrepreneurs Grant this year, and I'm using it to help host some in-person workshops/sessions.

Local to NEPA? Join me on June 1 at 2pm at The Makers Marketplace in Forty Fort!

Come early to shop all of the offerings from local creatives in the area. 🥰✌️ #writersky
May 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I went to my first in-person book club meeting last night! I've avoided book clubs bc I'm always afraid to commit to reading on someone else's schedule on top of all the reading I do for work. But I made it happen, and it was fun! Six moms, two babies, and book talk! Are you in a book club? #booksky
Book club choice ROCK PAPER SCISSORS by Alice Feeney in front of Long Live Playtime in Kingston, PA, where our book club of moms and babies met to discuss our pick!
April 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Raising a reader. 📖

Brings back memories...

Also, we don't get dressed when we run errands on Easter Monday/Spring Break. 😅

#booksky #readersky #momlife
April 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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My #revpit winner isn't on bluesky, but let's celebrate Elizabeth all the same! If you're on IG, please hop over and give her some love! 👏👏 instagram.com/elizabethdroppers

My winner and runner-up will hear from me tonight, and my #10queries should receive their feedback by Wednesday! 🤞
Revpit logo: 2025 Annual Contest Winner Announcement. Nicole Frail will be working with Elizabeth Droppers, author of Hazel Davies's Good Goodbye. Congratulations to all our winners and runners-up!
April 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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ICYMI: I host IG challenges for readers & writers. This one starts Sunday & is indie themed. If you want to join us, or even just download the prompts for ideas to use later, please do so! My challenges are open to ALL readers & writers, regardless of pub path.

#booksky #amreading #indiepub
April 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I've been offline-ish since my first round of #10Queries to focus on (1) work (what else?) and (2) choosing a #revpit winnerrrr, but... now that I've checked those boxes, please join me later tonight for an after-dark edition of 10Queries. My second and last, tyvm. 💙👍
Join Nicole Frail's RevPit #10Queries Session on Friday, April 11 at 10:30 p.m. EST/7:30 p.m. PT on bluesky. Don't be afraid to ask questions, even if you don't think the query discussed is yours! Includes revpit logo and the image of a woman lying on her back with her legs up against the wall, reading a book.
April 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Hey, #revpit fam! Join me at 4:30 ET / 1:30 PT today for my first batch of #10Queries. I've acquired 300+ titles for publication since 2012, and I've helped authors write their queries, too, so *hopefully* you can pick up a tip or two. 🤞

#writingcommunity #amquerying #writersky #authorsky
Blue background with notebook, pencil, coffee, plant and laptop with RevPit logo sticker. Join Nicole Frail's REVPIT #10Queries session on Wednesday, April 9 at 4:30 p.m. ET on Bluesky. Pick up tips for opening pages, comp titles, blurbs and more.
April 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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✨Last, Current, Next Reads✨

⏮️Last: What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
▶️Current: Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson, artwork by E.M. Caroll
⏭️Next: What Have You Done for Mia Lately? by Julia Flynn
🎧Audiobook: At Midnight edited by @missdahlelama

What's yours?

#booksky💙📚
March 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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✨Feature Friday!✨

What's *your* go-to book on writing?

This is @wendyhjones.bsky.social's newest nonfiction craft book, the third in her series. (You may know Wendy as the admin one of the largest groups for women authors, editors, agents, publishers, etc. on Facebook.)
#booksky💙📚 #writesky
March 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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No problem. :) On a PC, CTRL + ENTER will give you a new page. Or in MS Word, it's up here in the menu.

Google tells me that for Macs, it's Command + Shift + Return. But I'll need someone to confirm that!

#revpit #askeditor
Snip of Microsoft Word's Insert Page Break function.
March 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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And I also wanted to join the fun of making my own #RevPie, the only pie I'm really capable of making, if we're being honest. I received a really nice spread this year, so thank you for that! That little one that doesn't have a label is Science Fiction/Spec.

#revpit #writingcommunity #askeditor
March 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Welcome to my #RevPit #AskEditor session! I'll be here for the next hour (ish), so please feel free to leave your questions on THIS thread, and I'll get to them as they come in.

I put together this little graphic as a starting point and to illustrate a bit of my background.
Photo of Nicole Frail in the center with notes around the edges: 12 years of acquisitions experience at a trade pub; coffee and diet coke fiend; 16 years of editing experience; diagnosed with anxiety and ADHD in mid-30s; launched Nicole Frail Edits (author services in 2015) and Nicole Frail Books (indie press) in 2024; quiet but will talk you to death if inspiration strikes; mom of three boys under age 8; edited more than 500 fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children
March 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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✨Out of Office✨

I will be away from my computer today and at another local college for their Career & Internship Fair.

Looking forward to another day of book talk! 📖❤️✌️

Next up: #AskEditor Session for #RevPit, Live TOMORROW, 12 pm to 1 pm ET!

#writingcommunity #publishingjobs #writersky
March 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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If you are local to Northeastern PA, I'll be out and about the next week talking about careers in publishing, all things books, and being a small business owner (and mom!). Come see me!

#publishingjobs #nepa #amediting #indiepress #bookeditor #wilkesu #kingscollegepa #smallbusinessmoms
event schedule for Nicole Frail Edits and Nicole Frail Books: Wilkes University March 13, from 10 to 1 (Career and Internship Fair); AlleyCraft's Read Banned Books Vendor Market March 15 10 to 3; King's College Career and Internship Fair March 19, from 10 to 1; Wilkes-Barre Women's Network Speed Networking Event at Abide Coffee on April 1, from 5:30 to 7.
March 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM