Podcasts & Interviews
Mentors on the Mic | “Season 5, Episode 4: Becoming . . . Senior Editor at Skyhorse Publishing” (July 1, 2024)
The Times Leader | “Inaugural MomCONnect convention celebrates motherhood” (May 11, 2024)
Emotional Theater’s Smiling Just Thinking About It | “Season 2, Episode 9: Publisher” (March 29, 2024)
Work University | “Episode #53 - Book Editor Informational Interview” (November 17, 2023)
ShoutOut Colorado | “Meet Nicole Frail | Fiction & Nonfiction Book Editor” (May 23, 2023)
More coming soon!
I’m an author, too!
A collection of quotations about food, kitchens, cooking, and sharing a meal with those you love. This one's special, as I was able to put it together with my husband.
ISBN: 9781626360822
Pub Date: April 1, 2014
Also available in ebook, 9781629141473
Advice for any bride-to-be planning her wedding. Includes information on the basics, quotes from wedding planners, cake bakers, and past brides and grooms. Conveniently sized to fit in your bag so you can take it from one appointment to the next. Also special, as I wrote it while planning my own wedding!
ISBN: 9781632202772
Pub Date: January 5, 2016
Also available in ebook, 9781510700659
Past Panels, Presentations, Conferences & Courses Taught
Recent
Revise & Resub (#revpit)
Featured editor, working with Dana Nuenighoff (2024)
Contributed first-chapter critiques for runners up (2017–2023)
NaNoWriMo Team Leader, #teamnicole (2018)
Self-Advocacy Voices
In conversation with self-published author/client Sara Pyszka (November 2021)
Wilkes University, MFA Residency (2016–present), Wilkes-Barre, PA
Class Instructor: “Taking Care of Business” (Query Letter, Synopsis, & More)
Panelist: Agent/editor panel
Panelist: Pitch sessions with MFA students
Workshop leader: Query letters
1-on-1 MS Critiques
Prior to 2020
American Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA
Skyhorse Publishing representative, 2015
Book Con, New York, NY
Attendee, 2014
Association of American Publishers/BookJobs.com recruiter, 2015
Book Expo America, New York, NY
Attendee, 2012–2015
Columbia University, New York, NY
Association of American Publishers/BookJobs.com panelist: Careers in Publishing, 2015
HippoCamp: A Creative Nonfiction Conference, Lancaster, PA
Panelist: Agents & Editors on Creative Nonfiction Today (2015–2018)
Workshop Leader: Query Letter Writing (2015)
Presenter: Flash Sessions, Adding a Practical Element to your Manuscript (2016)
1-on-1 Query Sessions (2016)
King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Association of American Publishers/BookJobs.com solo presenter: Careers in Publishing, 2015
Pitch to Pub 2016 (#p2p16)
Mentor to Anne Stubert
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
Association of American Publishers/BookJobs.com panelist: Careers in Publishing, 2015, for Bard & Vassar Colleges
Unicorn Writers' Conference (Summer 2016), Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Panelist: Editor's Panel
1-on-1 MS Critiques
Yeshiva University, New York, NY
Association of American Publishers/BookJobs.com discussion: Careers in Publishing, 2015