1. When did you start writing?

I’ve dabbled in writing since I was a teenager. I wrote a lot of poetry and short stories. I didn’t start writing seriously until around five years ago.

2. What came first: Self-publishing your books or getting your books published by a press? What was that experience like?

I self-published first, my husband had self-published so I knew the process. At the time I didn’t overly care about being traditionally published since I had heard so many horror stories about trying to find a publisher and the crippling rejection letters. It wasn’t something I wanted to deal with and break my heart with. My books were more so for myself and I had felt total contentment with what I was doing. Getting published by a press was a total fluke, I had seen that a few publishers had opened up submission and were accepting manuscripts, so I took a chance and submitted to one that caught my eye. I really didn’t expect to hear anything back, but a few days later I was sent a contract and have been traditionally published for about 2 years now.

3. What kind of books do you write?

I write a little bit of everything. Romance, comedy, fantasy, scifi, dystopian. I’m currently working on finishing my dystopian romance series: New Age.

4. What can you tell me about your new books coming out this month? (Feel free to include an excerpt from each book, if you’d like.)

I’m hoping to have book eight (New Age: New Dawn) of my series out in the next few months. Since it’s already book 8 anything I give away will be a spoiler, so I’ll leave it at this:

The New Age series is a dystopian romance: After the world fell, the professor rose from the ashes to create a new age of humanity. Little did he know, he would create her. A series of love, lies, deceit and betrayal. Where on secret ends, another begins.

5. What sort of methods do you use for book promotion?

I’ve used Book Bub in the past, X, and other social media. My husband and I have done contests to see who can sell the most books in a month and have had challenges for the loser (such as the ice bucket challenge.) It can be a jungle out there when it comes to marketing one self. Even though I’m traditionally published I still take time to push and promote my series on different platforms. All the greats do it, so I might as well too.

6. Where do you get your ideas for stories?

The New Age series was very much taken from a lot of my own life, different scenarios, emotions, books 4-7 were written during covid which had a lot of impact on my writing (and free time.)

7. I noticed that you are also a self-publisher. What makes you to decide to self-pub a book or to submit it to a publisher?

My sarcastic self-help books remain self-published because I like the idea of having something that I’ve created belonging solely to myself. I can do with them as I please which is the irony behind both titles. I don’t think I’ll ever traditionally publish any of my comedic works.

8. How do you manage the self-publishing end of your books alongside those getting published by an indie press? Do you promote them equally?

I try to. It’s always when the mood hits and which mood I’m going for. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough hours in a day where I’m overly productive with marketing myself. My self-published series is also in audiobook which does help market.

9. What are you working on right now?

Books 9 and 10 of my New Age Series along with a few other titles. “The Underground”, which is a crime/romance about a girl who gets swept into the underground life of drug dealing. I’m also working on “Kids Suck” which is another sarcastic, helpful comedic read about stories of working in the school system for 20 years along with being a parent (it practically writes itself.)

10. Any advice for other authors?

Learn everything you can about the trade and the business, be careful who you trust, and whose advice you buy, but know there are certain undeniable truths out there.

1) You do not need an agent to be traditionally published, you just need to put in the leg work.

2) Google is your friend. Want to figure out who is currently taking unsolicited manuscripts? Just type it in.

3) You can traditionally publish a book/series that’s already been self-published.

4) True traditional publishers will not make you pay them to take on your book. If they want payment, they’re just a vanity press.

5) Award winning marketers don’t DM you on social media.

ABOUTE NICOLETTE:

Nicolette Fuller: Mother, wife, artist, lover of the arts, reptiles and arachnids- not your average individual. Born and raised in the Okanagan region of Canada, she can be found enjoying an array of activities from fishing, gold panning, to dancing and wine tasting.

“I've always been an avid reader who enjoyed everything from fantasy to crime novels. I had tinkered with the idea of writing my own books in the past but nothing ever came from the fruits of my labor. Finally, the idea of New Age took root and blossomed into an unforgettable series which has grown over time. Along with my dystopian romance series I have means of writing a number of standalone books and other series over time.

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