Rebecca Gober and Courtney Nuckels have written Night Marchers, Redemption and Project ELE.
1. What is your name and where do you
call home?
Rebecca Gober and Courtney Nuckels and
we both live in Dallas, Texas. (No, we don't have big hair, but we do
obsessively use the word y'all. LOL!)
2. Do you have a pen name?
We considered this, however we chose to
use our real names.
3. What is the name of your most recent
book and if you had to sum it up in 20 or less words, what would you say?
Project ELE is an apocalyptic novel with
a paranormal twist. It's unique, not your average dystopian, romantic, funny
and emotional.
4. Do you have plans for a new book? Is
this book part of a series?
Most definitely! We are in the process
of writing our second book in the ELE Series, which we hope to release in
November 2012.
5. What or who inspired you to start
writing? And how long have you been writing?
Our enthusiastic love for reading
is what inspired us to write. Amanda Hocking and Addison Moore are who inspired
us to go the independent publishing route. We've been writing since June of
2011.
6. Do you gift books to readers for book
reviews?
Yes! Being Indie authors, our trade
thrives on reviews from our readers. Since we don't have a big publishing house
backing us up, those reviews are what tell new readers that they can trust that
our story is a good read and not a waste of their time. We will continue
gifting books for review on Project ELE until we reach 50 reviews on Amazon. If
you are interested in reading to review please message us on our Facebook page
at: http://www.facebook.com/eleseries.
7. How did you come up with the cover?
Who designed the cover of your book?
Marya Heiman with Strong Image Editing (https://www.facebook.com/StrongImageEditing) is our
cover designing genius. She's made all of our book covers. This one
specifically was made from scratch with only a model photo in a plain white
background to start with. We told her what we wanted to see and what Willow
looked like and she made it happen. We actually have a pretty cool blog post on
our page if anyone is interested in seeing the process we went through when we
designed our book covers. It starts with the original photo and goes through
all of our cover takes that we didn't choose. http://nightmarchersseries.blogspot.com/2012/06/creating-our-book-cover-for-project-ele.html
8. Which is your favourite cover of all
the books you have written?
Project ELE for sure! Mostly because it
was made from scratch and wasn't a stock photo that already had the perfect
background, etc.
9. Is there anything you would change
about your book covers?
Well, our first book cover Night
Marchers was a stock photo that we fell in love with. We still love it
actually, the artist is very talented. We did make a few changes to it but in
the end it stayed pretty true to the original photo. Unfortunately we've found
two other books that released after us that used the same stock photo. None of
them had the same tweaks ours did but still, it is kind of frustrating to see
our cover on those blog posts that put two similar book covers next to each
other and have you vote for your favorite version. (Not that we don't like the
blog post, we just wish ours was more original and didn't have to show up
there.) We are happy to see though, that our book cover wins the vote most of
the time. We learned our lesson though since releasing our first book. In the
future our book covers will always be unique like Project ELE.
10. Would you have different book covers
for different countries?
That would be awesome. I am so intrigued
by what type of covers sell better in other countries. I love reading those
blog posts where you see your favorite books with all of their different
covers.
11. How did you come up with the title
for your book?
Actually Rebecca's husband mentioned ELE
upon hearing about our premise for the book. After that, we played with it and
came up with the ELE Series and then Project ELE for the first book title. We
originally were thinking about naming our book Chameleon but there are a few
other books with the same name.
12. Is there anything you would change
about your book? And why?
We thought about this, but we don't
think there is anything we would change. We changed enough of it throughout the
writing process that we are really happy with where it went. We did find a few
small errors in it, but other than that we are very happy. We were excited
about having this book professionally edited. Editing is priceless.
13. Do you have a book trailer? And what
are your thoughts on book trailers?
Yes! We love to watch book trailers and
we find that a book trailer can sometimes make the difference when you are
making a decision to purchase a book or not. We actually have made our own book
trailers for each book. Courtney is amazing at making them and has even been
asked by other authors to help make their book trailers.
14. What is your opinion on ARCs?
We love ARC's. It's a great way to get
feedback before releasing a book and a great way to accumulate reviews that
help encourage others to purchase your book.
15. Do you prefer e-books, paperbacks,
hardcovers or audiobooks?
We like any kind of book! (Although, I
haven't really gotten too much into audio books.) We usually read e-books from
Indie authors and then get paperbacks or hardcovers from mainstream published
authors. (Since a lot of mainstream published e-books are close to the print
cost, we might as well get a regular copy.)
16. Are you a self-published / Indie
author?
Yes, and loving it! :)
17. Have you ever read a book more than
once? And if so what was it?
Don't make fun of us. We have both read
the Twilight series a few times. We are Twi-fans and have even done a Forks
pilgrimage and stocked the Vancouver sets of Breaking Dawn last year.
18. Have you ever bought a specific
edition of a book because of it’s cover? (For example a UK, US or Canadian
version)
We have only purchased US editions but
this is a unique idea. We never thought about looking at all of the different
versions to find our favorite.
19. Have you ever read a book just based
on it’s cover?
All the time! If we don't like the
cover, we rarely will invest our time in reading the book.
20. Has the quality of the cover of a
book ever put you off of reading it?
Definitely. We can think of a few that
we really wish we could hook up with Marya with Strong Image Editing so they
can have a better chance with selling their books. Book covers can make or
break you as an author.
21. What is your favourite film based on
a book?
The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Not our
usual genre of reading, but amazingly done!
22. What is your favourite book genre at
the moment?
YA of course, anything Paranormal.
23. What books have made it onto your
wishlist recently? And why?
Die For Me by Amy Plum, Glimmerglass by
Jenna Black, Paranormalcy by Kiersten White, Downpour by Madison Daniel and
Wake by Amanda Hocking.
24. What book are you reading at the
moment? And in what format?
Courtney: Purgatory Reign by LM Preston
(ARC)
Rebecca: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
25. If you could invite any four
celebrities (alive or dead) to your dinner party, who would you invite and why?
The cast of Friends because they are
hilarious and would be the life of the party! Crud, if we only had to choose
four of them then: Joey, Rachel, Monica and Chandler. (Yes, we know we just put
their stage names, but hey, that's how we refer to them). We've watched all of
the episodes a zillion times. *Excuse our exaggeration. ;)
26. Do you have any advice for other
writers? And what’s the best advice that you have been given when it comes to
writing?
Follow your dreams, write well and edit
well. Seek advice, take constructive feedback to heart and don't give up.
27. Do you have any hobbies that aren’t
related to reading & writing?
Rebecca- traveling and painting.
Courtney- Sewing and crafting.
28. Where can your readers follow you?
Facebook page:
Goodreads author page:
Twitter:
Rebecca: @MidnightBECKIE
Courtney: @nuckelsc
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/210068
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/project-ele-courtney-nuckels-rebecca-gober/1112411688?ean=2940044752931
Thankyou so much for taking the time to
do this interview and allowing us a glimpse into your writing world!
Thank you for interviewing us! <3
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