ATL to San Francisco. Home from Black Romance Book Fest. Unpacked. In bed. 9:10 pm Pacific. Sure I’ll dream about BRBF tonight. It’s just that memorable. 📚 #BRBF2026 #BRBF

Enjoying this episode of the “Get Caught Up” podcast, featuring an interview with romance author @laquette.bsky.social. Great conversation on the romance genre, pursuing a doctorate degree, and more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... 📚💕🎧 #Romancelandia #BookSky #BlackBookSky #RomanceBookSky

When I don’t have a schedule, I’ll be the first person to volunteer to give up my seat for a flight voucher. Did it today. And walking away with enough for a couple small flights or one long one. And the new flight is just two and a half hours later. Not bad. ✈️🎫 #TravelSky

A @bookriot.bsky.social article by @jessisreading.bsky.social : 11 New Romance Books Out in June to Read at the Beach 📚🏖️💜 bookriot.com/new-romance-... #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BookSky

I can’t wait to get my money up so I can be the change I want to see for the gays who’ve aged out of bar and club culture. Gonna open me up a (real) lounge. Good food. Good drinks. Cigar & weed room. Mood lighting. Comfortable seating. Recognizable, peaceful music. Conversation encouraged.

“Support Is A Verb” The Village Retail. Ponce City Market. Atlanta. thevillageretail.com #Atlanta #AtlantaSky

Monday, 6/1/26. Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel, is available for purchase on the @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social website! Share. Order. Request at your local library. Thanks! 💜📚🌈 www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/love-i... #Romancelandia

Atlanta. 4:37 am Eastern. 🌃 #Atlanta #AtlantaSky

Happy Black Pride to all the Black Gays & Theys out there! Enjoy y’all’s month of joy, community, camaraderie, & debauchery! PS - I may be cishet, but if you fuck with my Rainbow friends, I’ma identify as a fucking problem. PPS - “Why isn’t there a straight pride month?” SHUT THE FUCK UP!

On Monday, June 1, 2026, Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel, is available for purchase on the @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social website! Share and order, please. www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/love-i... 💜📚🌈 #MMRomance #Romancelandia #PrideMonth

Houston! You can pre-order Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance out June 2026, at Kindred Stories Houston. Join me at Kindred Stories Houston on Thursday, 7/9/26, 7 pm. kindredstorieshtx.com/products/lov... #BookSky #Houston #MMRomance #BlackBookSky

In Atlanta this weekend for Black Romance Book Fest. Atlanta is one of those cities that every time I visit, I say to myself, "I could see myself living here." I've heard that the locals say, "Don't. There's too many people moving here." Anyway, I love Atlanta. A lot. #BRBF2026 #Atlanta

Can y’all believe Monday is June 1st. And that it’s Pride Month! Summer is here! ☀️🌈 #PrideMonth

Monday, 6/1/26. Love Is A Contact Sport “early release” only on the @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social website. The wide release “buy everywhere” publication date is Tuesday, 6/16/26. www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/love-i... ✍🏾📚💜🌈 #Romancelandia #MMRomance #BookSky

Well, I’ve (over) packed for BRBF and the rideshare will be here in two hours to drop me off at the airport. Good morning. Cheers to safe travel… SFO to ATL! Wishing safe travels for everyone! #BRBF2026 #BRBF #BlackRomanceBookFest

The most relaxing part of travel... Getting to the airport early, bags checked, getting through security check point, and sitting down at the gate hours before the flight. It's like... a sigh of relief! #TravelSky #AirportSky

If you like podcasts, I've been on a few to discuss writing romance, Black & Queer issues, & more. bit.ly/FredOnPodcasts If you host a podcast & seeking guests, I'm your person! DM me. ✍🏾📚💜🌈 Love Is A Contact Sport is out 6/16/26. www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/freder... #Romancelandia #MMRomance

Pride Month + Bay Area + Romance Readers! Join us Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 6:30 pm. Books Inc Alameda 1344 Park Street Alameda, CA 94501 Pub Day event for Love Is A Contact Sport on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/kiss-tell-... #Romancelandia #PrideMonth #BayArea #BookSky

I'm grateful for every person who has purchased, borrowed, read, shared, reviewed, or created content about my books. It means a lot to me. I know spending money on a book (or borrowing them at library) is a choice. I appreciate you! It means a lot to me as an author and person! #AuthorSky #BookSky

Another author who does a great bookcast / podcast is @booksbydlwhite.blacksky.app. About 30-45 minute episodes on the writing process, plus whatever she's reading, watching, or listening to. I get a lot out of listening to Books By DL White! bookcast.buzzsprout.com #AuthorSky #BookSky #WritingSky

I love listening to author @vanessariley.com's Write of Passage podcast. It's 10 - 15 minutes of personal stories and essays about writing, books, research, history, culture, and more. Listen when you can. Pick up her books, too. vanessariley.com/blog/categor... #AuthorSky #BookSky #VanessaRiley

I’ve heard a lot about chicken wings spots in Atlanta. So what are some spots to hit up this weekend for chicken wings? Since I’ll be there for Black Romance Book Fest. 🙂 Other restaurants I’m open to, too. Maybe something local, mom & pop, not a chain… though open to chains. #Atlanta #BRBF2026

I wish I could make myself sleep in on days off (like today, Memorial Day) and weekends. My mind is always racing with thoughts that “there’s always something to do.” #Adulting #MondayMood

Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel, is out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. I'm doing online and in-person book events to promote it. I hope to see you. bit.ly/FrederickSmithBookEvents #Romancelandia #MMRomance #BlackBookSky #BookSky

A @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social sale on select e-books until 11:59 pm Eastern today, Monday, 5/25/26. 📚📚📚

Gotta start packing for BRBF today. 📚💜 #BRBF2026 #BlackRomanceBookFest

Need all my California Democrats to get out and vote in the June 2, 2026 primary election. 💙🗳️ voterguide.sos.ca.gov #California #PrimaryElection #VotingSky

Is this the week we get Beyoncé Act III? (The Beyhive conspiracy is a Friday, 5/29/26 drop) 🐝🎧👑 #Beyoncé #ActIII

Flowers for the timeline. Just because. 💐 #FlowersSky #GardenSky

Loving and relistening to this Heat Rocks podcast episode. Hosts Morgan Rhodes and Oliver Wang discussing Whitney Houston’s album Your Love is My Love with music journalist Gerrick Kennedy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #MusicSky #WhitneyHouston

I enjoyed being interviewed on the Queers and Quills podcast in Spring 2025. Queers and Quills is a book fest centering queer novels & stories and the people who read & write them. Q&Q returns June 2027 in Portland, OR. 📚🌈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2w... #QueersAndQuills #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky

Bay Area Book Lovers! The Bay Area Book Fest takes place next weekend, May 29 - 31, 2026, in downtown Berkeley, CA. It's always a fun time and a nice event. www.baybookfest.org #BayAreaBookFest #BookSky #Berkeley #AuthorSky

I hope it's a beautiful Sunday for you. And that everything you do is with beautiful intentions. ✨🌞 #SundaySky #SundayVibes

I want Janet Jackson to have a redemption Super Bowl halftime show. Just Janet. And people featured on her songs. It’s time and overdue. And she has hits on hits on hits. And still sings, dances, and performs. I wonder how we can make it happen. 🏈🎵🎤 #JanetJackson #SuperBowl #MusicSky #FootballSky

Dallas friends! I’m doing a book event at Whose Books in Dallas, Wednesday, 7/8/26, 7 pm. Talking about Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance, out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.com/e/author-tal... #Dallas #Romancelandia

Pride Month + Bay Area + Romance Readers! Join us Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 6:30 pm. Books Inc Alameda 1344 Park Street Alameda, CA 94501 Pub Day event for Love Is A Contact Sport on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.com/e/kiss-tell-... #Romancelandia #BayArea #MMRomance #PrideMonth

My publisher @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social is having a sale this weekend on select e-books. They focus on LGBTQIA+ novels! Two of my e-books on sale for $3.99 each. Busy Ain't The Half Of It In Case You Forgot www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/busy-a... www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/in-cas...

Looking forward to being at Lavender Con, a book fest centering queer stories and the people who write and read them. 📚💜🌈 July 25 & 26, 2026 in DC. lavendercon.com #LavenderCon #BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #QueerBookSky #Romancelandia

Made a playlist to accompany the story in Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM romance out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. Preorder links in bio. Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/55q... #LoveIsAContactSport

I loved the Heat Rocks podcast, a music show hosted by Morgan Rhodes and Oliver Wang, which would deep dive into one album song by song. It got me into listening to full albums again. This episode explores Sade's Lover's Rock, a fave. maximumfun.org/episodes/hea... #MusicSky #Sade #PodcastSky

If you have a @netgalley.bsky.social account, you can access a preview read of my forthcoming novel Love Is A Contact Sport... a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, Contemporary MM Romance, out June 16, 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #MMRomance

That educator feeling when it’s summer break. As of today. 🎓☀️ #EdSky #HigherEdSky #TeacherSky

My novel Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance, is out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. I’m doing book events in the coming months… from Bay Area to DC, Houston to Milwaukee. Events: bit.ly/FrederickSmithBookEvents #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Heading to Black Romance Book Fest? My Beventi preorders end 5/23/26. I'm happy to share that onsite bookstore The Book Cellar ATL will have my novels for sale at BRBF. Please purchase from them. As backup, I'll have a few at my signing table. beventi.co/orderform/ay... #BRBF2026 #BRBF

Yesterday, Thursday, 5/21/26, we celebrated San Francisco State University Commencement at Oracle Park. A career milestone for me. For the first time ever, I was on stage during the ceremony and part of the University Platform Party. 🎓💜💛 #SFSU2026 #SFSU #HigherEdSky

🚨‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️🚨 You asked. I listened. 😉 The inaugural We All We Got Retreat Weekend will be in Atlanta this AUGUST 7-9, 2026! 🥳🎉 Here’s the event itinerary. More details will follow & tickets for the 8/8 Studio Soirée are going on sale soon! 🎟️ Keep your eyes peeled. Can’t wait to see yall! 🫶🏾

I’m excited to be at Slay The Lake: Chicago Pride Book Fest, in partnership with Da Book Joint Bookstore. Saturday, June 27, 2026 12-5pm Soundgrowler Brewing 8201 183rd St. Tinley Park, IL 60487 slaythelake.com/slay-the-lak... #ChicagoPride #SlayTheLake #BookSky #MMRomance #BlackBookSky

I’m doing a book event at @nowherebookshop.bsky.social in San Antonio on Tuesday, 7/7/26, 6 - 7:30 pm. I’ll be discussing my novel Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM romance out June 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. Preorder bit.ly/3Pjv00N #BookSky

I'll be at Kindred Stories in Houston on Thursday, 7/9/26 at 7 pm. Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM romance, out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. RSVP & buy at Kindred Stories. kindredstorieshtx.com/products/aut... #BookSky #KindredStories

Oh. Did I tell you that I'ma need to get glasses!?!?!? Never had an issue with eyesight until that DMV drivers license renewal process a couple days ago. So now, I just want some cute frames; no fingers in my eyes. My next stage in author life and academia life. Ha. 🤓🎓📚 #AuthorSky #HigherEdSky