Frederick Smith (he/him)
@fsmith827
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AVP SAEM/SAPro/Higher Ed. Romance reader & author. Former TV News. LMU Doctoral 2018. Detroiter in Bay Area. [email protected] 💻🏳️🌈🎓🙌🏾
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Joined October 2013
One and Done, a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area romance novel is out now on @boldstrokebooks. ✍🏾📚🌈💕 https://t.co/Al2q7YRxFj Wide-release: 6/11/24 Purchase @ publisher, a local independent bookstore or online bookstore. #BlackRomance #QueerRomance #MMRomance #PrideMonth
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There are THIRTY-EIGHT new #BlackRomance releases for you to check out this week 🩷 Find the full list here -- https://t.co/bF7bsqsD0f
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💜📚 Cover Reveal 📚💜 Love Is A Contact Sport by Frederick Smith A Black, Queer, 2nd Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel. June 2026. @boldstrokebooks. Cover design by Ray Jean-Gilles. 💜💜💜 #Romancelandia #RomanceReads #LGBTQBooks #BlackLGBTQ #MMRomance #BlackRomance
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I need to phase out this X account. I am active on TikTok. https://t.co/AYFzoojfdN
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I need to phase out this X account. I am active on BlueSky. https://t.co/ory8fSv8nj
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No one should retweet this.
Trump: Governor Moore is doing a bad job. Newsom is doing a bad job. All of their potential candidates are doing a bad job. I can't imagine Pritzker being even a candidate. He’s not temperamentally suited.
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It’s back-to-campus time for Taylor James & Dustin McMillan at Cal U Lake Merced. One and Done, a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area romance novel on @boldstrokebooks : https://t.co/Al2q7YRxFj 📚🎓💕🌈 #HigherEd #MMRomance #BayArea #RomanceReads #SAPro
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There are TWENTY new #BlackRomance releases for you to check out this weekend 🩷 Find the full list here -- https://t.co/XbUOCXpSKh
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Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.
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Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas. But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the middle of a decade to try and
We’re grateful to President @BarackObama for being in this fight with us and supporting our mission. California is advancing a process that gives voters the final say on implementing new maps. This is a fair and responsible response to Trump’s unprecedented power grab.
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It’s here!! The HBCU Anthology featuring stories from all of us! Get YOU’VE GOT A PLACE HERE, TOO from your local independent bookstore or major bookstore retailer to purchase a copy (and if they don’t have it, ask to request copies in-store 🖤). 🔗 https://t.co/qKCBp9k2hP
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Happy “Get Your Black Romance Book Fest Tickets” Day! 📚💕 #BlackRomanceBookFest #BRBF2026
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Hi friends. I’ll be in-person at @grandgesturebks Bookstore Romance Day events on Saturday, 8/9/25 in Portland, Oregon. I’m on… 🌈 💕Queer Identity and Romance at 1pm ✍🏾💕 BIPOC Romance Roundtable at 3pm Both at the Central Library. #BookstoreRomanceDay #RomanceReads
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I use summer break from university to write. I’m an outliner. The book Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels by Gwen Hayes is a great resource for romance novel writers. https://t.co/A3y5faqeJn Novel due Oct/Nov 2025. #romancelandia #mmromance #writerslife
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I appreciate everyone who has ever read, bought, borrowed, shared, posted / reposted, reviewed, or attended an event for any of my books over the years. I truly appreciate and thank you! 💐🫶🏾 https://t.co/JFe5nXVhNF
#BlackRomance #RomanceBooks #QueerBooks #MMRomance #LGBTQBooks
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Walter Scott, founding member of The Whispers —best known for the hits "And the Beat Goes On" and "Rock Steady" — has died https://t.co/OjZS891eKM
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Walter Scott, who with his twin brother Wallace “Scotty” founded the legendary R&B group The Whispers, has died at the age of 81, family and friends confirmed.
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The origins of “shallow” gay life came shortly after Stonewall w/ the folks (primarily white gay men) who had power to shift queer narrative from “political/activism” to “lifestyle/capitalism.” One Dimensional Queer by Dr. Roderick Ferguson https://t.co/4JYTZdZjnW
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My backlist books ✍🏾📚 🌈 Conscious. Black. LGBTQ. Human. Contemporary romance fiction in California. Website. https://t.co/GeGCs3Gtpv Contact. https://t.co/s2reXIukUA ✍🏾📚🌈🗣🎧 #MMRomance #BlackRomance #LGBTQBooks #PrideMonth #RomanceNovels
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