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Frederick Smith, Ed.D.
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Love Is A Contact Sport - 6/16/26 ✍🏾📚💕🌈
Romance author. Romance reader. Higher Ed. Former TV news. Detroiter in Bay Area. Beyoncé. ✍🏾📚💕🫶🏾🪩🏳️‍🌈🎓🐝
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I received my copy of The Happily Ever After Society book (@hea-society.bsky.social), curated by Chandra Wicke. It’s an unapologetic celebration of romance novels and the people who write them.

So many amazing authors in it! 📚💕
happilyeveraftersociety.com

#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
Page featuring photographer Chandra Wicke who curated The Happily Ever After Society book. Page features author Rebekah Weatherspoon in The Happily Ever After Society book. Rebekah is holding a phone and smiling. Page features author Sarah MacLean and a quote that says, “Love is political. Who we love, how we love them, and all the ways we find joy and satisfaction in that love is political. What’s more, joy is political. Happily ever after is political.” Page features author Frederick Smith’s layout in The Happily Ever After Society book.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I received my copy of The Happily Ever After Society book (@hea-society.bsky.social), curated by Chandra Wicke. It’s an unapologetic celebration of romance novels and the people who write them.

An amazing feeling to see and have the book in person. 📚💕 #Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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While you’re at it with second chances...

Save the date for my next novel, Love Is A Contact Sport.

A Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance.

Out June 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social ✍🏾📚💕🌈

#Romancelandia #BookSky #BlackBookSky #RomanceBookSky
Love Is A Contact Sport cover features two Black men in an embrace. The taller one has light brown skin, bald head, and a beard, and is wearing a college athletics jacket. The shorter one has dark brown skin, twists and a fade haircuts, and wearing a yellow sweatshirt with the words Black Romance Writer in it. The cover is purple with red, yellow, and white writing.
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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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 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social (6/16/26 pub date).

Cover design by Ray Jean-Gilles.
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#Romancelandia #BlackBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
Love Is A Contact Sport cover features two Black men in an embrace. The taller one has light brown skin, bald head, and a beard, and is wearing a college athletics jacket. The shorter one has dark brown skin, twists and a fade haircut, and wearing a yellow sweatshirt with the words Black Romance Writer on it. The cover is purple with red, yellow, and white writing. Photo features picture layout of book cover designer Ray Jean-Gilles and author Frederick Smith. Also pictured is artwork by Ray and the book cover Ray designed for One and Done.
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Happy Pub Day!

Calling All Blessings by Beverly Jenkins (@authormsbev.bsky.social) is out today, Tuesday, October 28, 2025.

www.beverlyjenkins.net/books/the-bl...
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#BookSky #BlackBookSky #BeverlyJenkins #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky
The cover of Calling All Blessings by Beverly Jenkins features a small town street with two-story brick buildings, a main road leading to a church, and a blue sky with two rainbows in it.
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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The Happily Ever After Society book, a celebration of romance novels and the people who write and read them, is out in November 2025. 📚💕

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#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BookSky #MMRomance
Photo of Frederick Smith featured in the Happily Ever After Society book with the quote: “I think the world would be a better place if more men read romance novels.”
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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The Happily Ever After Society book, a celebration of romance novels and the people who write and read them, is out in November 2025. 📚💕

happilyeveraftersociety.com?fbclid=PAdGR...

#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BookSky
Book cover of The Happily Ever After Society: An Unapologetic Celebration of Romance Novels and the People who Write Them. Book cover is dark green with a variety of pink, burgundy, and white flowers.
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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San Francisco, CA sunset 🌅
Looking out at Lake Merced & the Pacific Ocean 🌊
10/18/25

#sunsetsky #sanfrancisco #pacificocean #lakemerced
View of a San Francisco sunset 🌅 Looking at Lake Merced & the Pacific Ocean 🌊 10/18/25
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Beautiful day in San Francisco for the Discover SF State preview day event.

Check out the educational opportunities at San Francisco State University. 🎓

future.sfsu.edu

#HigherEdSky #SanFrancisco #SFState #SFSU #BayArea
Photo of The Quad at San Francisco State University with tables, chairs, grass, trees, and people at the Discover SF State event.
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I’m attending Black Romance Book Fest in May 2026 as an author & fan of all things Black Romance.

My next novel, Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, 2nd chance, College Reunion, MM romance, out June 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social ✍🏾📚💕🌈 #BRBF2026 #Romancelandia #BookSky #BlackBookSky
Image features photo of author Frederick Smith and a cover of his novel One and Done. The text above the images read Frederick Smith, Black Romance Book Fest, May 2026, Atlanta.
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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It’s a beautiful cloudy and rainy day in San Francisco today. It’s definitely giving fall vibes and aesthetics. The view outside my office at San Francisco State University. Monday, 10/13/25.🍁🍂🌁 #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoState #AutumnSky #FallAesthetic
Aerial photo of trees with orange, red, and green leaves and a pathway at San Francisco State University.
October 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Sunday morning coffee in my new mug purchased at The Prince Store in the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport last week. 💜☕️

#SundaySky #PaisleyPark #Prince #Minneapolis #Prince4Ever
My new Prince mug. Purchased at the Prince Store in the Minneapolis-St.Paul airport last week. Black Coffee mug with the words Peace & Love & Purple Rain purchased at the Prince Store in Minneapolis-St. Paul airport last week.
October 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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My book haul from last weekend’s Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, Florida.

Includes books by @danielleallen.bsky.social, @itsladarrion.bsky.social, @ravynnkamia.bsky.social, and more.

A great book event and weekend! ✍🏾📚💕

#BlackBookBash #BlackBookBash2025 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
Photo of books purchased at Black Book Bash in Jacksonville.
October 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Can’t get enough of these evening sunsets over Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco. 🌅🌊

#SunsetSky #SanFrancisco #LakeMerced #PacificOcean
October 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Representation in books is important for self-affirmation and for learning about other people.

On this National Coming Out Day, I encourage you to explore the books of E. Lynn Harris.

And you can check out my books, too.

We both feature Black men in love! ✍🏾📚💕🌈 #NCOD #MMRomance #Romancelandia
Photo of E. Lynn Harris with several of his book covers surrounding him. Photo of Frederick Smith surrounded by several of his book covers.
October 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Time to get some nighttime writing in.

But, I just want to say how excited I am to be attending the Black Romance Book Festival in Atlanta in May 2026!

✍🏾📚💕🌈 #BRBF2026 #BlackRomanceBookFest #Romancelandia #BlackBookSky #WriterSky
Slide with photo of Frederick Smith and book cover of his novel One and Done announcing his participation at the Black Romance Book Fest in Atlanta in May 2026.
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Shout out to @iamcaseyrkelley.bsky.social and the Black Book Bash team for an amazing book event in Jacksonville, FL, October 3-5, 2025.

It was indeed a literary family reunion and celebration of Black books in all genres. A few photos.

✍🏾📚💕 #BlackBookBash #BlackBookBash2025 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
Photo of Frederick Smith posing next to a colorful sign that looks like a stack of books with the words “Black Book Bash, Our Stories Our Terms, Love Jones & Situationships, Real Life Real Talk, Black To The Future, Coming In Hot and Coming Of Age, and Don’t Go In There!” Frederick Smith posing with a group of women holding up books by the author — Busy Ain’t the Half of Ot, One and Done, and Play it Forward. Frederick Smith and a reader holding up books Busy Ain’t the Half of It and One and Done. Frederick Smith (One and Done) and Kaia Alderson (A League of Her Own), authors, holding up their books.
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The Black, Queer, & In Love panel at the Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, FL. Sunday, 10/5/25. ✍🏾📚🌈

L to R:
Me, Frederick Smith, One and Done;

Panel moderator Damian Jackson;

Clarence Haynes (@clarenceahaynes.bsky.social), The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery

#BlackBookBash #BookSky #BlackBookSky
The Black, Queer, and In Love panel at Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, Fl, Sunday, 10/5/25. Featuring Frederick Smith, Damian Jackson, and Clarence A. Haynes.
October 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Loving this keynote address at Black Book Bash.

Author Danielle Allen (@danielleallen.bsky.social)
being interviewed by @taliacadet.bsky.social.

Informative and inspiring.

✍🏾📚💕 #BlackBookBash #BlackBookSky #Romancelandia
Talia Cadet interviewing author Danielle Allen on stage at the Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, Florida.
October 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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If you’re at Black Book Bash this weekend, I invite you to stop by the panel I’m on with Clarence Haynes & DJ Reads Books.

Black, Queer, & In Love
Sunday, 10/5/25, 9-9:45 am
Room: City Terrace 6

Discussing Black Queer Love in fiction. ✍🏾📚💕🌈

#BlackBookBash #Jacksonville #BookSky #BlackBookSky
October 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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If you’re at Black Book Bash, connect with my world of Black MM Romance novels. I’ll be in the signing space afternoons.

My latest, One and Done, is a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area romance on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social

www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/freder...

#BlackBookBash #BookSky
Book covers of Frederick Smith novels: One and Done, Busy Ain’t the Half of It, In Case You Forgot, and Play It Forward.
October 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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When author friends meet up at Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, Florida… ✍🏾📚💕 @rasheed.bsky.social, @farrahrochon.bsky.social, and me, Frederick Smith.

#BlackBookBash #Jacksonville #BlackBookSky #BookSky
Photo of authors Rasheed Newson, Farrah Rochon, and Frederick Smith at Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, FL.
October 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Got my table ready to meet & greet readers at Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, FL., this weekend.

And a cheat sheet about my MM romance titles on sale by the onsite bookstore (One and Done) or me (my backlist).

See you soon! ✍🏾📚💕🌈

iamcaseyrkelley.com/pages/b3-home

#BlackBookBash #Jacksonville
Frederick Smith author table with banners, table signs, book descriptions, and more at Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, FL. A quick guide to Frederick Smith’s books for black Book Bash table signing time ONE AND DONE Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area, Meet Cute /Meet Disaster at a Beyoncé themed drag brunch. Men in their 40s BUSY AIN’T THE HALF OF IT LA's #1 news anchor is a... Single dad, Having a Bi-awakening. Raising savvy teens. And falls for their hot principal. IN CASE YOU FORGOT Two newly-single Black guys (one 30; one 40) navigating love and loss start anew in West Hollywood, of all places. PLAY IT FORWARD A Celebrity/Normie Romance. The NBA player courts the community activist running a LGBTQ Youth Center in South LA. An image projected on the wall says “Welcome Readers to Black Book Bash. A Literary Family Reunion.”
October 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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There’s a whole Prince store in the Minneapolis airport. I wanted everything in it. My heart 💜
A wall of albums by Prince. A wall of album covers by Prince over a purple high back chair Exterior of the Prince store in the Minneapolis airport
October 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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More J. California Cooper…

2. At a book event, she shared she only listened to classical music by Rachmaninoff while writing; the music's drama helped her storytelling.

3. When she learned my name was Fred, before signing my book, she said every Fred she met was a good person.

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Photo of author J. California Cooper surrounded by book covers of her books: Family, A Piece of Mine, The Wake of the Wind, and Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime.
September 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM