The Lavender Con Book Fest takes place in DC July 25 & 26, 2026. It's a book fest for fans of LGBTQIA+ novels, stories, authors, & reader community.
I'm a participating author at this year's Lavender Con. I hope you'll join us in DC in July. ๐๐
lavendercon.com
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Happy 7th Anniversary, @minoriteareport.bsky.social podcast!
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I confirmed an indie bookstore for a launch day event. Details soon. ๐๐
Love Is a Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, Contemporary MM Romance, out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social.
www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/love-i...
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It was a hard game to watch. Hopeful for a series comeback.
I love @dcconfidential.bsky.social podcast. It helps me keep up with daytime tv. This episode features Jamey Giddens, a former show cohost, who has shifted into soap writing for Days, Ambitions, & Beyond The Gates.
daytimeconfidential.com/2026/04/20/c...
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Her CLUELESS crush is the only one who can hide SAYLOR from her mother and her millions of followers! Summer Official by Rebekah Weatherspoon Book cover: Summer Official by USA TODAY bestselling author Rebekah Weatherspoon A plus size brown skinned black girl carrying a skateboard and wearing crop black tshirt that says Queen of Hearts in white lettering and black jeans and black vans, walking hand in hand with a light skinned black girl with blond hair. She is wearing a white tank top, demon shorts, white ankle socks and green converse. She has a blue cast on one arm with doodles all over it. They are walking through an illustrated Venice beach. The Venice over head sign has been replaced with the book title Summer Official.
SUMMER OFFICIAL IS OUT NOW! ๐น๐ฉต๐ฆ
You can get signed copies and swag from Reparations Club and The Ripped Bodice!
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My Monday listening. A new episode of 'Bad Queers' podcast is out. Always great conversation about topics related to Black Queer communities. ๐ซถ๐พ๐ง๐
www.badqueers.com/episodes/epi...
#BadQueers #BlackQueerSky #LGBTQSky #PodcastSky
Men committing violence against partners who want to leave them is unacceptable.
Men committing violence against partners who want custody of their kids is unacceptable.
Love Is a Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, Contemporary MM Romance novel is out June 16, 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social.
I'd love to be on your podcast, IG Live, or TikTok Love to discuss.
www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/love-i...
#Romancelandia #MMRomance
I've been on a few podcasts: bit.ly/FredOnPodcasts ... discussing writing, romance, Black & Queer life, etc.
I'd love to be on your show for my June 2026 novel Love is a Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM romance on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. DM me. #Romancelandia
I love the second chance romance novel trope... in real life, too, if mutual, consensual, & growth/work done.
This 'We Read Smut' podcast episode explores the second chance romance trope with 'Babe In Library.'
wereadsmut.buzzsprout.com/2433728/epis...
#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #WeReadSmut
Predicting Detroit Pistons and OKC Thunder in the 2026 NBA Finals. My guess. Two great teams. ๐ #NBASky #BasketballSky #DetroitPistons #OklahomaCityThunder
Itโs playoff time and Mayor Sheffield got the first shot in! ๐
Wishing the Detroit Pistons the best as they take the court. The whole city is behind you!
I promised a friend who's moving out of town next week that I'd meet up for drag brunch and a little Sunday Funday today.
Staying home and relaxing sounds nice, though.
I'll push through, enjoy some San Francisco and Castro District festivities today. โ๏ธ๐๐๐พ๐บ๐พ๐ชฉ #SanFrancisco #CastroDistrict
Note, the onsite bookstores will have physical copies on hand... and I'll have a few, too, at Black Romance Book Fest. ๐๐ #brbf2026 #brbf #blackromancebookfest #romancelandia
Thank you!
Independent Bookstore Day! ๐๐
Join me at The Love Potion Library bookstore on Saturday, 4/25/26, 5-6pm.
284 Noe Street, San Francisco, CA, Castro District.
Iโll be signing some of my @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social novels.
www.thelovepotionlibrary.com
#Romancelandia #SanFrancisco #CastroDistrict
If you're attending Black Romance Book Fest in May 2026, I'm keeping my Beventi preorders link up until end of day on Friday, 5/1/26.
If I'm a new-to-you author, I write contemporary MM romance featuring Black characters and set in California.
beventi.co/orderform/ay...
#BRBF2026 #Romancelandia
New poetry collection on the way from Ameer Drane โ Gay Poem.
I got to read an advance reader copy and enjoyed it a lot.
Follow Ameerโs IG (aedrane.poetry) and youโll see him perform some of the poems.
www.gaypoem.com
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Frederick Smith standing in The Love Potion Library bookstore in San Francisco Castro District.
Exterior photo of The Love Potion Library bookstore in San Francisco Castro District.
Covers of Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen and Last First Kiss by Julian Winters.
Yesterday morning I stopped by the new ROMANCE bookstore in San Franciscoโs Castro District, The Love Potion Library, 284 Noe Street (at Market), underneath/around corner from Lookout and Tacos El Tucรกn.
Itโs a beautiful bookstore space.
www.thelovepotionlibrary.com
#Romancelandia #SanFrancisco
Second chance romance in real life or books is a topic! Iโm glad to hear We Read Smut podcast discuss this.
wereadsmut.buzzsprout.com/2433728/epis...
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Salt & Pepper, book #5, (my 4th standalone) went LIVE last Thursday.
For fans of #BlackRomance, I hope you all enjoy Boom and Nia's story as much as I did writing them.
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If you're a fan of LGBTQIA+ books, or an aspiring author, the @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social Bookathon is for you.
Free and online, April 17-19, 2026, it features multiple author panels & readings.
Event info: bookathon.boldstrokesbooks.com/bookathon-ap...
#BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #Romancelandia
If youโre a reader, fan, and supporter of Black Sapphic books and authors, youโll love The Book Lovhers book fest, an online Black Sapphic Book Festival taking place September 19-20, 2026.
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You're welcome. The panels and readings are pretty good and helpful for readers and writers. I'll watch a few over the weekend.
If you're a fan of LGBTQIA+ books, or an aspiring author, the @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social Bookathon is for you.
Free and online, April 17-19, 2026, the weekend event features multiple author panels & readings.
Event info: bookathon.boldstrokesbooks.com/bookathon-ap...
#BookSky #LGBTQBookSky
Today.
Thursday, 4/16/26, 7pm, Fabulosa Books in San Franciscoโs Castro District. 489 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114.
Kelsey Smoot's poetry reading & book signing event for Soulmate as a Verb.
thethirdplace.is/event/soulma...
#BookSky #KelseySmoot #SanFrancisco #CastroDistrict #PoetrySky
ARCs go out in a few weeks. Sign up: bit.ly/ARCSandEvents
Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, Contemporary MM Romance novel is out June 16, 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social
โ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #MMRomance #BlackBookSky #BookSky
Thereโs a new ROMANCE bookstore opening in San Franciscoโs Castro District soonโฆ The Love Potion Library. ๐๐
www.thelovepotionlibrary.com
#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #SanFrancisco #CastroDistrict #BookSky ๏ฟผ