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I’ve been on romance, higher education, and writing podcasts. If you’re looking for a guest, I’m your person. My latest is One and Done, a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area romance on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. bit.ly/FredOnPodcasts #BookSky #BlackBookSky #RomanceBookSky #QueerBookSky

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Exciting to see that the schedule for the Queers & Queers romance book fest is coming together. Excited to be attending as an author and fan of queer romance novels, authors, and narrators. 📚🌈 #QueersAndQuills #BookSky #RomanceBookSky #QueerBookSky www.queersandquills.com/schedule?fbc...

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I love Beyond the Gates! Such a great daytime soap opera! ✍🏾💕 #BTG #BeyondTheGates

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Do you love paper books? And turning actual pages? Well our spring stock-up sale is here! Over 400 LGBTQ+ titles, $3.99 each plus shipping (note: we ship to US and Canadian addresses only, sorry). www.boldstrokesbooks.com/offers/3813-...

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HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

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Listening to the We Read Smut podcast, featuring The Well Read Pharmacist in conversation about the distinct features of urban, contemporary, and erotic Black romance. Great episode. 📚🎧💕 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... #BookSky #BlackBookSky #RomanceBookSky #Romancelandia

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Happy Syd Ciara Day 🥹 Love in 280 Characters or Less is available for purchase! 🥳 if you’re looking to support an indie, you can grab a copy at Resist Booksellers! (Link below) We’re celebrating Syd Day by doing as she would do: DM your social media crush 💌 resistbooksellers.com/product/love...

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Every time I review the Black Romance Book Fest schedule, I get more and more excited to participate as an author and as a stan of all things Black Romance. I've got my author and stan schedule planned. blackromancebookfest.com #BookSky #BlackBookSky #RomanceBookSky #BRBF25 #BlackRomanceBookFest

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Morning listening. Books by DL White podcast. Hosted by author @booksbydlwhite.com. Always great book content and conversation. ✍🏾📚🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... #BookSky #BlackBookSky #RomanceBookSky #Romancelandia

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“With A Peculiar Legacy, @rashidipedia.bsky.social shows that he is at the top of his writing game. Indeed, a spectacular novel.” Frederick Smith, author, One and Done. #BookSky #BlackBookSky #QueerBookSky #NewBooks

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Saw this saying on a storefront marquee in San Francisco’s Castro District today: “Someone’s therapist knows all about you.” And I thought, how true.

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Enjoying this Romance Unleashed podcast episode featuring author Timothy Janovsky. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... #BookSky #RomanceBookSky #QueerBookSky #Romancelandia

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Five things that help authors and cost $0: - requesting their books at your local library - raving about your fave on social media or to friends - sharing info about a sale or freebie or new release - subscribing to their newsletter - posting your love for a book on a review site

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My digital epistolary about a Black girl’s first semester of college is going to be out on Tuesday! 🥳 Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/love...

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I was on Queers & Quills podcast and discussed my novel One and Done, E. Lynn Harris, Black Queer romance, & Detroit. 🎧 🌈 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q... YouTube: youtu.be/My2wNxJA1RQ?... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4GcC... #BookSky #BlackBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #RomanceBookSky

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I enjoy visiting Fabulosa Books in San Francisco’s Castro District. Love the wide variety of LGBTQ books the store carries. www.fabulosabooks.com ✍🏾📚🌈💕 #BookSky #SanFrancisco #FabulosaBooks #QueerBookSky #RomanceBookSky

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Flowers on the timeline. Happy weekend! #FlowersSky #GardenSky #SaturdayVibes

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Looking for a fairytale remix?? Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Beauty & The Beast, with a contemporary cowboy twist! Check out my Cowboys of California trilogy today! 🤠💖📚 #blackbooksky #romancesky 🌵ebook: https://amzn.to/4cYLaUd / www.kobo.com/us/en/s... 🌵print: www.therippedbodice....

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Excited for @kennedyryan.bsky.social’s Can’t Get Enough upcoming book tour in May & June 2025. www.hachettebookgroup.com/forever/cant... #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BlackBookSky #BookSky

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Before the Summer 2025 romance novels hit the shelf, take some time to revisit some Summer 2024 romance novels that may have flown under your radar. Good reading for the entire year. Article via @bookriot.bsky.social. bookriot.com/june-2024-ne... #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BookSky

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Tomorrow/Friday I’m putting in my summer time requests for days off. Hope you plan the same soon. Might throw in fall and winter dates, too. ☀️ #SummerSky #Summer2025 #Summertime

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I’ve been at work for an hour and my work technology (ie laptop and other work devices) still waking up. Thus, a slow rollout of the work day. Not my fave. 💻👨🏾‍💻 #HigherEdSky #HigherEducationSky #SanFrancisco

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Listen: Love triangles, amnesia, cliffhangers, blackmail – there’s no trope or plot device that soap operas haven’t seen – or invented. But who invented the soaps themselves? Turns out, the genre got its start in Chicago. Learn more in a new podcast from WBEZ. www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

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The weather is absolutely beautiful in San Francisco today. Sunny and 70 degrees. I’ve taken a couple walks outside during work breaks. Hope to get outside when I’m done at 5pm. ☀️ #SanFrancisco #BayArea

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I grew up watching soap operas and still make time when I can. So I am super excited for this new @wbez.org podcast exploring the history of soap operas… Making Stories Without End. All podcast platforms. www.wbez.org/making-podcast #SoapSky #BeyondTheGates #YR #GH #DAYS #BoldAndBeautiful

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Happy 5th Anniversary episode, Bad Queers podcast! 🌈🎉 www.badqueers.com/episodes/epi... #BadQueers #QueerSky #BlackQueerSky #LGBTQSky #PodcastSky

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I’m on the current episode of Queers & Quills podcast. The podcast aims to introduce Queers & Quills attendees with authors and narrators at the book fest in May 2025. Show links in attached/next message. I’m looking forward to seeing you in Portland, OR in a few! 📚🌈 ✍🏾📚🌈 #QueersAndQuills #BookSky

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If you’re attending the Queers & Quills book fest in May 2025, the bookstore @alwaysherebooks.bsky.social is taking pre-orders of my books for Q&Q attendees. Looking forward to seeing you in Portland, OR in a few!📚 🌈 www.alwaysherebooks.com/s/search?q=F... #QueersAndQuills #BookSky #QueerBookSky

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Soooo many Spring 2025 romance novels on the way… and this @fatedmates.net episode previews dozens of them. Lots to put on the TBR and to request at the local library or indie bookstore. fatedmates.net/episodes/202... #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #FatedMates #BookSky

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If you’re attending the #BlackRomanceBookFest in a few weeks, the on-site bookstore is taking pre-orders of my (and other authors) books through 5/9/25. My latest, One and Done, is a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area romance on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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I love that the Queers & Quills book fest has started a podcast to highlight authors and narrators who’ll be attending the Queers & Quills queer romance book fest in Portland, OR in May 2025. 📚🌈 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q... #BookSky #RomanceBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #QueerBookSky

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Great Romance in Colour podcast episode… featuring @richardwriteson.bsky.social with Dr. @vanessariley.com about Riley’s Black Regency romance novels, careers in engineering & writing, and research for romance novels. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BlackBookSky

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Was so exciting seeing Cal State LA students, former faculty & staff colleagues, and friends visiting San Francisco State University today. Made my day. Thursday, 4/3/25. 🎓 #HigherEdSky #SanFranciscoStateUniversity #CalStateLA #SanFrancisco

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I had the honor of reading and providing a blurb for A Peculiar Legacy, the forthcoming novel by Rashid Darden (@rashidipedia.bsky.social). It’s out 4/15/25. I hope you pre-order today. My blurb in next/attached message. www.rashiddarden.com/book/a-pecul... #BookSky #BlackBookSky #AuthorSky

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