I enjoyed sitting down with Luke Kerr, host of The First 5 Chapters and Daytime Confidential podcasts. Here, Luke and I discussed the first five chapters of Busy Ain’t The Half Of It, co-written with Chaz L. Cruz and me, and published on Bold Strokes Books. The […]
Read more →IG Live. Adriana Herrera with Fred and Chaz. September 19, 2021.
On September 28, 2021 / Book Reading and Signing, Instagram Live, Open To The Public / Leave a comment
Chaz and I talked with award-winning and bestselling romance author Adriana Herrera on Sunday, September 19, 2021 on Instagram Live. We talked about writing queer characters of color, Lil Nas X, social justice, our latest projects, and Busy Ain’t The Half Of It on Bold Strokes Books. […]
Read more →The Black Umbrella Podcast. 8/26/21.
On August 26, 2021 / Podcasts / Leave a comment
Tags: Black Authors, Black Bookstagrammers, Black Journalists, Black LGBTQ, Bold Strokes Books, Book Club, Book Tok, Busy Ain't The Half Of It, Frederick Smith, In Case You Forgot, LA Novels, LGBTQ, MM Romance, Pods in Color, Queer Readers, Queer Romance, Second Chance Romance, Single Dad, The Black Umbrella, The Black Umbrella Podcast, WeHo, West Hollywood
Chaz Lamar Cruz and I joined the hosts of The Black Umbrella podcast (Frenchie, Nika, and Wes) for their summer interview series. Link to The Black Umbrella episode featuring Chaz and Fred is here: Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tbu-summer-interview-series-fred-chaz/id1446517321?i=1000533215892 or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/60ZCAXPvbsREZGClBXqH1z?si=ACuxOvpjQGSZUMnW7jWnbQ or SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/theblackumbrellapc/tbu-summer-interview-series-fred-chaz On this episode, we […]
Read more →IG Live with Queer Joy Book Club. Friday, August 6, 2021. 7:30pm PST / 10:30pm EST.
On August 5, 2021 / Book Club, Instagram Live, Open To The Public / Leave a comment
Tags: Black Journalists, Black Romance, Bold Strokes Books, Book Club, Bookstagram, Busy Ain't The Half Of It, Chaz Lamar Cruz, Frederick Smith, IG Live, Instagram Live, Jaime Barajas, Jota Reads, LGBTQ Books, LGBTQ Bookstagram, LGBTQ Romance, Los Angeles, MM Romance, Queer Joy Book Club, Single Dad, Single Father, WeHo, West Hollywood
In case you missed this event, here’s the link to watch: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CSQeAxgoRmg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Queer Joy Book Club, with Chaz Lamar Cruz, & Frederick Smith Instagram Live! Friday, 8/6/21 7:30pm PST / 10:30pm EST Join us for an Instagram Live to kickoff BUSY AIN’T THE HALF OF IT as the […]
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