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A message for FRED’s friends & follower’s: It’s a pleasure to present you with a bio of my author, Frances R Schmidt and co-author James A. Costa, who collaborated on their new upcoming novel VIOLET: From Stony Hill to Broadway, which will be published by BookBaby Publishing in the fall of 2023. The novel, FOREVER VIOLET will also share my website located at Francesrschmidt.com. This will be an exciting, innovative event. In August the authors will share VIOLET’S first chapter and hope you’ll look forward to reading it. It will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and additional online book sellers. Best, Fred About the Authors James A. Costa is a retired West Seneca, N.Y., English teacher, and the author of a number of novels, including A Portal in Time, and Murder on Mulberry Street Frances R. Schmidt is a retired D’Youville University college administrator and author of an historical fiction novel, titled Fred: Buffalo Building of Dreams, and two job search books. The author website for Forever Violet: From Stony Hill to Broadway is located at Francesrschmidt.com. This unique co-authorship resulted from an unexpected meeting between two authors of different genres. Forever Violet is a collaboration honoring the life and legacy of ninety-seven year old Lillie R. Sharon’s first writing project, titled Violet. Unfortunately, she passed away in 2022, leaving the ‘bare bones’ of her novel intact. The authors believe Lilie’s spirit brought them together to complete her novel regarding Violet’s transformative life and ultimate destiny. It is their fervent hope they have stayed true to her intent and given some measure of justice to Lillie’s vision.

SECRETS I’ve learned many secrets in my lifetime. Some are too hot to handle. To me a secret between two people is sacred. Only sometimes secrets reveal themselves in unexpected ways. I believe we all have secrets, and some we never shared with anyone except ourselves. I don’t think secrets are bad if they keep people from despair. I was a secretfor a hundred and twenty years. Now many of my historical secrets have been revealed while others will remain hidden within my walls. Secrets can be happy or sad, depending on one’s circumstances. Secrets can even be serious or embarrassing. Sometimes they might save lives or destroy them. To tell or not to tell a secret is a question I’ve often asked myself while telling my tenants’ tales. I’ve learned what it is to be a human although I’m really only a building with a human perspective. I’ve tried to be understanding and kind when privy to secrets. They have sometimes inspired, and sometimes disillusioned me. I’ve learned to respect and sometimes fear knowing them. Most of all I believe secrets can help us to survive tragic situations. And if the bearer of a powerful secret can make the world a better place, it would be worth sharing… Best, FRED

Message to FRED’s friends,follower’s,and post viewers. Wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022 filled with hope.                                                      HOPE                             Hope warms the heart in times of need                             Hope helps us survive to face our fears                             Hope transcends our thoughts of loss                             Hope is an invisible thread of steel                             That can be tapped into for a lifetime…                              FRED 2020

MY POST PUBLICATION ADVENTURE BEGINS My new adventure is underway and my goal is to publicize heartwarming tales, memories,and experiences of twelve decades of life as a modest apartment building. I’m destined to share my tenants lives.They were culturally and ethnically diverse and came to America from all over the world to be free. My mission is to pass on the power of hope my tenants displayed under stressful circumstances, during their historical life times filled unpredictability.Freedom was the common denominator and the glue that allowed  tenants from many cultures tobecome. lifelong friends and acquaintances. During the past nine years I have gathered many friends and supporters who believed in me because many of their parents and great grandparents were immigrants, refugees,internal immigrants and descendants of enslaved peoples of Africa.They were Italian, Sicilian, German, Irish,Polish, Canadian, Jewish,Puerto Rican,Hungarian,and African Americans. I believe “ Everyone is special and deserves a life of freedom, truth, and life choices.” Best, FRED

Dear LinkedIn Contacts and Supporters, FRED: BUFFALO BUILDING OF DREAMS, a historical novel, has been published today, on April 19, 2021.Thank you for your interest in this special project. My mission as FRED’S author has been achieved after many years. He would like to share an important message with you. “ In the past hundred and twenty years I’ve witnessed the tragedies, joys, hopes, and dreams of my treasured ethnically and culturally diverse tenants and their families. I observed their lives first hand and learned that it takes never ending hope to thrive and survive in America in the 20th Century and beyond. Their legacy inspired this novel.” Best, FRED

FRED’S NEW MEMORY OF HOPE During the past several years FRED: BUFFALO BUILDING OF DREAMS 2021 struggled to survive long enough to be published, What FRED has learned most from his culturally and ethnically diverse tenants is hard to believe and often harder to maintain. It is the power of HOPE in the middle of desperation that kept generations of Fred’s immigrants,refugees, internal migrants, and descendants of enslaved peoples of Africa survive and thrive in America.Their hope helped them survive long enough to face their fears and cope with many losses.Fred learned first hand that hope is is a powerful force that can last a lifetime. Best, FRED

Fred Speaks December 2020 At long last Fred’s  journey to publication will soon reach fruition. Perhaps by the last day of December 2020. Fred’s official book cover for FRED: BUffalo Building of Dreams will be posted on my author webpage, along with Fred’s  eight amazing, unique, and individualized testimonials at the end of December or the first week in January 2021. Within three to four weeks after the cover has been completed, Bookbaby Publishing, will have the novel ready for sale.Details will be available for preorders prior to publication.Fred’s original fear was that he might not be able to survive long enough to have his story told.He desperately searched for an author for decades until one day In 2006 I heard his plea via mental telepathy.”Please tell my story “he said “ before evidence of my existence is gone.” My mission as his author is almost complete and the legacy of  his tenants who were  immigrants, refugees, Internal migrants, and descendants of enslaved peoples of Africa will be sealed forever on the pages of this novel. Thank you to Fred’s supporters,friends,and LinkedIn contacts for your continued interest in his historical fiction novel and its legacy of hope for future and current generations of Americans. Best, Frances R. Schmidt