Down for Whatever

 

Frederick Smith explores the lives of four friends trying to realize their dreams in his first novel, Down for Whatever. Smith introduces readers to Keith, a preacher’s son; Rafael, on his own since he was 15; Mario Antonio, whose long-distance romance is treading water, and Tommie, a fallen star whose once-hot music career has fizzled.

Their different paths all lead them to Los Angeles, where all the world’s a stage and everyone’s a player. They’re all asking for someone to share their life with, but are they looking in the wrong places? Caught up in a world of divas, drama queens and DLs, they’re about to learn what’s really important and what it means to be “down for whatever.”

 

Frederick Smith

Down for Whatever

Kensington Books

(as published in Family & Friends Magazine, October 2005)