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Sheryl Smiley-Oliphant is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina Charlotte wherein she majored in Theater Arts. She resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband, their two adorable young divas, and their dog. She’s a drama and theater arts teacher in the Charlotte Mecklenburg County School System. Sheryl has a double identity in that she’s also a vlogger who goes by the name The Activity Author but more on that later. Her artistic

Welcome to another behind the scenes look at one of the illustrations in my soon to be released children’s book, Dear Daughter: A Love Story. As shared previously it’s an expressive story that reveals my heart through a series of short love letters to my daughter Haelee, The Rules of a Big Boss LLC. While I’m the author it’s very much a joint project in that she’s the editor and her company is the publisher. ••• As previously shared, I wrote this story not only for her but fo

This picture is a perfect depiction of Haelee and I as told in my memoir, our memoir, The Unexpected Journey: Fire and Gold. She may not realize my sacrifices now but she will one day and I’m okay with that. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t change a thing. • • • #theunexpectedjourney #blackauthors #ncauthors #mentalhealth #therulesofabigboss #bookstore #selfcare #family #blackwriters #booksbyblackauthors #fathersanddaughters #singlefatherstory #writeyourownstories #mentalheal

Libraries are important because they help promote literacy, provide books and resources to the public, etc. We were supposed to high five a librarian yes but I don’t play by the rules 😆. I want to high five Mr. Richard Ashby of, For Sto-Rox Library because he catalogued me and my dads books in Worldcat. His doing that made our books available to every library in the world. He also sponsored me and my dad to be members of The Black Caucus American Librarians Association (BCAL

Welcome to a behind the scenes look at one of the illustrations in my soon to be released children’s book, Dear Daughter: A Love Story. It’s an expressive story that reveals my heart through a series of short love letters to my daughter Haelee. What’s fascinating is that it’s a joint project that we’re working on together wherein she’s both the editor and publisher for this project. ••• As previously shared, I wrote this story not only for her but for daughters around the 🌎

Next Chapter Book Store and Giftshop opened up in Ben’s Boyz on September 18, 2021. The curator, Sherricka Carpenter Stanley decided to start hosting book signings and author readings through her partnership with Ben’s Boyz. She was supposed to be the first one to do an author read but she’s all about community so she let me and my dad be the first ones to ever speak and sign autographs at Next Chapter on November 13, 2021 🎙 🌄📚✍🏾. He and I read from our books and shared t

Me and my dad are doing an authors visit at Next Chapter Bookstore and Giftshop on Saturday, November, 13. It’s located inside of Ben’s Boyz in Greensboro, NC. Ben’s Boyz is the only black owned store and restaurant in Friendly Shopping Center 🥳 Me and my Dad will be reading to kids, signing autographs, leading activities, supporting other authors, eating, and having fun. We all know he’s gonna embarrass me though 🤨. Come visit us and bring your kids and grandkids if you’re

Dear Daughter: A Love Story is an expressive story that reveals the author Dedrick Moone’s heart through a love letter to his daughter Haelee. The author wrote this story not only for Haelee but for daughters across the world. He writes it to let you know that he loves each one of you through an extension of his daughter in being a dad. He hopes that it helps to shift the paradigm of black men not taking care of their children especially their daughters. And as an added bonus

Inspirational Indie Authors Podcast is hosted by Howard Lovy, ALLi’s Multimedia Manager. It gives ALLi member authors an opportunity to discuss the motivations and inspiration behind their books. His guest this week was my 14 year old daughter, Haelee. Haelee survived an early childhood that was filled with bullying and abuse. Part of the way she healed herself was to write her book about how to love yourself. Now, she wants to give back by helping other children and women wh

I asked several weeks ago if I should create merchandise to go along with The Rules of a Little Boss: A book of self-love. Most everyone said, "Yes, do it for the kids." I finally decided to do it so I sat down with my Dad after church yesterday so that we could start working on designs and adding them to my website. I created a video that shows some of my designs. Press play on the video below. I hope that you enjoy my designs as much as I do. Remember it's for the kids and

Set your calendars for Wednesday, October 6th at 8PM especially if you’re a fellow Aggie. I will be having a conversation about mental health, parenting as a single dad, and the award winning book that I co-wrote with my daughter. That book is entitled The Unexpected Journey: Fire and Gold. ••• For those of you that weren’t already aware you can purchase copies of it from Ben's Boyz, Speak Up Sis, and several other places. ••• Those of you that have a library card but that ar

I experienced assaults on my character, job loss, health challenges, and a whole host of other things in 2020. I thought that I was going to lose everything that I worked so very hard for but God had another plan. ••• He sent me rams in the bush in the form of Dr Vanessa Raynor, Shanique Davis, Genesis Kemp, Karen Brown-Tyson, and Kiescha Cherry. They reminded me that God was shoving me down in the dirt so that I could be planted and that He would do a new thing in me through