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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters
@charismawilliams.bsky.social
✍🏾 I write about 🇳🇬 women falling in love
👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 Romance book recs for those hopelessly in love
📝 check out my substack for odd short stories
Pinned
An agent’s guide to my LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ
When a jaded romance writer joins a dating reality show to revive her career, the last person she expects to fake-flirt with is her ex. Now she’ll fake it for the cameras—until pretending feels way too real.
#amquerying
If any #agents and or #editors are still looking through #dvpit pitches, i'm throwing mine in the ring.

With ✨BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST ✨
LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ
When Jesutoni finds her ex on Love Island, while participating to provide for her child, she’s overwhelmed by how much she wants revenge. Unfortunately, he wants a second chance, America wants them together, & she’s starting to fall in love? #DVpit #A #R #BVM #POC
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ
When Jesutoni finds her ex on Love Island, while participating to provide for her child, she’s overwhelmed by how much she wants revenge. Unfortunately, he wants a second chance, America wants them together, & she’s starting to fall in love? #DVpit #A #R #BVM #POC
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ
When a jaded romance writer joins a dating reality show to revive her career & provide for her daughter, the last person she expects to fake-flirt with is her ex—her daughter's father. Now she’ll fake it for the cameras—until pretending feels way too real.
#DVPit #A #R #BVM
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE x LOVE ISLAND
My ex (27M) & I (27F) haven’t spoken in a decade. But now we’re on our publisher's version of Love Island & we're a pair. I hate him, he’s begging for a 2nd chance. AITA if I give him the second chance despite keeping our daughter a secret?
#DVpit #A #R #BVM #POC
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
BEACH READ x LOVE ISLAND
Jesutoni swaps her laptop with a reality show to get a better book advance & better royalties.
Sounds like a good deal until she discovers her ex is participating & wants her back. Guess who’s mixing revenge and her shot at providing for her daughter?
#DVpit #A #CR #WOC
October 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
All Jesutoni wants is to provide for her daughter & keep writing. But her writing’s all dried up & so are her royalties.
When her agent offers her the chance to do both through appearing on Love Island, she’s got no choice. But can she keep her heart intact if her ex participating? #DVPit #A #R #BVM
October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE x LOVE ISLAND
Jesutoni’s to-do list:
1️⃣ Enter a dating show to bolster sales
🗓️ Spend 5 weeks in 1 cabin with a stranger

What’s not on her to-do list:
💔 Meeting her ex
💕 Falling in love with him on national TV

But when has her heart ever followed instructions?
#DVpit #A #R
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ
After pouring her last 💰 into her daughter’s school fees, Jesutoni needs a win—in the form of a book advance.
Unfortunately, her only shot is going on her publisher’s Love Island, pretend to fall in love w/ her ex while she hides their child’s existence.

#DVpit #A #R #BVM
October 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#DVParty: next WIP:

It’s something special to me titled, WHEN DEATH CALLS YOU BY NAME, YOU HIDE

I’ll let you decide what you think the book is about.
October 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An agent’s guide to my LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ
When a jaded romance writer joins a dating reality show to revive her career, the last person she expects to fake-flirt with is her ex. Now she’ll fake it for the cameras—until pretending feels way too real.
#amquerying
October 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#DVparty Day 3

Opening lines of your novel and we’re a go!
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#DVparty Day 2:

Introduce your main characters to us:

Where do I start?
Jesutoni Fashola is a single mother and the writer of romance novels. She’s Nigerian. She was previously indie until her agent picked her up and she signed a big deal romance publisher (think Forever, SMP romance & the others)
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Hi all! Here is my mood board for #DVparty!

THE STRANDS OF OUR MAGIC
* sparkling ballrooms and nightmarish beasts
* powerful plants and magical swords
* dollops of humor and bursts of raw emotion
* romantic abandon hemmed in by agonizing restraint

Image credits in alt-text
#Asian #POC #YA #F #R
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#DVparty

Hi everyone. Welcome to day 1 of the DVParty.
Sharing my mood board:
October 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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NOT QUITE DEAD YET x GLASS ONION
At her sis’s party, Abby Martinez doesn’t expect to:
😡 find out her sis is still angry over a fight 1 yr ago
💔 face her cheating ex
🔪 get murdered
As a ghost, Abby must solve her own murder b4 more guests die & pass on to the afterlife.
#PicantePit #A #M #P #F #R
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
After pouring the last cent in her account on her daughter’s school fees, Jesutoni needs a win—a book’s advance. Unfortunately, the only way to secure that is to jump on her publisher’s version of Love Island, pretend to fall 😍 with her ex all while hiding their daughter. #preDV #A #BVM #CR
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When Jesutoni’s dwindling by royalties threatens her ability to provide for her daughter, she jumps on the opportunity to fix it through her publisher’s reality dating show. But when she meets her ex, what started off as a means for revenge slowly morphs to a second chance at love. #preDV #CR #A
September 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Single mother & former NYT romance author, Jesutoni needs a significant advance to afford providing for her mother & daughter. To get that, she must join other authors on their publisher’s reality TV dating show. What she didn’t count on was meeting her ex.

#preDV #A #R #BVM #POC
September 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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It’s like if Tina Belcher wrote Dune.

#unhingedpit Now Querying
#R #Q
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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#agentsguide for my #amquerying Cal Carver and the Secrets of Spellware

📝Middle Grade
⚔️Fantasy
🏞️Adventure
🤣Humor
❓Mystery
📱Magical Phone Apps (Spellware)

#writerscommunity
September 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Ooops,

I forgot I had a bluesky account and would love to connect with #amquerying authors or authors seeking to be traditionally published.

Fun facts about me:
I’m Nigerian & live in Africa.
I have two types of eyelids (mono & double)
I studied chem engr & work in HR
I like sleep

What about you?
September 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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This still feels absolutely surreal, but the announcement is out so I can officially yell about it! My debut novel Cavern F(r)iend will be published by @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social in Winter 2027!

Thanks to my agent @ericshowers.bsky.social and my editor Hannah Pierdolla!💜
August 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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The Guardians of Melya are happy to present...

❤️‍🔥THE HEALER WITCH❤️‍🔥

🔥 Elemental magic system
🌸Meddling Gods
💥Multi POV
✨ Magical realism
❤️The slowest flame to ever burn
🍒Spanish+Gaelic Folklore

#agentsguide #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
June 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Check out the website I made my fellow debut trade pub authors! We're still building out the site's catalog as release dates are finalized, covers revealed, & pre-orders opened, so check regularly as our list of books continues to grow!
2026debuts.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The #Showcase is open for #litagents to take a look at our stories.

Just to give a lil snippet at what to expect from SECOND CHANCES
#RevPit

reviseresub.com/showcase/sec...
June 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM