Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social
Contemporary romance writer, KDrama fan, Canva nerd, cake and Lego enthusiast.
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I write ownvoices romcoms and women's fic featuring (some) #SriLankan characters.
I also write as Rhoda Baxter.
If you want to try a sample of my writing, you grab the short story Pat's Pantry from free from most ebook retailers:
books2read.com/u/3RByxL
I also write as Rhoda Baxter.
If you want to try a sample of my writing, you grab the short story Pat's Pantry from free from most ebook retailers:
books2read.com/u/3RByxL
I've read this book and it's EXCELLENT. You should definitely buy iy
A quick reminder: for just one more day, if you're in North America, you can snap up my cozy-spooky fantasy rom-com Wooing the Witch Queen for only $2.99 in ebook!
Grab it now: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
#romancelandia
Grab it now: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
#romancelandia
December 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I've read this book and it's EXCELLENT. You should definitely buy iy
If you're looking for short Christmas books to read this week, here are three of them reduced to 99p each. Enjoy!
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books2read.com/SnowIn
books2read.com/CforC
books2read.com/u/bxqar6
December 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you're looking for short Christmas books to read this week, here are three of them reduced to 99p each. Enjoy!
books2read.com/SnowIn
books2read.com/CforC
books2read.com/u/bxqar6
books2read.com/SnowIn
books2read.com/CforC
books2read.com/u/bxqar6
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In May, Simon & Schuster announced a new award for unpublished authors of colour which included a two-book deal with six-figure advance 👇
#TheBooksellerMostRead
#TheBooksellerMostRead
New Simon & Schuster award for unpublished authors of colour includes two-book deal with six-figure advance
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December 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In May, Simon & Schuster announced a new award for unpublished authors of colour which included a two-book deal with six-figure advance 👇
#TheBooksellerMostRead
#TheBooksellerMostRead
And Gen X.
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And Gen X.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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-Comes into your space uninvited, without permission
-Greedily uses up resources preferentially
- Forces a new mode of existence on you
-Steals your own shit to sell back to you
-Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings
AI or colonialism?
-Greedily uses up resources preferentially
- Forces a new mode of existence on you
-Steals your own shit to sell back to you
-Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings
AI or colonialism?
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
-Comes into your space uninvited, without permission
-Greedily uses up resources preferentially
- Forces a new mode of existence on you
-Steals your own shit to sell back to you
-Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings
AI or colonialism?
-Greedily uses up resources preferentially
- Forces a new mode of existence on you
-Steals your own shit to sell back to you
-Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings
AI or colonialism?
How to use Canva (free) to make really pretty email designs.
youtu.be/EYfHfaKGb_Q
youtu.be/EYfHfaKGb_Q
Design beautiful emails using Canva (and send using your usual email service)
YouTube video by Jeevani Charika's Canva Tips For Authors
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December 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
How to use Canva (free) to make really pretty email designs.
youtu.be/EYfHfaKGb_Q
youtu.be/EYfHfaKGb_Q
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To all the fabulous readers and bloggers if you’re doing lists of 2026 releases I’d be over the moon if you included my quirky little rom com.
Thanks in advance!
#2026books #upcomingbooks #anticipatedbooks #mustreadbooks #mustreads #BookSky
Thanks in advance!
#2026books #upcomingbooks #anticipatedbooks #mustreadbooks #mustreads #BookSky
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
To all the fabulous readers and bloggers if you’re doing lists of 2026 releases I’d be over the moon if you included my quirky little rom com.
Thanks in advance!
#2026books #upcomingbooks #anticipatedbooks #mustreadbooks #mustreads #BookSky
Thanks in advance!
#2026books #upcomingbooks #anticipatedbooks #mustreadbooks #mustreads #BookSky
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This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands
Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands
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*Triumphant fanfare*
Christmas book is UP on kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G7G2R1HX
Christmas book is UP on kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G7G2R1HX
Tied Up with Tinsel
Tied Up with Tinsel eBook : Jones, Jan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
*Triumphant fanfare*
Christmas book is UP on kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G7G2R1HX
Christmas book is UP on kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G7G2R1HX
Here's my review of Night Rider by Sloane Fletcher. A thought provoking book with interesting character who have real depth.
Book review: Night Rider by Sloane Fletcher
When I first got an ARC of this book, I wasn't sure what to expect. I don't read much in the way of cowboy romance and it was billed as 'spicy cowboy romance'. I dived in anyway and I'm really glad I did. Nina is hiding away at a luxury ranch while she's recovering from the trauma of sexual assault. It's entirely possible that her attacker would ruin her career (on top of attacking her!).
rhodabaxter.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Here's my review of Night Rider by Sloane Fletcher. A thought provoking book with interesting character who have real depth.
All my friends on the chat group at watching Strictly. I am not.
It's incomprehensible, but sounds like lots of fun.
It's incomprehensible, but sounds like lots of fun.
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
All my friends on the chat group at watching Strictly. I am not.
It's incomprehensible, but sounds like lots of fun.
It's incomprehensible, but sounds like lots of fun.
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Smashwords is having an end-of-year sale, and I'm in on it! Grab any of my books at 75% off! I've got short story collections and novels up for grabs.
#booksky #shortstory #fiction #wlw #writesky
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#booksky #shortstory #fiction #wlw #writesky
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December 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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If you haven't read Magic, Maps, and Mischief yet, then now is the perfect time to pick up a copy!
Read for found family, fully fleshed out characters who rarely get their moment to shine and a story filled with kindness and hope.
Shares welcome!
Https://mybook.to/magicmapsandmischief
Read for found family, fully fleshed out characters who rarely get their moment to shine and a story filled with kindness and hope.
Shares welcome!
Https://mybook.to/magicmapsandmischief
December 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If you haven't read Magic, Maps, and Mischief yet, then now is the perfect time to pick up a copy!
Read for found family, fully fleshed out characters who rarely get their moment to shine and a story filled with kindness and hope.
Shares welcome!
Https://mybook.to/magicmapsandmischief
Read for found family, fully fleshed out characters who rarely get their moment to shine and a story filled with kindness and hope.
Shares welcome!
Https://mybook.to/magicmapsandmischief
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It’s weird how there’s always moves to make fiction more “interactive” with different endings etc. It’s like these people have never seen the same film twice a few years apart and had a completely different reaction. All fiction is interactive. That there’s an audience is the interactive part.
December 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It’s weird how there’s always moves to make fiction more “interactive” with different endings etc. It’s like these people have never seen the same film twice a few years apart and had a completely different reaction. All fiction is interactive. That there’s an audience is the interactive part.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 186:
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 186:
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
How to use #Canva to capture email addresses #tutorial.
youtu.be/3d-k2590AZ4
Note: This is just how to collect the email addresses. GDPR compliance is up to you.
youtu.be/3d-k2590AZ4
Note: This is just how to collect the email addresses. GDPR compliance is up to you.
Build a form to capture email addresses to grow your mailing list using Canva free
YouTube video by Jeevani Charika's Canva Tips For Authors
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
How to use #Canva to capture email addresses #tutorial.
youtu.be/3d-k2590AZ4
Note: This is just how to collect the email addresses. GDPR compliance is up to you.
youtu.be/3d-k2590AZ4
Note: This is just how to collect the email addresses. GDPR compliance is up to you.
Sophie Kinsella's books were a huge influence on my writing. I'm so sad to hear she's died.
I shall read Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret (my favourites) and think of her.
#RIPSophieKinsella
I shall read Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret (my favourites) and think of her.
#RIPSophieKinsella
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Sophie Kinsella's books were a huge influence on my writing. I'm so sad to hear she's died.
I shall read Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret (my favourites) and think of her.
#RIPSophieKinsella
I shall read Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret (my favourites) and think of her.
#RIPSophieKinsella
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I have another #buyastrangerabook offer.
After the very sad news about Sophie Kinsella earlier,
@clairedares.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of one of her books.
I've put a selection together, but if there's one you'd like, get in touch.
UK only
After the very sad news about Sophie Kinsella earlier,
@clairedares.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of one of her books.
I've put a selection together, but if there's one you'd like, get in touch.
UK only
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I have another #buyastrangerabook offer.
After the very sad news about Sophie Kinsella earlier,
@clairedares.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of one of her books.
I've put a selection together, but if there's one you'd like, get in touch.
UK only
After the very sad news about Sophie Kinsella earlier,
@clairedares.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of one of her books.
I've put a selection together, but if there's one you'd like, get in touch.
UK only
This seems like a very valid point.
They need to stop saying "AI," full stop.
It's a bait-and-switch at this point.
They point at some of the incredible work done by "AI" in medical imaging and detection, or protein-folding.
Then they say "AI is the future" to push their shitty LLMs.
We need precision in nomenclature.
It's a bait-and-switch at this point.
They point at some of the incredible work done by "AI" in medical imaging and detection, or protein-folding.
Then they say "AI is the future" to push their shitty LLMs.
We need precision in nomenclature.
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This seems like a very valid point.
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Such a loss. Maddy/Sophie was a champion of her genre, generous to fellow writers and all around a good egg.
apple.news/A8YcuwrK1QjG...
apple.news/A8YcuwrK1QjG...
Author Sophie Kinsella dies aged 55 — BBC News
The author of the Shopaholic series of novels had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
apple.news
December 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Such a loss. Maddy/Sophie was a champion of her genre, generous to fellow writers and all around a good egg.
apple.news/A8YcuwrK1QjG...
apple.news/A8YcuwrK1QjG...
Here's my review of Magic, Maps and Mischief by David Green.
Splendid cosy fantasy. Maps, owls, tea etc.
Splendid cosy fantasy. Maps, owls, tea etc.
Book review: Magic, Maps and Mischeif by David Green
Greton is preoccupied with the question 'what is your heart's desire'. And, incidentally, he needs to flee the city (with no money or clothes or, well, anything). I really enjoyed the peek into Greton's thought processes and the way his obsessive attention to maps often led him to behave in a way that might look odd to other people. I liked the way he had to consider the social norm before he responded to people (which didn't always work).
rhodabaxter.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Here's my review of Magic, Maps and Mischief by David Green.
Splendid cosy fantasy. Maps, owls, tea etc.
Splendid cosy fantasy. Maps, owls, tea etc.
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Every streaming platform and studio WANTS a KPop Demon Hunters. Would KILL for a KPop Demon Hunters.
But 99% of them would have never funded the proposal in a million years.
That's the big issue now, IMO.
But 99% of them would have never funded the proposal in a million years.
That's the big issue now, IMO.
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Every streaming platform and studio WANTS a KPop Demon Hunters. Would KILL for a KPop Demon Hunters.
But 99% of them would have never funded the proposal in a million years.
That's the big issue now, IMO.
But 99% of them would have never funded the proposal in a million years.
That's the big issue now, IMO.
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Join me TONIGHT with Gavin G Smith on the Creative Differences Livestream on TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER, 8PM GMT. Gavin's latest novel is ALIEN CULT, set in the Aliens universe and we'll discuss that and his incredible career!
Join us on FB: fb.me/e/9aywRGDAi
Or on YT: www.youtube.com/live/kCuVPEZ...
Join us on FB: fb.me/e/9aywRGDAi
Or on YT: www.youtube.com/live/kCuVPEZ...
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Join me TONIGHT with Gavin G Smith on the Creative Differences Livestream on TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER, 8PM GMT. Gavin's latest novel is ALIEN CULT, set in the Aliens universe and we'll discuss that and his incredible career!
Join us on FB: fb.me/e/9aywRGDAi
Or on YT: www.youtube.com/live/kCuVPEZ...
Join us on FB: fb.me/e/9aywRGDAi
Or on YT: www.youtube.com/live/kCuVPEZ...
Today I shall start the wrangling and hoop jumping required to active a jacqui Lawson advent calendar when my ipad won't talk to my email properly. (Yes, I know it should be easy. IN THEORY)
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today I shall start the wrangling and hoop jumping required to active a jacqui Lawson advent calendar when my ipad won't talk to my email properly. (Yes, I know it should be easy. IN THEORY)