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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters
@charismawilliams.bsky.social
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✍🏾 I write about 🇳🇬 women falling in love
👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏿 Romance book recs for those hopelessly in love
📝 check out my substack for odd short stories
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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
A nine-image romantic moodboard: A man lifts a smiling woman in a white dress on a beach. A film clapperboard being snapped on set. A man in a blazer covers his face with one hand, wearing rings. A cozy writing desk with a lit candle and a computer screen showing text. A silhouetted couple kissing at sunset by the ocean. A laptop on a bed showing a word document draft. A woman in the sea, facing a colorful sunset horizon. A hand writing in a notebook with a pen, close-up. A couple kissing while waves crash around them at sunset.
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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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
A collage-style mood board titled “UNTITLED” with the name “Charisma Williams” at the bottom. The images include: a couple holding hands at sunset on the beach; an open notebook and pen beside a candle and coffee cup; a laptop on a desk; a woman swimming in the ocean at sunset; a minimalist wooden bench with a pink salt lamp; a man adjusting his watch; an aerial view of tropical islands and turquoise water; a woman standing by a window with warm light; a silhouetted couple embracing at sunset; and another couple hugging in front of a mirror.
October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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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
A nine-image romantic moodboard: 1. A man lifts a smiling woman in a white dress on a beach. 2. A film clapperboard being snapped on set. 3. A man in a blazer covers his face with one hand, wearing rings. 4. A cozy writing desk with a lit candle and a computer screen showing text. 5. A silhouetted couple kissing at sunset by the ocean. 6. A laptop on a bed showing a word document draft. 7. A woman in the sea, facing a colorful sunset horizon. 8. A hand writing in a notebook with a pen, close-up. 9. A couple kissing while waves crash around them at sunset.
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#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
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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
A blue background with ocean waves and water bubbles. The text reads: EST. 2025 AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO THE EX-POSITION BY CHARISMA WILLIAMS WITH BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST A blue background with ocean waves and water bubbles. THE PITCH 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. A blue background with ocean waves and water bubbles. THE TEXT READS: READER COMMENTS WITH SCREENSHOTS OF READER FEEDBACK A blue background with ocean waves and water bubbles. THE COMPS FOR THE BOOK AND TEXT FROM THE BOOK
October 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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#DVparty Day 3

Opening lines of your novel and we’re a go!
A photo card with 3 images at the top. On the left side, a couple facing the ocean. The picture only shows their back. In the middle picture, a front view of an island. In the third picture a couple standing on the beach. The woman has her legs wrapped around her boyfriend’s waist. They’re kissing. The first paragraphs of the book are on the photo card and underneath it is a red corded phone.
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#DVparty

Hi everyone. Welcome to day 1 of the DVParty.
Sharing my mood board:
A moody, romantic collage of nine photos: 1. a woman sitting outdoors in a chic black top and cardigan, 2. a film director’s clapperboard, 3. a young man in a suit holding a notebook, 4. an old typewriter with paper, 5. a close-up of a couple about to kiss, 6. a candlelit desk with a computer screen, 7. an intimate shot of a man and woman in bed with artistic doodles, 8. an open handwritten journal with a dried flower, and 9. a beach scene with two people sitting close together, one resting their hand on the other.
October 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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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...
Two sand hills on a background. The text is a snippet from an unpublished book. The resounding thump of our toy baby hitting the grass sounded light years away once his mouth landed on mine. Warm and solid I went still for a second, before my brain and body caught up to the reality of his body on mine His palm was reassuring on my jaw, then my neck, before they glided over my arms, placing them around his neck and settled on my hips. On the picture there are little heart icons scattered around it.
June 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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If SECOND CHANCES, my second chance romance, ready to hit agents' inboxes very soon, was a Netflix Series:

🏖️author couples
🏖️reality show antics
🏖️second chance romance
🏖️he fell first...he's never stopped falling
🏖️an all black cast

#questpit #Q #amquerying
May 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE x LOVE ISLAND

To clear her writing rut & provide for her daughter, a romance author jumps on television. But when she ends up falling on her ex, she might end up confronting a lot more than their past and hidden secrets.

#questpit #A #R #OWN #amquerying
3x3 collage of nine photos on a photo of the beach at sunset. Top row, Left to Right: a black man in white shirt, closely cropped hair staring to the right, a closeup of a black man and black woman with their cheeks pressed together smiling, a closeup of the thing producers snap when they yell action Middle row, Left to Right: a black couple sitting in bed while the woman's legs are in focus as she propped them against the shoulder of the black man, a laptop opened to Google docs on a bed, a black couple sitting on the floor with the woman sitting on his thighs while he presses his back against the oven. Bottom row, Left to Right: A filming shot of a camera and a diffuser, a black couple holding each others hands and smiling as their background is lit by the sun hidden behind clouds, a black woman staring into the camera with her natural hair out as she sits in the forest in a white cardigan, brown pants and black camisole.
May 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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BEACH READ x LOVE ISLAND

desperate for the 💵, Jesutoni must work w/ the person she hates - her ex- before she embarrasses herself on TV/disappoints the person she loves the most...their child.

-romance author x horror author
-reality show setting
-fuck u...fuck me
#questpit #Q #OWN
3 x 3 collage of nine photos (cozy) Top row, left to right: a reality show setting, where a camera is focused on a woman smiling, Miles actor from How to get away with murder, a selfie view of a black couple holding hands but far from each other where the woman is smiling and their background is the beach and sunset. Middle row, Left to right: a warm picture of the sunset set against blacklit palm trees with the sky an array of purple, blues, reds and oranges, a cozy picture of an open laptop with Google Docs on a bed, a picture of the Fiji beach with blue waters, white sand, and the forest further away from the camera. Bottom row, Left to right: woman laying on the sand while the man is holding her by the leg and doesn't seem to be dragging her, a close up of a black woman with her natural hair fully out wearing a white cardigan and black camisole, a filming setting closeup of a video camera.
May 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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It is time to make the #questpit list for BlurSky.

So let me know who’d be joining.
May 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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LOVE ISLAND X 7 DAYS IN JUNE

Jesutoni’s goal: win INK & SPARK, revive her writing prowess and use the $ to give a better life to her daughter.

The issue? Her ex is her writing partner and he’s determined to rekindle their 🥵 on & off the pages

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #A #R
Movie poster for the one that got away.
April 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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💙THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
To get the biggest advances of their careers, 2 authors jump on a Love Island-esque competition hosted by their publisher.
They were only supposed to work together, but their past won’t stay ☠️ and to move forward, they’ll need to go back.
#PosterPitQ #A #PosterPit #R
This is a black and white romantic comedy movie poster. Three images are stacked above one another showing a couple in different moments. When they’re about to kiss, lounging in a pool and their faces are smooched together while laughing. Over the images is the words: From the writer of THe Husband Agenda. Under the images are: Naeem Adebayo, Jesutoni Fashola (the names of the characters) The title is written in big bold letters: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. Subtitle is: A story about falling in and out of love. Then there’s the pitch and querying soon.
April 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM