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:
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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
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The following is a picture essay that reflects on a personal experience that informs my own understanding of what it means to lose your freedom of speech.
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Losing Your Freedom of Speech
So what does it mean to lose your freedom of speech? Let me tell you a story of what it means to me. I know that having your freedom of speech curtailed is not having people – no matter how m…
folukeafrica.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The following is a picture essay that reflects on a personal experience that informs my own understanding of what it means to lose your freedom of speech.
folukeafrica.com/losing-your-...
folukeafrica.com/losing-your-...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Just finished a proof of @rashmiwriting.bsky.social's new book and it is a marvel! Witty, cleverly-observed, with a charming main character who is also a massive doofus. I love a massive doofus! (Don't tell Hari I think he's a doofus)
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Just finished a proof of @rashmiwriting.bsky.social's new book and it is a marvel! Witty, cleverly-observed, with a charming main character who is also a massive doofus. I love a massive doofus! (Don't tell Hari I think he's a doofus)
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After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!
This!
It's the time of year when people are putting out lists of best books of the year. So why not tell an author you've loved their book this year? Because not being on those lists makes many authors sad. You can make them happy!
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This!
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Suppose we'd better all donate more period products to the foodbank now that a charity that donated them to those who couldn't afford it has closed - an event *checks notes* celebrated by the lobby groups that every aspect of the UK press wants you to know is better at feminism than the rest of us
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Suppose we'd better all donate more period products to the foodbank now that a charity that donated them to those who couldn't afford it has closed - an event *checks notes* celebrated by the lobby groups that every aspect of the UK press wants you to know is better at feminism than the rest of us
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Some 44,000 people displaced by flooding across the country as relief operations intensify amid widespread destruction.
Sri Lanka seeks foreign help as Cyclone Ditwah death toll reaches 123
Some 44,000 people displaced by flooding across the country as relief operations intensify amid widespread destruction.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Some 44,000 people displaced by flooding across the country as relief operations intensify amid widespread destruction.
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Penultimate day of the #blogtour for RIPPLES THROUGH TIME visiting Bookmadjo, Chez Maximka (featuring a unique extract) and Sharon Beyond the Books - thank you all!
RIPPLES THROUGH TIME – a #dualtime #romance featuring #Vikings, #buriedtreasure and #ghosts from the past!
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RIPPLES THROUGH TIME – a #dualtime #romance featuring #Vikings, #buriedtreasure and #ghosts from the past!
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November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Penultimate day of the #blogtour for RIPPLES THROUGH TIME visiting Bookmadjo, Chez Maximka (featuring a unique extract) and Sharon Beyond the Books - thank you all!
RIPPLES THROUGH TIME – a #dualtime #romance featuring #Vikings, #buriedtreasure and #ghosts from the past!
geni.us/ripplestime
RIPPLES THROUGH TIME – a #dualtime #romance featuring #Vikings, #buriedtreasure and #ghosts from the past!
geni.us/ripplestime
A few months ago, someone asked me if you can do colour gradients in text in Canva. At the time, you couldn't. Now you can! Really useful if you want to do metallic text.
youtu.be/UhoI0uwCfLI
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Text gradient colours in Canva!
YouTube video by Jeevani Charika's Canva Tips For Authors
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November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A few months ago, someone asked me if you can do colour gradients in text in Canva. At the time, you couldn't. Now you can! Really useful if you want to do metallic text.
youtu.be/UhoI0uwCfLI
youtu.be/UhoI0uwCfLI
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This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
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#Festive #ThreeTwoOneshtag/ThreeTwoOne" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Kirsty Ferry #author of Christmas on the Isle of Skye | @kirsty_ferry @ChocLitUK @JoffeBooks
I'm delighted to be joined by one of my favourite authors today, Kirsty Ferry with a bonus Festive #ThreeTwoOne for this week. Now, Kirsty doesn't have a new…
I'm delighted to be joined by one of my favourite authors today, Kirsty Ferry with a bonus Festive #ThreeTwoOne for this week. Now, Kirsty doesn't have a new…
#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Kirsty Ferry #author of Christmas on the Isle of Skye | @kirsty_ferry @ChocLitUK @JoffeBooks
I'm delighted to be joined by one of my favourite authors today, Kirsty Ferry with a bonus Festive #ThreeTwoOne for this week. Now, Kirsty doesn't have a new Christmas book out this year but there are two Christmas themed Kindle box sets available, each containing four of her books, for just 99p - amazing value! I've asked her to tell us about one of the books in the set and she's chosen…
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November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#Festive #ThreeTwoOneshtag/ThreeTwoOne" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Kirsty Ferry #author of Christmas on the Isle of Skye | @kirsty_ferry @ChocLitUK @JoffeBooks
I'm delighted to be joined by one of my favourite authors today, Kirsty Ferry with a bonus Festive #ThreeTwoOne for this week. Now, Kirsty doesn't have a new…
I'm delighted to be joined by one of my favourite authors today, Kirsty Ferry with a bonus Festive #ThreeTwoOne for this week. Now, Kirsty doesn't have a new…
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This isn't really about me, but I'm a Sunday Times bestselling author who had a big advance on my first book and a reasonably successful debut and my financial situation looks like this:
a cartoon dog is carrying a box on a train track
Alt: A gif of the scene from Wallace and Gromit: The Wring Trousers where Gromit is riding a toy train and frantically placing track down in front of the train so that it doesn't derail
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November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This isn't really about me, but I'm a Sunday Times bestselling author who had a big advance on my first book and a reasonably successful debut and my financial situation looks like this:
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TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
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Consider buying a reader that's not a Kindle. Kobo readers are a good quality, connect to Overdrive, and can easily have epubs loaded on them from anywhere. But any Android reader can install the e-reader apps of every platform.
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Consider buying a reader that's not a Kindle. Kobo readers are a good quality, connect to Overdrive, and can easily have epubs loaded on them from anywhere. But any Android reader can install the e-reader apps of every platform.
-small town romance
-second chance (love after loss)
-enemies (ish) to lovers
-looking after a teenager when there's no phone signal!
-family loyalty is complicated
Belonging - a ##romance ##novella ##britishromance
www.books2read.com/u/bzPAZq
-second chance (love after loss)
-enemies (ish) to lovers
-looking after a teenager when there's no phone signal!
-family loyalty is complicated
Belonging - a ##romance ##novella ##britishromance
www.books2read.com/u/bzPAZq
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
-small town romance
-second chance (love after loss)
-enemies (ish) to lovers
-looking after a teenager when there's no phone signal!
-family loyalty is complicated
Belonging - a ##romance ##novella ##britishromance
www.books2read.com/u/bzPAZq
-second chance (love after loss)
-enemies (ish) to lovers
-looking after a teenager when there's no phone signal!
-family loyalty is complicated
Belonging - a ##romance ##novella ##britishromance
www.books2read.com/u/bzPAZq
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This is a BRILLIANT offering for non fic writers! #Creatives4Sudan
Check out the #Creatives4Sudan auction to raise £££ for Sudan Solidarity Collective through skills-sharing & gorgeous arts!
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
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I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is a BRILLIANT offering for non fic writers! #Creatives4Sudan
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Fellow train nerds! Book collectors! Fans of @monisharajesh.bsky.social! Any of the above! Bid on this signed edition of the brilliant Moonlight Express in the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Over £6k raised now, but let's shoot for £10k!
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(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
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(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Fellow train nerds! Book collectors! Fans of @monisharajesh.bsky.social! Any of the above! Bid on this signed edition of the brilliant Moonlight Express in the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Over £6k raised now, but let's shoot for £10k!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
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(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
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I used to be a lead bookseller at one of the biggest bookshops in the UK. We had a reputation for being able to "break" books, i.e. build hype for books we got behind and make them start selling.
That often involved handselling just 9 or 10 copies over a couple of days.
That often involved handselling just 9 or 10 copies over a couple of days.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I used to be a lead bookseller at one of the biggest bookshops in the UK. We had a reputation for being able to "break" books, i.e. build hype for books we got behind and make them start selling.
That often involved handselling just 9 or 10 copies over a couple of days.
That often involved handselling just 9 or 10 copies over a couple of days.
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Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
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Reposting since there are a bunch of new people around - All books mentioned are out and Acting Up (my first published book and #1 in the Center Stage series for recovering theater kids) is currently free on all platforms if you want a sampler.
Alternatively, try my novella The Wedding Bait!
Alternatively, try my novella The Wedding Bait!
Okay, it's time for a proper intro thread, not just the one I whacked up there during the workday.
I'm Adele, I'm a law librarian by day and romance author by night. I talk occasionally about a bunch of stuff but a lot about books.
I'm about to talk about my books!
I'm Adele, I'm a law librarian by day and romance author by night. I talk occasionally about a bunch of stuff but a lot about books.
I'm about to talk about my books!
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reposting since there are a bunch of new people around - All books mentioned are out and Acting Up (my first published book and #1 in the Center Stage series for recovering theater kids) is currently free on all platforms if you want a sampler.
Alternatively, try my novella The Wedding Bait!
Alternatively, try my novella The Wedding Bait!
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This is incredible home disaster tourism and I recommend it.
Right now on reddit there's a guy inventing a new kind of brick to build his home with and it's going about as well as you can imagine
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is incredible home disaster tourism and I recommend it.
A sugarcraft expert and a low-carb/keto baker must work together to cater a wedding. This could be a disaster, or love at first (food) fight.
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL by Jeevani Charika.
Shorlisted for the RNA romantic comedy award 2025!
https://books2read.com/manbuns
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL by Jeevani Charika.
Shorlisted for the RNA romantic comedy award 2025!
https://books2read.com/manbuns
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A sugarcraft expert and a low-carb/keto baker must work together to cater a wedding. This could be a disaster, or love at first (food) fight.
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL by Jeevani Charika.
Shorlisted for the RNA romantic comedy award 2025!
https://books2read.com/manbuns
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL by Jeevani Charika.
Shorlisted for the RNA romantic comedy award 2025!
https://books2read.com/manbuns
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We are delighted to welcome bestselling novelist Kit de Waal (@kitdewaal.com ), literary translator Vineet Lal, pioneering writer Maggie Gee and literary biographer and head of Persephone Books Nicola Beauman, to the SoA’s honorary body of 56 existing Fellows.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We are delighted to welcome bestselling novelist Kit de Waal (@kitdewaal.com ), literary translator Vineet Lal, pioneering writer Maggie Gee and literary biographer and head of Persephone Books Nicola Beauman, to the SoA’s honorary body of 56 existing Fellows.
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‘Amazing!!!! This book was literally the best thing I’ve ever read.’
NetGalley reviewer.
Can't ask for a better review than that!
https://books2read.com/PPerfect
NetGalley reviewer.
Can't ask for a better review than that!
https://books2read.com/PPerfect
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
‘Amazing!!!! This book was literally the best thing I’ve ever read.’
NetGalley reviewer.
Can't ask for a better review than that!
https://books2read.com/PPerfect
NetGalley reviewer.
Can't ask for a better review than that!
https://books2read.com/PPerfect