Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter

Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter

@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

Contemporary romance writer, KDrama fan, Canva nerd, cake and Lego enthusiast.

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Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

🚨 ROMANCE READERS! 🚨 Does you eReader need feeding? 950+ books. One day. Endless possibilities. 🍁 The Romance Book Blast is happening TODAY, October 27! www.romancebooklovers.com My book The Valentine's Express is in the Small Town Romance section. Don't miss it!

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Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

Oooh. One I haven't read yet. *Roadrunner-like tracks of flame as I head to my Kindle*

KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com

Looking for queer historical romance with sinister supernatural shenanigans? Of course you are. THE SECRET CASEBOOK OF SIMON FEXIMAL and SPECTRED ISLE are both 99p everywhere this week! (If sale isn't showing where you are give it time, includes Amazon and all the usual suspects, e only)

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@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

Book review: Brown Eyed Earl by Jenny Holiday I've read and enjoyed Jenny Holiday's contemporaries, so when I spotted this historical, I grabbed it. It did not disappoint.Simon wasn't meant to be an earl - as the third son, he was for the church. He is quiet and studious and serious. He reads a…

rhodabaxter.comBook review: Brown Eyed Earl by Jenny HolidayI've read and enjoyed Jenny Holiday's contemporaries, so when I spotted this historical, I grabbed it. It did not disappoint.Simon wasn't meant to be an earl - as the third son, he was for the church. He is quiet and studious and serious. He reads a lot, but now he's discovered fiction, thanks to Miss Diantha Brown, who is the companion/carer for his friend's mother.

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne
@rflong.bsky.social

It's free and it's wonderful.

Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

You don't get the little orange flag for the free chart, but ... I'll take it. The Valentine's Express is number 1 in an obscure category on Amazon and it's still FREE, if anyone wants a relatively low angst comfort read. books2read.com/Valentinesex...

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Louie Stowell
@louiestowell.bsky.social

Can you help Ciara relocate? #Mutualaidboost

Ciara says get me outta Kansas🥲@ciarasdiaryy.bsky.social

ko-fi.com/ciara93086 Im currently raising💰 for EMERGENCY🚨RELOCATION im currently being cyber stalked by my ex abuser and have been financially cut off from my black conservative family. I have a job opportunity in LA. I need help ending my lease early (550$) + extra emergency travel funds (500$)

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Christine
@halfwaycontent.bsky.social

Here. For. This.

Freaks, Mis-shapes, Weeds@pulpsongs-book.bsky.social

Just launched! Freaks, Mis-shapes, Weeds: A song-by-song exploration of every known Pulp recording, and life. 30 days left to make this happen! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

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Gabino Iglesias
@gabino.bsky.social

Don’t pay to get published. Ever. Fuck vanity presses. Fuck “agents” who ask for money. Fuck “pay to play” anthologies. Don’t. Fucking. Pay.

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne
@rflong.bsky.social

One month to go and everything comes to an end. Amberes will never be the same again. Preorder now at your favourite bookshop. On the 19th November the trilogy will be complete and we will be celebrating in Dublin with all the gods and monsters & some very special guests. Stay tuned & #StayFeral

Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

I saw a post about someone reading The Understory by Chloe Benjamin. I hit reply to gush about how much I loved that book and the whole thing disappeared. So ... If you're reading The Understory, it's AMAZING. It's probably the best thing I've read this year!

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Maureen Johnson
@maureenjohnsonbooks.com

The exciting part about the Anthropic vibe coded settlement backend is that no matter how many times you fix your information, the same broken bits will reappear. It will be total madness. The entire backend is broken because, AS THEY TOLD ME ON THE PHONE, they know it is because they vibe coded.

Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

This.

Andrew Fisher@fisherandrew79.bsky.social

Repeat after me: 1) PIP isn't an out of work benefit. It is a benefit paid to disabled people to pay for the extra costs of living with a disability. 2) Some PIP claimants work. Some PIP claimants will never able to work at all. 3) Impoverishing people doesn't get them closer to employment

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Audrey, CMS
@amayna60.bsky.social

The Winner Bakes It All by Jeevani Charika is for you if you like: 🥧 Baking ☀️ Sunshine x Grumpy ⚔️ Enemies to Lovers

Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

I've been trying to make social media things for my book. My brain has given up on me now. This is so much harder than writing the book in the first place. Please buy my book so that I can stop doing this and get back to writing.* *seriously. It's here: books2read.com/manbuns or bookshops.

books2read.comAvailable now at your favorite digital store!The Winner Bakes It All: The hilarious and heartwarming grumpy x sunshine, enemies to lovers baking romcom new for 2024! by Jeevani Charika
Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

A group of local authors are running a book auction to raise money for the East Yorkshire Foodbank. Authors - you can bid for a critique of your query package (a bargain price of £25 right now and it all goes to a good cause). auctionofpromises.com/lotread.aspx...

auctionofpromises.comLOT 10: For Writers: Win a critique of your submission package from Rowan ColemanAward winning, bestselling novelist Rowan Coleman is offering an agent submission appraisal -she will give you feed...(read more)
Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

This seems like a good thing. It's a specific instance, where they scraped data to make a direct competitor to the original. TBH, I can see parallels with scraping authors' work and making a thing that can write in their style...) www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...

courthousenews.comAI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third CircuitUsing someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.

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Douglas Kelso
@darkpoole.bsky.social

Replying to @jenreadsromance.bsky.social

"There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'." - Larry Niven

Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

Funny isn't it? The books that I love are never the ones that sell well. The books I finish and think, 'deadline's up, that'll do' sell better (not well,better). I don't know why this is. This episode is brought to you by my royalty statement. In the last 6 months, the book of my heart made me 84p.

Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

I read A Winter's Trail by Jane Lovering. Here is my review.

rhodabaxter.comBook Review: A Winter’s Trail by Jane LoveringI picked this book up from Netgalley because I'm a fan of Jane Lovering's books.This is a book about grief and about realising that your parents are whole people, not just your parents. Faith's dad dies and leaves her a last task to do - visit a number of remote churches and sign the visitors' books. He also sets up local guide and classical languages expert George to help her.

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Kat Abughazaleh
@katmabu.bsky.social

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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David Hewson
@davidhewson.com

Why free books from your library can be an author’s best friend Here's a question every writer gets from time to time: if I borrow your book from the library, aren't I depriving you of income? Maybe not. In fact you may well be helping us in what's rarely a well-paid profession. Libraries buy…

davidhewson.comWhy free books from your library can be an author’s best friendHere's a question every writer gets from time to time: if I borrow your book from the library, aren't I depriving you of income? Maybe not. In fact you may well be helping us in what's rarely a well-paid profession. Libraries buy their ebook licences in the first place. In over thirty countries, including the UK, Canada and Australia, though sadly not the US, authors are paid every time a book is borrowed, through a scheme called Public Lending Right.
Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
@jeevanicharika.bsky.social

There are flowers blooming in the garden like it's spring, at the same time the late fruits are falling off and leaves are starting to turn. It really does feel like we've passed that 'global warming will mess up the weather' tipping point we've been warned about for decades.

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Liana Brooks
@lianabrooks.bsky.social

Amazon did an excellent job of driving out the competition and destroying indie bookstores. It controls most the prices for books in the USA. And now it's looking to get rid of authors entirely. That's not the future we want for books.

Liana Brooks@lianabrooks.bsky.social

Amazon has introduced "Stories With Alexa" where their AI will help your kid write book... ... no word on whether the stories and art were created in-house by Amazon, or if they're based on outside resources. There's also no information on whether or not Amazon or your child retains copyright.

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RJ BaHarker
@rjbarker.bsky.social

Like CATS? Like SPACE? Like MECHS? Like SHOOTING STUFF. Like QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ETHICS OF CONSENT IN UPLIFTING ANIMALS AND ALSO THE HEALING OF TRAUMA THROUGH KINDNESS Then, my friend, put the 6TH OF OCTOBER in your diary. Audio and EBOOK release of BEASTS OF THE WILD BLACK. (Tell everyone.)

Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
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Book review: Grim Tidings by BK Borison Darcy is a grim reaper who is tired of death and taking lives. She wants to do something different - make a difference ... maybe save a life. When she is sent to collect a soul, she doesn't arrive at the moment of the death, but a bit before. So she gets to…

rhodabaxter.comBook review: Grim Tidings by BK BorisonDarcy is a grim reaper who is tired of death and taking lives. She wants to do something different - make a difference ... maybe save a life. When she is sent to collect a soul, she doesn't arrive at the moment of the death, but a bit before. So she gets to live as a mortal for a while until the soul needs to be collected.

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Miranda Dickinson
@wurdsmyth.bsky.social

Today is a day to go and find all the brilliant children's authors who *should* have had the shelf space and visibility all along. Because the #kidlit world is so much bigger, brighter and bonkersly brilliant than one dodgy 'celeb' who was given everything... ☺️

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com

Breaking News: HarperCollins has dropped the backlist of children's author David Walliams, The Bookseller understands. 👇

ebx.shDavid Walliams' backlist dropped by HarperCollins