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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🍋🍋🍋 Omri: repressed fanboy hermit, loves rules & junk food. College RA. Quigley: overachieving lil gremlin. Rules are just guidelines, big of heart, dumb of ass. Doing crime at said college. Rivals to lovers, love letter to fandom, found family, diverse cast #DVPit #CR #RC #A #NA #LGBTQ #OWN #JV

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS A #NA romance that's brave enough to ask: What if Quark and Odo from Star Trek: DS9 were college students (a campus conman & an RA), Odo wrote spicy fanfic he's hiding from his evil uncle, and Quark is an academic overachiever with daddy issues? #DVpit #CR #LGBTQIA #A

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🍋When Life Gives You Lemons🍋 ⚔️ Rivals to lovers 🛏️ Only one bed 🖖 Love letter to fanfic ❤️ Whoops we caught feelings (+ "who did this to you?"), YEARNING 📚 Pride and Prejudice meets DS9 college AU 🏳️‍🌈 Ace rep, Jewish rep, nonbinary rep, +size rep 🍋🍋🍋 #DVPit #CR #RC #A #NA #LGBTQ #OWN #JV

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, a summary:🍋 Heated Rivalry but no hockey, just yearning and spice Dark academia but just the academia Star Trek fanfic but in college not space Bridgerton S.2 meets Pride and Prejudice college AU, height difference, opposites attract, found family #DVpit #CR #LGBTQIA

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omri: asexual RA whose hobbies include writing secret smut, enforcing rules, and dodging his manipulative uncle. Quigley: flirty campus conman trying to do schemes under Omri’s watchful eye while helping his family and schmoozing for a scholarship. Opposites attract #NA romcom, #DVPIT #LGBTQIA

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're tabling at the 13th Market Book Fair in downtown Eugene OR selling our gay books! 🌈🌈🌈 #indiebooks #author #queerbooks #bookfair @mayadrocha.bsky.social

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're vending at the 13th Market Book Fair in Eugene, OR this Friday! If you're near campus, we'll be selling our gay romcom books LESSONS IN TIMING and its sequel LESSONS IN BALANCE 🌈 We'll also be sharing a table with fellow author LL Mason so you'll have ✨️plenty✨️ of queer lit to choose from! 🥰

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

First official author event at Tsunami Books! We had so much fun reading from our gay romcom LESSONS IN TIMING, talking cowriting and the importance of queer representation in fiction, and answering questions from a receptive audience 🥰 Happy Pride, read queer all year! 🌈

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Ready for our first author event at Tsunami Books in Eugene OR! Happy Pride! 🌈 @mayadrocha.bsky.social @thepaintedlion.bsky.social

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MayaDRocha @mayadrocha.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Yesterday, my co-author @thepaintedlion.bsky.social received cash from a book seller in exchange for books. We've sold over 1000 copies, but this physical interaction -- we give you the book we wrote, you give us dollar bills-- was a first. Felt different.

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L.C. Chase @lc-chase.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

✨️LAST DAY!!✨️ Get LESSONS IN TIMING for just $2.99 (down from $6.99) and our sequel novella LESSONS IN BALANCE for just $0.99! 🌈 riptidepublishing.com/collections/... #BookSale #pridemonth #mmromancebooks #indieauthor @riptidepublishing.bsky.social

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Riptide Publishing @riptidepublishing.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is your last chance to read LESSONS IN BALANCE by @sylviabarry.bsky.social for just $0.99! Only 24 hours left -Check back every week for new deals, all Pride Month Long. Link: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Riptide Publishing @riptidepublishing.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride month! New books are going on sale every week in June! The Lessons series is now as low as $0.99! Check back each Monday for new deals. Link: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

Riptide Publishing Pride Sale, featuring books by Sylvia Barry.

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Riptide Publishing @riptidepublishing.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Last Chance! Our Pride sale has new deals every week. Read LESSONS IN TIMING by Sylvia Barry - only $2.99, down from $6.99! Ends Monday. Link: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

✨️FIRST OFFICIAL AUTHOR EVENT INCOMING!!!✨️ We'll be at Tsunami Books in Eugene, OR 6/27 for a #PrideMonth author event! We'll read from our romcom "Lessons in Timing," discuss cowriting, and all things queer lit! 🌈 It's free, so if you're nearby, swing on by! www.tsunamibooks.org/events-calen...

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Queer Ye, Queer Ye: an Early Evening of Pride with Romance Author Sylvia Barry — Tsunami Books

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

LESSONS IN TIMING IS ✨️TWO✨️ TODAY! 🥳🥳🥳 Happy 2nd book birthday to our debut romcom, and a happy 4 months to its spicy sequel LESSONS IN BALANCE 🎂🎊🎉🍾 We're so glad these books and characters are out in the world for everyone to enjoy! LIT: a.co/d/0hn8phSc LIB: riptidepublishing.com/products/les...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy #earthday🌎 Our gay, Odd Couple romcom LESSONS IN TIMING is maturing nicely, turning 2 years old today 🥳And while just a sprout at 4 months old, our spicy sequel LESSONS IN BALANCE is growing up nice and healthy 😍 LIT: a.co/d/0hn8phSc LIB: riptidepublishing.com/products/les...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Run, don't walk, to get LESSONS IN TIMING, our odd couple gay romcom, for just $0.99 until the end of the day! Perfect for Valentine’s Day 😍 Amazon: a.co/d/01bQqiWw

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

🚨Last day to get LESSONS IN TIMING on sale for just $0.99!!🚨 Enjoy our bookshelf tour and treat yourself a summery gay romcom! 🌈 Amazon: a.co/d/01bQqiWw

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

ONE DAY MOOORE to get LESSONS IN TIMING for the practically free price of $0.99 anywhere ebooks are sold!!! 🌈🌈😅🥳🥳🥳👀👀👀 Amazon: a.co/d/01bQqiWw #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #BookSale #indieauthor

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Sylvia Barry, back at it again with the gay romance for just A SINGLE DOLLAR! February 6 is the deadline to get LESSONS IN TIMING for practically nothing ($.99 for an ebook is a STEAL)! 🎉 Amazon: a.co/d/01bQqiWw #author #mmromancebooks #BookSale #discount #lgbtbooks

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Only 2 days left to get LESSONS IN TIMING for $0.99!!! For the low low price of practically free, you'll be getting: Star-crossed roommates who catch feelings without ever meeting Odd Couple romance Flirting via text Failed meet cute shenanigans Equal parts rom & com Amazon: a.co/d/01bQqiWw

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

2025 was a wild ride, not just for Sylvia Barry, but for her 2 authors individually 😅 But we're still here, we're still queer, and we're still delivering hot and wholesome romances! 🌈 Let's go, 2026! LESSONS IN TIMING is on sale this week for only $0.99 everywhere ebooks are sold! a.co/d/01bQqiWw

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Only $0.99 for any book is already a steal, but it feels downright unlawful to get LESSONS IN TIMING (our odd couple, grumpyxsunshine, star-crossed roommates #mmromance) practically for free! For a limited time only from ✨️Feb 3 to Feb 6✨️ anywhere ebooks are sold! Amazon: a.co/d/01bQqiWw

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

What's better than a quirky gay romance in time for Valentine’s Day? How bout a quirky gay romance in time for Valentine’s Day 🎉FOR ONLY A DOLLAR?🎉 Get our odd couple/star-crossed roommate romance for practically free THIS WEEK ONLY! Amazon: a.co/d/01bQqiWw

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Easygoing Californian Lucas Barclay and British artist Armand Demetrio have almost nothing in common including their opposite schedules, which prevent the two from ever meeting in their shared apartme...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

How do you approach writing 🌶️spicy🌶scenes? Do you need to stay deeply in your characters' heads or get out of them? There's plenty of spice and romance in LESSONS IN BALANCE, our new release from Riptide Publishing 🥳🌈 "There's a delicate balance between falling in love and falling apart."

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Happy holidays and happy celebration of the release of LESSONS IN BALANCE, our second queer romcom from Riptide Publishing 🥳✨️ Snuggle up with a wintery romance continuing the story of Armand and Lucas settling into a new relationship in London! 🥰 riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Another Sylvia Barry gay romcom is here! 🥳🥳🥳LESSONS IN BALANCE is available now, and be sure to get caught up with the previous book LESSONS IN TIMING while you're at it! 'Zon: a.co/d/diiq4xl

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

We try not to read comments on our books, but there are such lovely reviews for our debut queer romcom LESSONS IN TIMING that we couldn't help but share! 🤩 The sequel novella LESSONS IN BALANCE will release tomorrow! 👀🥳 riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

(Mariah Carey voice) ✨️It's TIIIIMMMEEE!✨️ LESSONS IN BALANCE is now officially out in the world! This sexy lil gay novella is the second project Sylvia Barry ever wrote together and now it's the second published 🥰 riptidepublishing.com/collections/... #mmromance #bookrelease #romcom

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Two more sleeps until LESSONS IN BALANCE drops! 🥰 Armand and Lucas explore their brand new relationship in London, where secrets lurk around every corner of Armand's past and Lucas’s present, threatening the delicate balance of their budding romance... 👀 riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Riptide Publishing @riptidepublishing.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Armand will come to him when he’s ready—or so Lucas hopes—and he has bigger fish (and chips) to fry ... Book 2 in the Lessons series by @sylviabarry.bsky.social is almost here! Pre-order Now: riptidepublishing.com/products/les... Read Book 1: riptidepublishing.com/products/les...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Tell us about the villains you like to write! Are they theatrical and larger than life or subtly terrifying? 😈 We had a lot of fun writing the villain of LESSONS IN BALANCE, coming out 12/22! 👀🥰 riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🌶🔥Spicy snippet alert!🔥🌶 Armand welcomes Lucas to his London flat 👀 LESSONS IN BALANCE releases 12/22: riptidepublishing.com/collections/... #mmromance #spicybooks

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, Grumpy x Sunshine... so many great ship dynamics for romance but which is your favorite to write? We have a personal bias ourselves... 👀🥰 Preorder oursoftie grump x bitchy sunshine sequel: LESSONS IN BALANCE, out 12/22! riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Do you read reviews of your books? 👀 We've definitely done it, just remember as an author that readers need their own space to express their opinions✌️😎✌️ Should you wish to read and/or review our second queer romcom, LESSONS IN BALANCE is up for preorder: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Do you use AI to write? We here at Sylvia Barry are STRONGLY ANTI-AI--both our covers are made by humans, and every word we write is from our own brains, that's the SB promise🤚💯 Support artists who will never use AI: pre-order LESSONS IN BALANCE, out 12/22! riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

How do you get to know your characters before writing them? Do you assemble and curate music playlists? Find face casts? Write fanfic of your own story? 👀 We have characters playlists for LESSONS IN BALANCE on our website!🥰 Be sure to preorder the ebook! riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What's Sylvia Barry's secret to cowriting romance books? We wrote a blog article about how we met and how we started writing together! Check it out: medium.com/@draftingthr... And be sure to preorder our second queer romance, LESSONS IN BALANCE, out 12/22/25! riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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A Fictional Witch’s Guide to Co-Writing

First, find someone you like who’s nothing like you. Second, be silly AF.

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

What's cozier for the holidays than another gay romance from Yours Truly? 🥰 LESSONS IN BALANCE is the immediate sequel to LESSONS IN TIMING, but can be read separately, and is chock full of more tropes and secrets and spicy goodies 🔥 Preorder: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Could you take your characters in a fight, or are you getting your ass kicked? Our Lessons characters are lovers, not fighters, but they ARE very tall 😅 LESSONS IN BALANCE is now available for preorder! Get your London gays in time for the holidays! 🥰🔥 riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A spicy lil snippet from our upcoming gay romance LESSONS IN BALANCE 🌶🥵 Consider cozying up for the holidays with a queer adult romance full of spice, secrets, and fighting your personal demons in pursuit of happily ever after ❤️‍🔥 Preorder: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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