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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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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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

If your characters came to life and showed up at your doorstep, how much would you have to answer for?👀 Would you guys hang out or would they immediately throw hands? 😬 Follow the Lessons boys on their romantic adventure in London! Preorder LESSONS IN BALANCE: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Do you prefer to draft scenes in order? 🗺 Or do you jump around and write future scenes based on vibes? 💅 Here at Sylvia Barry, we have two completely different ways of drafting (some of us are unfortunately doomed to follow the chronological narrative) 😜 riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Website makeover time! 💅 Preorder for our London-based sequel LESSONS IN BALANCE is live, the cover's looking gorgeous, and we have even more publishing news to share! 👀✨️ www.sylviabarrybooks.com

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

✨️Cover Reveal!!✨️ LESSONS IN BALANCE is the sequel following the events of LESSONS IN TIMING (our Odd Couple, opposites attract romcom): "There’s a delicate balance between falling in love and falling apart." Coming 12/22 from @riptidepublishing.bsky.social riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Happy Halloween from Sylvia Barry... or is it Daniel Molloy and Lestat de Lioncourt? 💅 Check out LESSONS IN TIMING: a.co/d/8uEk479 @mayadrocha.bsky.social @riptidepublishing.bsky.social @thepaintedlion.bsky.social

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

How long have your characters been rattling around your brain? Are they strangers or old friends? WE WANNA KNOW! 🥰 Our characters in LESSONS IN TIMING have been around for different lengths of time 🤪https://a.co/d/0sMrxPd @riptidepublishing.bsky.social @mayadrocha.bsky.social

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

If you were stuck on a deserted island and could only bring one book with you for company, what would you choose and why? (and let us know if this is the part where you immediately forget every book you've ever read 🤪) We recommend LESSONS IN TIMING: a.co/d/1uAj0IW

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

For those of you fellow coauthors out there, do you prefer writing as a team or writing alone? ✍️👀🔥Theres pros and cons to both--for example, pro: you get to work with your best friend, but con: it's way too easy to get distracted now lol LESSONS IN TIMING: a.co/d/1uAj0IW

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Part of being an author is both drafting AND editing.... but which do you enjoy more? (and don't just say drafting only because we're all writers here, we want HONESTY AND NUANCE) 😜 Our queer romcom LESSONS IN TIMING was drafted and edited many times over ten years 😅 Check it out: a.co/d/1uAj0IW

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Time for the million dollar (ha, we wish!) question: do you prefer writing short stories or novels? There's pros and cons to both, and Sylvia Barry's answer might not be what you expect....👀 For links to our short stories as well as our joint novel LESSONS IN TIMING: www.sylviabarrybooks.com

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Fess up--how much of yourself have you infused into your characters? This is a safe space, we definitely don't project our own identities and issues onto our characters...🤪 If you'd like to read about the characters we definitely didn't base on ourselves, check out LESSONS IN TIMING! a.co/d/1uAj0IW

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

LESSONS IN TIMING is on sale this week! 🥳 For Pride, get a summery gay romcom: we got grumpyxsunshine, Odd Couple roommates, disastrous meet cutes, mischievous horses, and overzealous matchmaking from friends w/their own romantic drama 😁🌈 riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Want to help support a queer indie author this Pride Month? Consider picking up our summery romcom LESSONS IN TIMING for just $0.99! 🌈 Odd Couple, grumpy softie x bitchy sunshine, ace rep, failed meet cutes, shenanigans, flirting through post-it notes riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Happy Pride! 🌈 This whole first week you can get LESSONS IN TIMING (odd couple roommate MM romance) as a summery treat! Treat yourself to shenanigans, failed meet cutes, and sweet elder horses all for A SINGLE BUCK 😎 riptidepublishing.com

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A lil ASMR care of Sylvia Barry to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of LESSONS IN TIMING being published! 🥰🥂🎂🥳🌈🔥 Eternal thanks to @riptidepublishing.bsky.social for getting this baby out into the world! They grow up so fast... 😭 #writingcommunity #asmr @mayadrocha.bsky.social

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy 1 year book birthday to our queer, debut romcom LESSONS IN TIMING! 🥳🎂🥂 And thank you to @riptidepublishing.bsky.social for helping bring the baby into the world 🥰 #WritingCommmunity @mayadrocha.bsky.social

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

1 rating short of 100! If you've read our queer romcom LESSONS IN TIMING and feel any kind of way about it (hopefully warm and fuzzy!), please consider dropping a rating and maybe a review, debut authors rely on word of mouth! 🤩 a.co/d/fxlROXx

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Christmas might be over, but the discounts continue another 3 days! 😎 Get a cozy, summery romcom for 30% off and enjoy chaotic meet cutes, gay disasters, art metaphors, and found family wholesomeness 🌈 Lessons in Timing: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Care for a California summer in the middle of winter? 🌞 LESSONS IN TIMING, a summery romcom to warm your heart (and tickle your funnybone), is on sale for 30% off until 12/28! Only through @riptidepublishing.bsky.social 🌈🎄

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

What's more cozy during the winter holidays than a summery romcom? 🎄🌞 LESSONS IN TIMING is 30% off at @riptidepublishing.bsky.social but only until 12/28! 😭Grumpy x sunshine 🥰4 POVs, 2 romances 🌈Ace rep 🤪Failed meet cutes 🐎A horse named Grandpa Milkshake riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Want a wholesome summer romcom in the middle of December? Of course you do! LESSONS IN TIMING is 30% off for this week only at @RiptideBooks! Use code HOLIDAYS2025 for an opposites attract queer romance with failed meet cutes and shenanigans 🏳️‍🌈 a.co/d/87iA5sy

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