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

Writing a blog post with @thepaintedlion.bsky.social about co-authoring as @sylviabarry.bsky.social and our main conclusion/advice is... Be best friends. This is either very helpful or completely unhelpful. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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🍋🍋🍋 Omri: unapologetic fanboy hermit, loves rules and junk food. Quigley: overachieving lil gremlin. Rules are just guidelines, big of heart, dumb of ass. Modern AU Star Trek meets queer Pride and Prejudice retelling #DVpit #CR #RC #A #NA #LGBTQ #OWN

Poetry book release! #poetry #lgbtqia #bipoc

PRIDE & PREJUDICE x STAR TREK: DS9 An asexual, rules-obsessed RA and a smarmy campus conman battle wits and their growing attraction. Queer Pride & Prejudice set in college, if Darcy wrote fanfic and Lizzie did crime. 🏳️‍🌈Ace, Jewish, NB, plus size rep #DVpit #CR #RC #A #NA #LGBTQ #OWN #Q

🍋When Life Gives You Lemons🍋 ⚔️ Rivals to lovers 🛏️ Only one bed 🖖 Love letter to Star Trek and fanfic ❤️ Whoops we caught feelings 🏳️‍🌈 Ace rep, Jewish rep, nonbinary rep, plus-size rep #DVpit #CR #RC #A #NA #LGBTQ #OWN

Pride & Prejudice x DS9 Meet Omri: professional grump (secret sexy-fanfic writer) with a quest for Justice ⚖️👽🦑 Meet Quigley: professional flirt (secret insecure softie) conman with a quest for Success 🌈🤡💵 THEIR meet? Not cute. Yet.❤️‍🔥🍋 #DVpit #CR #RC #LGBTQ #A #NA #OWN

What if a Quark/Odo (DS9) college AU (where Odo is an uptight RA and Quark is an overachieving conman) met a queer Pride and Prejudice retelling (where Darcy writes fanfic and Lizzie does crime)? 👀 Enemies to lovers, found family, Ace rep, love letter to fandom 🍋 #DVpit #CR #RC #A #NA #LGBTQ #OWN

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

NYGEL ISSUE 1 HAS ARRIVED!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Want a spicy treat for the long weekend? How about 8 super queer, super weird, super HOT monster erotica stories from some of the best authors in the business? 👀 💦 www.nygelmag.com/store-1/p/ny... #releaseday #bookrelease #spicybooks #litmag #indiepress #erotica

Happy release day to our weird erotica mag! 🥳💦🔥 NYGEL's first issue is filled to the brim with unhinged, spicy monster smut, and we're welcoming you all home with open tentacles 🐙 www.nygelmag.com/store-1/p/ny...

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

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

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

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

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

Do you have a writing style that feels similar to another author? (Don't worry, they say imitation is the highest form of flattery 😉) Big Sylvia Barry news coming down the pike: be sure to check out LESSONS IN TIMING, our Odd Couple roommates romance! a.co/d/1uAj0IW www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6JVQ24c/

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/...

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/...

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

Celebrate Pride with us! Each week in June, new LGBT+ books are only $0.99. Week One - The Uncanny Aviator, and The Musician and the Monster by @jenyakeefe.bsky.social Deal in Divinity by Chely Penn Lessons In Timing by @sylviabarry.bsky.social Visit: riptidepublishing.com

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

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

What's the life of a writer without multiple side hustles and hyperfixations to distract from the horrors? 🤪 Tell us what you're up to when you're not writing, and drop links to your cool stuff! 😎 www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2QWhxoM/

Authors: what is the WORST writing advice you ever got? 😱 And what GOOD advice do you want to share with the class? 🤔✍️ #writingtips #WritingCommmunity www.tiktok.com/t/ZT25d7WYm/

Ooooh was that a NYGEL shoutout, methinks it was 😉🐙😏💦 Your new favorite monsterfucking lit mag will be opening in a few months so keep your eyes (and any alien appendages) locked on this space! 🍑🍆🌶

It's still the beginning of 2025, so let's check in: how did everyone fare in 2024? Did you meet any writing goals? Did you survive another day? Good work! Whatever your situation we're glad to still be on this journey with you! #WritingCommunity #writing www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UeJUWn/

Do you prefer reading (or writing) series vs standalones? And where's your attention span these days? 🤪 Check out the 1st book in our series in progress, LESSONS IN TIMING: a.co/d/fxlROXx #WritingCommunity #romancebooks #author www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Mafp1B/

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

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/...

Our Holiday sale is still ongoing through the 28th! Use code HOLIDAYS2025 at checkout for 30% off. Link: riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

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 🌈🎄

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/...

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

LESSONS IN TIMING by @sylviabarry.bsky.social is a laugh-out-loud funny M/M romance with plenty of heart. Do you enjoy escapades, hijinks, or perhaps even shenanigans? Look no further! Available in ebook and print. AMZ: www.amazon.com/Lessons-Timi...

Looking for a sugar sweet, opposites attract, missed connections romcom a la The Flatshare and The Odd Couple? LESSONS IN TIMING is available through @BookBub for ONLY 0.99, but only until 7/12, so snag it fast! #BookRelease #BookSale #WritingCommunity www.bookbub.com/books/lesson...

In exactly ONE MONTH (4/22), this queer romcom that's been cooking since 2012 will be out of the oven and into your hands, just in time for a swoony summer read! Watch this space for daily FAQs, trivia, character intros and more leading up to release! 🥰 riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

Obligatory trope graphic for the LESSONS IN TIMING full cover reveal! If you like swoony romance, lots of com in your rom, and a perfect beach read, this book is for you! PREORDER (only $4.99!) riptidepublishing.com/collections/...

The day is nearly upon us!! "LESSONS IN TIMING," the romcom novel I co-wrote with Maya Dworsky-Rocha under the name Sylvia Barry, is now officially on Goodreads! 🤩 If you enjoy The Odd Couple-esque shenanigans & catching feelings for someone you haven't even met: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

Author website is finally live! Come see what Sylvia is all about (hint: it involves publishing a romance novel, communing with the ocean, and maybe being a bird in her spare time) ✨ www.sylviabarrybooks.com

✨ Sapphic September 2023 Announcement ✨ #SapphicSeptember is an annual, month-long readathon celebrating sapphic representation in books, hosted by @manicfemme.bsky.social. This will be my 4th year hosting & this year I'm joined by my bff @evilqueenreads.bsky.social as my co-host! (thread)

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our recommendation post for next month’s theme! So here are twenty-four books that we think also fit the October theme of Stronger Together. These books are across middle grade, YA and adult age categories.