Sylvia Barry

(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

It's a #Supernatural Sylvia Barry Halloween, Charlie Brown! What's everyone's costume this year? 👻

It's a #Supernatural Sylvia Barry Halloween, Charlie Brown! What's everyone's costume this year? 👻

🍋🍋🍋 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

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

🍋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

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

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

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

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! 🥰

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! 🥰

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! 🌈

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

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.

✨️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

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/...

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/...

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/...

✨️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...

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...

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...

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

🚨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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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/...

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

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

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/...

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/...

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/...

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...

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/...

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

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/...

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/...

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/...

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/...

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/...

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/...