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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 16h

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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

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Sander Santiago @thesansan.bsky.social · May 23

Poetry book release! #poetry #lgbtqia #bipoc

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 18h

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

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 19h

🍋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

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 1d

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

Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · 24d

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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NYGEL 🐙 @nygelmag.bsky.social · Aug 30

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

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NYGEL 🐙 @nygelmag.bsky.social · Aug 30

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...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · Jul 25

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 · Jul 11

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 · Jul 10

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 · Jul 9

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 · Jul 8

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 · Jul 7

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

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#BookTok #queerbook #romancetok #publishing #coauthor #cowriting #authortok #lgbtqbooks #bookish #booktok #romancebooks #lgbtq #mmromance #bookpromo #newsletter #writing

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · Jun 5

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 😁🌈

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · Jun 4

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/...

Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · Jun 3

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 😎

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Riptide Publishing @riptidepublishing.bsky.social · Jun 2

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

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · Apr 22

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 · Apr 22

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 · Mar 6

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/

#writingtok #writingprocess #writingadvice #writingtips #BookTok #bookish #lessonsintiming #authortok #queerbook #romancetok #booktok #bookpromo #shortfiction #monsterfudger #monsters #romancebooks #w...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · Feb 22

Authors: what is the WORST writing advice you ever got? 😱

And what GOOD advice do you want to share with the class? 🤔✍️

#writingtips #WritingCommmunity

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#writing #coauthor #publishing #romancetok #queerbook #authortok #lessonsintiming #bookish #BookTok #writingtips #writingadvice #writingprocess #writingtok #writewhatyouknow #writewhatyouwant #read #...

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NYGEL 🐙 @nygelmag.bsky.social · Feb 16

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! 🍑🍆🌶

Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · Feb 16

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

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#lgbtqbooks #lgbtq #mmromance #bookpromo #lessonsintiming #bookish #booktok #authortok #romancetok #queerbook #publishing #coauthor #writing #checkin #2024 #happynewyears #newyears #2025 @Anna Catalan...

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Sylvia Barry @sylviabarry.bsky.social · Feb 16

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/

#lgbtqbooks #lgbtq #mmromance #bookpromo #lessonsintiming #bookish #booktok #authortok #romancetok #queerbook #publishing #coauthor #writing #checkin #2024 #happynewyears #newyears #2025 @Anna Catalan...

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