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Carrie Byrd
@byrdwrites.bsky.social
my first word was a paragraph ✨ sapphic romance writer at Ylva Publishing ✨ LOSER OF THE YEAR out now! ✨ THE SECOND DRAFT coming in 2026 ✨ she/her 🌈✡️📚🏈✨ https://linktr.ee/carriebyrd
Post-spay! The nurse said she behaved perfectly the entire time & that none of the staff wanted her to go home 🥹
August 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
More incentive to come meet some amazing sapphic romance authors next month at Sapphyre: @writingroslyn.bsky.social & I are bringing Francie with us! How could you not want to meet this perfect sweet baby angel, I ask you?

Event info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sapphyre-a...
August 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For today’s #lesficfri theme “sleep,” a short excerpt from THE SECOND DRAFT, my forthcoming sapphic romance about an icy socialite who realizes she’s in love with her free-spirited best friend, catalyzing a journey of late-in-life self-discovery that changes everything. Out in 2026!
August 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
To celebrate Day One of GCLS, @writingroslyn.bsky.social & I are doing a little cross-promo in-person giveaway 🥰 The first con attendee to find me and tell me their favorite supporting character in any of Roslyn's books will get a FREE signed copy of the bestselling THE WOMAN FROM THE WAVES! 🌊
July 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The perfect way to kick off June. Happy Pride from Philly! 🌈
June 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Want to read the new spicy short story prequel to Loser of the Year, but didn't sign up for my newsletter in time? You're in luck! New subscribers to The L Byrd automatically receive a download link & get 12,000 words of angst, steam, & inconvenient feelings absolutely FREE 🔥 shorturl.at/Pxig4
May 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My next newsletter drops Thursday, with a 12k FREE short story that’ll have you turning up the AC 🥵 If you want to see inside Jillian's brain, or wondered what happened on that fateful night 18 years ago (no spoilers!) this one's for you. I’m so excited to share it.

Sign up now at the link below!
May 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🚨COMING NEXT WEEK🚨

College soccer star Jillian Reed only care about excellence. But when an unexpected encounter at a party results in a passionate one-night stand, Jillian faces a choice. Will she embrace her own desires? Or will she continue to deny the truth of who she is?
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🚨COMING NEXT WEEK🚨

College soccer star Jillian Reed only care about excellence. But when an unexpected encounter at a party results in a passionate one-night stand, Jillian faces a choice. Will she embrace her own desires? Or will she continue to deny the truth of who she is?
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Final exam season has its little joys
May 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🥳 AUDIOBOOK RELEASE! 🥳

Today’s the day! The audiobook version of Loser of the Year is now available on Audible and Audiobooks.com. I’m so thrilled with Krystal Hammond’s sizzling take on Mattie and Jillian, and I hope you will be too. Get it here: tinyurl.com/39mvx3n2
April 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Loser of the Year is a finalist for three @goldencrownls.bsky.social awards: Contemporary Romance: Long Novel, Debut Novel, and the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award. I’m thrilled, grateful, and very, very overwhelmed.
April 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🚨 The audiobook of Loser of the Year, read by the fantastic Krystal Hammond, drops April 22! 🚨 You can pre-order here from Audible or Audiobooks dot com: tantor.com/loser-of-the...
April 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
IT IS MID APRIL
April 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I mean it didn’t NOT do that
April 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My book is for sale at the Leipzig Book Fair in Germany! 🥰
March 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Middle age isn’t some ditch at the dead end of Discovery Road, beloved.”

My next book, The Second Draft, is out from @ylva-publishing.bsky.social in 2026! An ice queen, friends-to-lovers sapphic romance with two 50+ late bloomer MCs, TSD is about how it's never too late to become yourself 💛👠✍🏻🌵🔥
March 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover. 📸
March 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Making a Kahoot quiz for our midterm review (it's seriously wild how much the students get into a middle school throwback + a chance to win candy). Anyone know or want to guess what the correct answer is, and why? I can't give you candy, but stickers are on the table...
March 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The cover of @anakwrenn.bsky.social’s forthcoming sapphic dystopia is one of the best covers ever made by @ylva-publishing.bsky.social, right up there with The Music and the Mirror and The Lily and the Crown. Just stunning. I’m so excited for the release in May!
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely, completely gobsmacked and so, so grateful for these bidders’ generosity. You better bet I’m creating the best annotations anyone’s ever annotated
March 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The best goddamn sports team in America
February 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The wait is over! Loser of the Year's audiobook is coming to your ears in just two months, narrated by the supremely talented Krystal Hammond ⚽🎭
February 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I screamed, I shouted, I yelled obscenities, I teared up, I briefly became a floor person in the best possible way after Smitty’s TD catch. It was the best night I’ve had in a long, long time.

THE PHILADELPHIA FOOTBALL EAGLES ARE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS. GO BIRDS FOREVER 💚🦅
February 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Did I just order a miniature of my D&D character before we even play Session 1? MAYBE

She's a cocky & charming butch with a stubborn streak a mile long, a high body count in both senses of the phrase, & emotional walls so immense even Reinhold Messner couldn't climb them. I love her so much
February 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM