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Barb Writes

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Hello. My name's Barb. I write stuff. For Details: barbaratruelove.com

My name's Barb. I write stuff.

Specifically:

Blood Moon is a 445,000 word interactive novel. Play as a werewolf as you defend your pack against vampires and (if the mood is right) fall in love. Published with Hosted Games.

Crying Wolf is a 110,000 word novel about twin brothers (who also just happen to be werewolves) fighting for freedom in a system rigged against them. Published with Riptide Publishing.

A Fairy Tale is a 28,000 word visual novel about fairies finding love (and maybe a little light murder).

Something a Little Super is a 20,000 word interactive story about adopting and raising a child with super powers.

Thicker Than is a sequel to my previous choicescript game, Blood Moon.

I'm also working on a couple of other projects:

  • Of Monsters and Mainframes is an unpublished novel about a space ship fighting Dracula. I'm currently looking for a literary agent so I can get this one published. Wish me luck!
  • Drown with Me is an interactive novel about cannibalistic mermaids and pirates built in Ren'py. Check out the demo!

I also have: a website with more stuff, an email (barbara truelove writes at g mail dot com), and a KoFi page which is the best place to support me, if you like what I do.

Thanks for stopping by.

I'm starting to get smile lines.

How lovely to have smiled so often that happiness permanently etches itself into your face

How metal to have lived a life where your face now pre-warns people not to fuck with you

How resilient to have cared so strongly that empathy is now visibly displayed on your face

Boring people the second they see something a little creative,silly,experimental,or even just a little confussing: UHMM...⁉️ WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH 😂 WHAT WERE THEY SMOKING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂😭🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂😭😭🤣😂😭😂

somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me

early xena had the absolute biggest dick energy i know she did through the whole show but early xena had this je ne sais quoi about her

@sedlex this is dedicated to you for reminding me of the clip of her walking

All the Film Noir Monsters pins! These will have black nickel enamel.

The Cowboy and Film Noir Monsters will be available individually, as blind bags, and as full sets in limited amounts.

Person with housemates can study.

Person who has spent all their cash on rent and food still has a place to get out of the house and do something interesting.

Cool community classes and community art shows.

ESL tutoring.

Tax prep and forms.

tbh fuck anyone who says a single bad thing about libraries

Not content I normally reblog but libraries are super important and our world would be diminished without them.

The library was how I was able to read so many books as a kid that my parents wouldn’t have been able to afford.

Libraries are one of the only places on Earth that treats people the same no matter how much money you have. We can’t lose that.

And nowadays many libraries also rent ebooks, movies, and some even have tools. Many libraries have computer basics classes (I knew someone who taught those to older adults and every class, she would sit on a keyboard at one point, just to remove some of the fear of ‘messing up’ from her students).

There’s a library near me that uses their old card catalog for a seed library (you don’t literally return the seed that you borrow, you collect seeds from your plant and return those).

Some have rooms available to non-profits for meetings. Does your philatelist club need a place to meet? What about your caps for preemies group?

Some sponsor lectures, on information like local history. There’s a couple near me that have ‘meet the artist’ days where an artist sets up shop to show how they do their art. A crocheter friend of mine takes hooks and yarn to show kids how to do a chain.

Remember: WE PAY TAXES to support them. Use them.

I was a poor kid. Did not have access to much. But my parents got me a library card early and I spent my whole childhood there. Every dino book, every science book, heck - even VHS tapes on dinosaurs and science. I devoured them.

Libraries are gateways. I would not be a scientist without them. And the better they are - the more we fund and support them - the more doorways open up for everyone.

Protect libraries. Fund libraries. Knowledge is power, and libraries make knowledge available to ALL.