Barbara Truelove
Bio
Barbara Truelove is an Australian author and game designer. Her debut novel was published in 2021.
Books + Games
A list of current and upcoming projects by Barbara Truelove.
News
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Bio
Barbara Truelove is an Australian author and game designer. Her debut novel, Crying Wolf, was published in 2021 by Riptide Publishing and her first interactive novel Blood Moon was released with Hosted Games in April 2023.Barbara graduated from Griffith University with a Batchelor of Art (Screen Media Production) in 2015. She worked in television for several years before setting off to seek adventure elsewhere. Since then, she has lived, worked, and written in Australia, South Korea, and Aotearoa New Zealand. She started writing when she was nine years old and believes it's probably too late to break the habit now.
Books + Games
Blood Moon
Date Werewolves. Fight Vampires.Blood Moon is an epic 445,000 word interactive novel. Play as a werewolf to defend your pack against vampires and fall in love.Published April 2023.
Crying Wolf
Werewolves vs The Criminal Justice System.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 May 2021.
Something A Little Super
Something a Little Super is a 20,000 word interactive story about adopting and raising a child with super powers. Your choices will shape them into the person they'll become (hero, villain, or something else...)Published June 2023.
A Fairy Tale
A Fairy Tale is a 28,000 word visual novel about fairies finding love.Play as the sole heir to a noble (but somewhat underfunded) fairy estate. You have one night to find a marriage which will secure your family's future... or lead everything to ruin.Published June 2023.
Who Killed the King?
A Vampire the Masquerade tabletop game set in the rough and dusty city of Darwin, Australia.Includes: premade characters, detailed scenes with multiple story paths and endings, and one very bloody scandal.Published in October 2022.
Other projects
Barbara Truelove is developing a potential (and very vampy) sequel to Blood Moon titled 'Thicker Than'.She's also working on a couple of different novels all at various stages of development.Stay tuned for updates on these, and other upcoming projects.
News
A (somewhat delayed) announcement
Wait! Hold up! I forgot to post this here. My novel manuscript Of Monsters and Mainframes is going to be punished with Jaysen Headley at Bindery Books next year!
Blog Posted: 26th April, 2024
New Year Update
2023 ended about a week ago.I'm not going to lie, I'm kinda sad to see it go. It was a fantastic year for me, full of a lot of weird and wonderful things. I've made new friends, learnt new things about myself, and I turned 30, which is a milestone I was privileged enough to achieve while standing on the Great Wall of China.2023 has also easily been my most productive year as a writer.What do I mean by this? Well...At the start of 2023:+Blood Moon had not been released.
+Thicker Than was just a 1k short demo.
+I did not have an itch.io page and hadn't finished any Ren'py games.
+My Ko-Fi page was just a tip jar.
+I did not have a website.
+I was still drafting my novel Of Monsters and Mainframes.
+I had never queried a literary agent.
+I distinctly remember climbing a tree and filming a regrettable YouTube video talking about how anxious I was about my writing? Yes. That was a thing.At the end of 2023:+Over 13,000 people have bought Blood Moon.
+Thicker Than is over 175k words.
+I have three Ren'py games on my itch.io page.
+I have commissions and membership options on my Ko-Fi page.
+I have a website!
+I finished several drafts of Of Monsters and Mainframes.
+I queried dozens of agents and even though I didn't sign with anyone, I learnt a huge amount and feel way better about doing it again in future.
+I continue to make regrettable videos, but on TikTok.Sometimes, when I'm writing and feeling a little overwhelmed, it can be easy to forget that progress I've made. This New Years Eve, I didn't go to a party, or see any fireworks, but I did take a moment to think back at how far I've come in 2023... and honestly? I'm really proud of myself. I don't think 2022 me would've believed she had it in her.But she did. She does. I do.And I'm excited to keep figuring out what else I am capable of as a writer in 2024.I hope 2023 was as great for you as it was for me. If not, I hope 2024 will be better.Happy belated New Year. 💙
Blog Posted: 6th January, 2024
For old blog posts and other fun things, please visit my KoFi page.