Barbara G.Tarn had an intense life in the Middle Ages that stuck to her through the centuries. She prefers swords to guns, long gowns to mini-skirts, and even though she buried the warrior woman, she deplores the death of knights in shining chainmail. She likes to think her condo apartment is a medieval castle, unfortunately lacking a dungeon to throw noisy neighbors and naughty colleagues in. Also known as the Lady with the Unicorns, these days she prefers to add a touch of fantasy to all her stories, past and present – when she’s not wandering on her fantasy world of Silvery Earth or in her science fantasy Star Minds Universe. She dabbles into historical fantasy with her Vampires Through the Centuries series and has started post-apocalyptic/steampunk series called Future Earth Chronicles.
She’s a writer, sometimes artist, mostly a world-creator and story-teller. Two of her stories received an Honorable Mention at the Writers of the Future contest. One of her stories has been published in Pulphouse Magazine #5 (March 2019). She writes, draws, ignores her day job and blogs here once a week as of 2020.
Check her Vimeo channel for book trailers and other funny stuff. Barb’s strips on Instagram.
Barbara G.Tarn - writer 
mesmered
/ 07/03/2010Barb,
Don’t forget to respond to the Masked Ball invite and enter the point-scoring competition mentioned on the Invite page on my blog so that you may be eligible for the prize. And invent a back-story, it may come in handy!
Cheers.
Prue
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Barb
/ 07/03/2010I’m coming! I already have tonz of back stories… even if the “ladies” are only the latest of my characters (I favored the warrior women for most of the 90s)! 😀
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vajrakrishna
/ 31/03/2010Hi! Lovely to meet you and looking forward to reading your blog! 🙂 I’m afraid most of the stuff I put on my blog isn’t directly screenwriting related, but more about the motivations behind the kind of stories I want to tell. I have a pretty strong spiritual core. Hope to get to know you more. Cheers!
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Barb
/ 31/03/2010well, as I’m back to prose and graphic novels, I don’t have much on screenwriting either… but I thought we could get to know each other anyway (most of the other writers never wrote a screenplay, so they don’t know what we’re talking about! ;-))…
Check the CSopen online if you want to give it a shot!
B
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vajrakrishna
/ 31/03/2010Ok cool, just emailed you.
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Stephen Watkins
/ 10/05/2010Hmm. With a name like Barbara, it comes as somewhat of a surprise to learn that English is not your native language. What, by chance, is? I guess it’s a latinate name, but it just sounds so quintessentially English.
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Barb
/ 11/05/2010Barbara is the Latin word for “foreign woman”… I’m Italian, direct descendant of those ancient Romans – except I feel more Celtic than Roman (love King Arthur, hated Gladiator and all Roman-related movies). I was born in Rome, but feel international… 😉
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writeinberlin
/ 24/06/2010Hi Barb – have been following your comments on Lua’s blog and finally made it here. I like your style. Just got myself subscribed to your blog and hope I continue to find inspiration, thoughts and laughs for my own writing. Good luck with everything, Eva
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Barb
/ 24/06/2010Hi, Eva, nice to meet you. Probably saw you on Lua’s blog too… but didn’t have time to check your blog, Lua has so many comments! 🙂 Will hop there now!
Thanks for the visit!
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Maimoona Rahman
/ 29/06/2010Yes, even I have to warn people about my English…Interesting blog. I thought you were a dude when you wrote that excellent guest post on Ollin’s blog.
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Barb
/ 29/06/2010😀 Next time I’ll sign with the full name “Barbara” but it’s sooooooooooooo long!!! (uh, sorry, thought I was talking to Lua! ;-))
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fuzzymango
/ 21/08/2011Wow! I hope to one day be able to write half as well in French as you do in English. Best of luck with your projects! 🙂
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Barb
/ 21/08/2011Hello, Ari, I should get back my French as well, so we might practice together! 😉 I haven’t written in French in thirty years… but would love to do it again, LOL! Can I have more hours to my days and more strength in my hand and back so I can write longer? 😀
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Nora Weston
/ 06/10/2011Ah…Italian! So cool. I’m half Italian, but born in West Virginia. My grandfather and grandmother came from Italy to the states long ago. Love your blog!
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Barb
/ 06/10/2011Thanks! Do YOU speak some Italian? I know third generations would love to go back to their roots… which part of Italy were your grand-parents from?
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Nora Weston
/ 14/11/2011Hi! Oh…how I wish I spoke Italian. My grandparents were from the region of Basilicata, county of Potenza….city of Rionero in Vultre. From pictures I’ve seen, it is a beautiful region.
Knowing I have family members there definitely makes me want to visit!
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Nafees
/ 26/10/2012its really really nice to know you 🙂 if you’re interested in writing a novel then I’ve some ideas. We can collaborate too but not now. Soon am gonna apply for UK student visa as I my US visa application rejected. Maybe we meet in UK 🙂
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Barb
/ 26/10/2012I don’t have time for collaborations at this time, but if I find a free spot, I’ll let you know! 😉
I try to go either to the US or the UK once a year, so yeah, we’ll meet somewhere out there (still have to get my butt to India, but that’s another story, LOL)! 😀
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Nafees
/ 26/10/2012LOL like your sense of humor. Its a plus point for a woman 😀
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Steven L. Campbell
/ 18/11/2012I have nominated you for the Super Sweet Blogging Award. Congratulations.
You can see the award at http://stevenleocampbell.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/a-super-sweet-blogging-award/
Have a great day!
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Barb
/ 18/11/2012wow, thanks! 😀 Will pass it on… sometime! °___°
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aaremo
/ 23/04/2013Glad to connect Barbara, look forward to reading your blog. I also kind of split myself between art and writing (i’d really love to do a graphic novel sometime, although I’m rusty with my drawing skills, so used to doing abstract weirdness haha)…my real focus has been writing the past few years. Look forward to your blog and to checking out your stuff when I get a chance 🙂
Rory
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Barb
/ 23/04/2013Whoot! Glad I’m not the only one half/half! 😀 I don’t know what will happen when I get back to drawing my graphic novel (#13 is long overdue, I’m terrified at the thought of getting back to it and my only reader might kill me, LOL!)…
Great meeting you! 🙂
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parchmentanonymous
/ 06/05/2013I like your blog, how you explain you’re professional from the number of words you’ve written makes sense.
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thatartsygirl92
/ 20/05/2013You have a beautiful blog! I just started one and would really appreciate some feedback. 🙂 🙂
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Barb
/ 20/05/2013love your theme! 😉 Keep posting regularly – set up a schedule of some kind – and readers and followers will find you. Be yourself and you’ll be just fine! 🙂
Best
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martinrinehart
/ 22/07/2016Hi, Barb.
Been thinking about that interview. You could meet my three heroines. I think meeting at The Rose (in La Pierre, MI) would be best as so much of the book happens there. You mind meeting them in 2005? I’ll send you a special ticket.
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Barb
/ 22/07/2016And they shall be interviewed… Rajveer’s interview is also set in 2005! 😉
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