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Barbara M. Zavaleta

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Born

in Hollywood, The United States

Website

http://directorslut.com

Twitter

punkrocktacos

Genre

Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

Influences

Neil Gaiman, Anaïs Nin, Hunter S. Thompson, Philip K. Dick, Marquis de ...more

Member Since

October 2011

URL

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barbara M zavaleta, aka PunkRockTacos, surrealist author of the supercharged combustion series, was born in Hollywood, CA growing up in central california and southern orange county beaches to finally place her anchor back in the City of Angels. she aspired at an early age to be a writer and started the first draft of supercharged combustion volume I at the tender age of 14, completing at 28 and self-publishing at 36.

her storytelling is constructed primarily in prose with a raw, unedited and surreal tone along with lovely undertones of erotica and masochism illustrating the extremes in emotions. she tends to refer to her work as grayscale allowing the reader to create their own colors in the stories.

her inspiration comes from experiences, m ...more

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Average rating: 4.33 · 21 ratings · 7 reviews · 4 distinct works

	supercharged combustion volume I by Barbara M. Zavaleta (Goodreads Author), Anatalia Anais Zavaleta (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	supercharged combustion volume III: tesla coil by Barbara M. Zavaleta (Goodreads Author), Anatalia Anais Zavaleta (illustrator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	supercharged combustion volume IV: eleusinian mysteries by Barbara M. Zavaleta (Goodreads Author), Anatalia Anais Zavaleta (Illustrator), Madelyn Hadel (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	supercharged combustion volume II: 100 mg of zoloft by Barbara M. Zavaleta (Goodreads Author), Anatalia Anais Zavaleta (illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Barbara’s Quotes

“Choose a life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers... Choose DSY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away in the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself, choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

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“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
― Anaïs Nin

tags: men, women

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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

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“the right marriage of words were the bible's biggest asset.”
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“fuck it”
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