You all remember Karina Fabian.
I've reviewed her books before.
I've interviewed her before.
She's even posted here before.
I'm even going to be talking on the radio show with her this coming Sunday, August 9th.
I'm even going to be talking on the radio show with her this coming Sunday, August 9th.
But now, she's posting one something that's very near to me right now.
Saying goodbye.
Saying Goodbye: Mind Over All and
Ending a Trilogy
I first met Deryl in 1986. He was a
college sophomore: smart, self-assured with just a hint of snark. He
was studying psychic powers because he himself had them, and when his
professor decided to kidnap him for study (of a more biological
nature), he and his roommate fled to another world and had great
adventures.
At least that’s what I thought at the
time. The Miscria never sold, so I put it and my dreams of being an
author aside and went on with my life.
Ten years later, as a mother and former
military officer, I brushed off the manuscript and gagged. Really, a
guy who suddenly manifests telepathy during puberty grows up well
adjusted? That kid needed some real issues before the story would
sell. By the time I got done messing with his mind, he was living in
a mental institution instead of a dorm and his roommate turned into a
psychiatric intern hired to befriend him because Deryl was sullen,
snarky, and without hope. The Miscria became a trilogy because
it took an entire novel just to convince Deryl he wasn’t crazy.
Mind Over Mind,
the first in the trilogy, came out from DragonMoon in 2011, with MindOver Psyche following
in 2013. And now, Mind Over All finishes out the trilogy. Over
the three books, Deryl conquers his abilities and his personal demons
with the help of his friend, Joshua. Then the duo teleport (by
accident) to another planet, where Deryl confronts his real-life
“demons”: The Master who manipulated him in hopes of making him a
weapon and the Miscria who had thought he was an oracle to guide her
in protecting her world. With Joshua as his back-up, he defeats the
Master and wins over the Miscria (Tasmae). They marry, and he takes
Joshua back to Earth and his own fiancé, Sachiko. In Mind OverAll, Deryl returns
to Earth to fetch Joshua and Sachiko and takes them to Kanaan where
they work together to stop another planet from crashing into Kanaan.
Finally, in the companion novella, Hearts Over Mind,
Joshua and Sachiko finally get their wedding day.
It has been a wild ride of love and
adventure, exploring psychic communication, neuro linguistic
programming, and orbital mechanics. For over a decade, I’ve lived
with and in some ways as these characters. Deryl fought his way back
to sanity to discover he didn’t want to live a “normal life.”
Tasmae discovers not all prophesies are inevitable. Joshua, a
small-town boy from Colorado, had adventures like he’d only read in
SFF novels, and gets to be a rock star. Sachiko heals at least from
the trauma of her abortion. Even the Master turns out to be something
other than the manipulative monster Deryl had loathed and feared. A
centuries-long war has ended, and at last two worlds can rebuild and
grow in peace.
I’ve had my own
wild ride as an author. Working on these novels has introduced me to
so many wonderful people and ideas. My astronomy professor in college
helped me work out the dynamics of crashing planets. Friends from all
over the Internet jumped in with psychiatric and medical advice. I’ve
had the privilege of working with several wonderful editors at
DragonMoon, each of which not only made the book better but made me a
better writer. And Mind Over Mind’s cover is still my
all-time fave. I’ve written and had published nearly a dozen books
and hundreds of stories.
The journey with the Mind Over trilogy
is over. (Although I may write about their kids. We’ll see.) My own
writing journey continues on, with dragon detectives, nuns in space,
and zombie exterminators. Who knows what else? It’s been very
satisfying, however, to have finished the project I began as a
college Freshman.
By day, Karina is a mild-mannered reviewer of business software and services for TopTenReviews.com. After hours, she’s a psychic intent on saving the world; a snarky dragon who thinks he saves the world all-too regularly, a zombie exterminator who just wants her world clear of undead vermin, and nuns whose callings have taken them off our world. Needless to say, her imagination is vast, her stories legion, and her brain crowded. When she’s not converting her wild tales to stories, she’s enjoying time with her husband, Rob, their four kids, and their two dogs.
Find
Karina at:
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https://www.facebook.com/karina.fabian
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/KarinaFabian
Thanks for hosting me!
ReplyDeleteKarina, I loved reading the story of your series. I liked Mind over Mind pretty well, though the mental institution thing kind of bothered me as that's a long-term fear of mine.
ReplyDeleteIt must be hard to end things. That's why I try never to finish anything. ;)
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Nissa, Yeah, the institution was hard, but the good news is, he escaped in Mind Over Psyche, and the real fun begins on another planet. It was something of a relief to end the story, though. Room for new things!
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