Karina Fabian’s Mind Over . . .

Karina Fabian has a new book out, this one the sequel to Mind Over Mind. No Faerie Catholic Church or dragons here, but still interesting material.

Deryl isn’t crazy; he’s psychic. Desperate to escape the insane asylum, Deryl teleports to Kanaan, a world of telepaths who regard him as an oracle. The Kanaan expect their oracle to teach them to wage war. He falls in love, but to be with her means to share his psyche, which could drive her insane. Most dangerous of all the Master, enemy of the Kanaan, would will forge Deryl’s powers into a weapon to kill all he loves or destroy his mind trying.

Available in Kindle, epub or Amazon:
Epub: www.getonic.com/EmbedStore/76200/1734
Kindle: www.getonic.com/EmbedStore/76202/3746
Print: www.amazon.com/Mind-Over-Psyche-Karina-Fabian/dp/1897492685

Read on below the cut for a personal interview with Karina.
Cover art for Mind over Psyche

What is your definition of success?
Fulfilling your worth as a human being. For me, that means raising my children to be responsible adults, supporting my husband in his career, keeping a good home, and writing books that give people a few hours of escapist fun and/or help them in some way.
If you could have one power what would it be, and what would you do with it?
One of two: The ability to focus more fully, because I’m way too easily distracted; or the ability to separate myself into different parts, do several things at once, then reintegrate. I’d love to be able to clean house and walk the dog while writing my novels!
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? How has that childhood dream affected your career?
I wanted to be a lot of things–astronaut, nun, scientist, writer. As a writer, I get to imagine myself as all of them and more!
This is a year of changes for you. What’s happening?
In the past 12 months, Aug 2012-Aug 2013, we lost our beloved dog to cancer, then adopted two others. My husband was deployed to Iraq and came home just in time for our daughter’s high school graduation. Our oldest didn’t do so well his first year of college and is enlisting in the Air Force. Our thirdborn went to Spain to volunteer at an English immersion camp, and Rob and I took the opportunity to fulfill a dream with an Eastern Mediterranean cruise. Our youngest turned 13, so we have four teens in the house.
Rob retired Aug 22, and (as of the time of this writing) is searching for a job in the civilian world, preferably in manned space operations. In September, we moved our daughter and her dog to college. At the time of this writing, I’m not sure if my son will have gone to basic training yet or decided to go back to college, but either way, we’ll be down to two boys in the house. So everything has changed from career to home to family, even pets. As for my writing, I have taken on some nonfiction writing jobs and am exploring some new avenues for my fiction. My hope is to have a more stable writing career, though I anticipate that might be a 2014 goal.
What do you do when you’re not writing/editing or thinking about writing/editing?
I play Munchkin or D&D with Rob and the kids, clean house, watch TV, or endure circuit torture—I mean, go to circuit training. I joined a gym in January because I was tired of being the general shape and consistency of Jello pudding in a human bag. It’s also great for blog fodder, although not nearly as torturous as the first month. You can catch my adventures with the treadmill and Ryion, Trainer of the Pudding Bags, Wednesdays at http://fabianspace.blogspot.com.
What’s the best purchase you almost didn’t make?
I have an Eyeore pillow I bought in Disneyworld. I debated a long time about it because they’re expensive, and what does a grown woman need with a stuffed toy? I finally bought it because Rob was deploying to Iraq. I wanted something to cuddle (and perhaps cry on) while he was gone. I love that pillow. I slept with my arms around it every night Rob was gone and still do now that he’s home because it helps my back. It’s awesome for airplane flights, more versatile than a nect pillow. My daughter swiped it from me when she had a stomach ache and hugged it from Florida to Salt Lake. I took it to Europe with me. He folds with a Velcro fastener, so he’s easy to carry and despite a year of hard wear, he’s still soft.
What’s the best decision you ever made?
Marrying Rob Fabian. He’s perfect for me, personality wise, the right combination of easy going and authoritative. He’s got an incredible mind, able to understand details and fit them into a larger picture. As such, he’s invaluable to me as a writer, because I can always come to him for help with a detail or plot issue in a story. He spoils me and makes me enjoy life—like the cruise in Europe we just took. I would never have done this. (I just spend the year he was gone paying off the credit card bill.) However, the memories and joy we shared is well worth the hassle of paying off the cards again. He’s a good looking man with a strong gentle voice, which is always a bonus. Finally, he’s given me four wonderful kids. I can’t imagine life without him, but I think it could not be so contented.
What’s the most important word to you?
It’s not the popular choice, but it’s “no.” Too often, we think of this only in terms of denying ourselves or others of what we want, but it can also free us for what we want. For example, I have lost about 25 pounds this year, in part because I said “no” to soda and desserts. I am stronger because I said “no” to skipping workouts, even when it meant losing writing time or spending the day more sore than ever. I paid off our credit card bill (temporarily) by saying “no” to whim purchases and idle shopping—and fast food, which helped my figure as well. I write more when I say “no” to distractions like Facebook.
“No,” then, allows me to say “yes” to better things: a nicer figure and clothes that fit, a European dream cruise, a novel.
Are you a list maker?
Yes! I make lists all the time. Then I lose them, make new ones, find the old ones, and combine them into new lists. Right now, I have a general To-Do list, a list of blogs I need to write, a list of things to fix to put our home for sale, a list of writing tasks and goals, a list of things my kids need, a list for marketing my books, a daily list…and, of course, this list of lists!
You went to Europe—that’s a lot of time in a cramped plane. Do you enjoy flying?
I love planes. I love the power of airplanes. The smell of jet fuel fills me with excitement and anticipation of new adventures. I love the roar of the engines—in fact, it’s one thing I’ve loved about living on or near Air Force bases. I also love flying. I get to sit for hours with nothing I have to do and others taking care of me, yet I’m still doing something—traveling to a new destination. I get a lot of writing and reading done. Sometimes, I talk to fellow passengers and meet interesting people that way.


Karina FabianWinner of the 2010 INDIE for best Fantasy (Magic, Mensa and Mayhem), Karina Fabian has plenty of voices in her head without being psychic. Fortunately, they fuel her many stories, like the Mind Over trilogy. Mrs. Fabian teaches writing and book marketing seminars, but mostly is concerned with supporting her husband, Rob Fabian as he makes the exciting leap from military officer to civilian executive, getting her kids through high school and college, and surviving daily circuit torture…er, circuit training. Read about her adventures at http://fabianspace.com.


Find Karina at:
Website: http://fabianspace.com, http://dragoneyepi.net
Blog: http://fabianspace.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karina.fabian
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/KarinaFabian
Google +: https://plus.google.com/103660024891826015212

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  1. Thanks for hosting me today!

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