One of my favorite authors, Kim Rendfeld, tagged me in the Meet My Main Character Blog Hop. I’m taking the opportunity to introduce Mudarra on the Seven Noble Knights site. Right here, meet the narrator from my current
work-in-progress, the final book in the Providence Trilogy.
Patricia
(don’t call her Trish!) Blundt, PsyD, is a fictional character with many traits
of people I’ve met in real life, including myself.
2) When
and where is the story set?
The story takes place in present-day Providence, Rhode
Island, but it’s not as simple as it sounds. In this version of one of my
favorite cities in the world, there are three types of people with special
talents aside from the rest of us: telekinetics (who can move objects with
their minds), pyrokinetics (firestarters), and psychics. These Talents were
discovered in the mid-1800’s and suffer varying degrees of training and
oppression from government agencies now.
3)
What should we know about Patricia?
Patricia
is the court-assigned therapist of Emily, the narrator of the first story in
the trilogy. Patricia is especially good at her job because she’s a psychic and
can more or less read her patients’ minds. However, Patricia has never
registered with the government, and has kept the secret from everyone in her
life.
4)
What is the main conflict? What messes up her life?
Patricia is conflicted about whether to tell her husband
she’s an unregistered psychic. If she did, it would correct a lot of
misconceptions he has about her, but she’s afraid he’ll report her and she
could be punished. Secondly, Patricia is mystified because, unlike all her
other patients, she can’t read Emily’s mind. It goes deeper than Emily’s intractable
personality disorder.
5)
What is her personal goal?
Patricia wants to maintain her professional record, and
genuinely to help Emily, so cracking her case is a top priority. She also wants
to reach out to her husband, but goes about it in a passive manner. It all
leads to an explosive finale befitting the zany-serious tenor of the entire
trilogy.
6) Is
there a working title for this novel, and can we read more about it?
The working title is “Friendship is a One-Way Street.” That’s
a “thing” in Providence (search "Mad Peck Providence Poster"), because there is a Friendship Street in the DownCity
area, and parts of it are indeed one-way. I thought it was appropriate for the
isolation Patricia feels because of her sensitivity. She can be a great friend
because of her Talent, but who could ever really know her?
7)
When can we expect the book to be published?
I’m almost certain I’ll self publish the Providence Trilogy. I
need to revise the first two and complete and revise this third story before
going into “production” mode on them, so I’m projecting 2015. Sooner if I can
manage it! These strange stories are eager to be read and to find just the
right readers.
If you like historical fiction, be sure to check out these authors who’ve already introduced their main characters, all in their own way:
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