FAVORITE CHARACTER

The characters created by an author never stop surfacing in the mind; there is little difference between fictional characters and real people. Between books, I always consider whether to resurrect a favourite character, and I've one who has always been my absolute favourite. I'm fond of Michael (The Lads Will Have Blood) and Basil & Nora (A Cross of Crocuses). Ann ( - irresistible spirit) can't be resurrected because she died but there are many others that can be. The weird protagonists from Wrapped In Green Comfort are well worth bringing back to life, and I'm tempted to exhume Nina from Rosalee's Punishment. Louann's Home Movies has a whole range of oddballs, and it would be interesting to see what came of Harry Morgan in An Old Affair. Lucy from The Last Days of Childhood has further to run, and my recent creation Rosa Saint John (Rosa's Confessions Series) is the most likely subject of my next novel. However, when it comes to my favourites of all the folks who I've bought to life in the pages of my books the top three come from my Romantic/Erotic Suspense Series. At No. 3 is Jerry, and at No. 2 is Patsy, the devoted eldest sister of the gals. But my No. 1 favourite character is the gal who appears on the cover of Protection, and that is Erica - the fabulous unfathomable Erica who's shot dead about a dozen people and escorts me through life because she's alive and kicking in my head. One of these days I'll bring her back. Surely, every author has a favourite character? Who is yours?