There are several young people who appear in my stories. One is, of course, Gena, and later, Erin, in Helen's story. An important one is Lena, who appears in the Galactic Voyager story, together with Summer. Alexandra (the story) contains the lovable Ninel. The Jane stories feature the teen nude model Zsuszana, who is persuaded to take up conventional modeling instead.
I often think that, in my mind, these characters are blurred together, and it's difficult for me not to think of them as a real person. In fact, I often think, late at night, that I'll ask one of them, Ninel, or Erin, to solve some problem for me! When I wake up in the morning, I realize that my 'solution' involves enlisting the aid of an imaginary character, and it leaves me more bereft than you can know.
This compound character is much more completely fleshed-out in my mind than she is in any of the stories; it is my fear—and regret— that my readers will only have a sort of half- formed picture of her. I don't have any idea how to remedy the situation. Gena/Erin/Ninel/Lena is a superhero in my mind, much more than Helen, or Alexandra, or Jane, or Aggie, or Maia!
Well, that's my life; once you have created, or given birth, to a character, she never dies.
Kay
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