From time to time I ask myself which character I created is my favorite. Often I enter this quite, internal debate with a preconceived notion already in mind, one that is quickly dismissed as the logic gives way to the same emotions and feelings I opened myself to when I created each and everyone of my fictional children.

I can safely say there will always be a special place in my heart for Amanda Newly, for she was not only the first, the image that came to mind when I named her conjured up, and still does, an old memory of another time and place so very different than where the path I followed led to. But I cannot say that she is my favorite, for Jordan Wallace is a very unique character, one who started out her fictional life in a lighthearted vain but quickly found herself having to deal with a world that was full of contradictions and deceit.

The world Pauline Valery is a sad, war torn world. And yet she remains innocent and, in her own unique way, pure, making her very special and endearing to me. Set during the same time and just a few kilometers to the west, Diane Lambert deals with the same world she shares with Pauline in a very different way.

In ‘God Save the Queen,’ a character who is not the lead characters captured my imagination and became, for me, the most endearing member of that cast. Bugler Hayes, who began as Crewman Number Six, morphed into so much more, for me at least.

And so it goes on. Each of my characters have their own unique charm and attraction. Even Hanna in ‘The Other Side of the Wire,’ holds a special place in my heart, for she represents innocents led astray.

So, it’s not necessary to ask who my favorite character of all times is. They all are, even the ones who have yet had their names put to paper.

Any who, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. So until next time, stay safe and sane.

HW Coyle