The history of the Series' secret jewels intersects with the lives of its characters. Human life, debauchery and depravity intertwine. Reflecting on what I wrote, I wonder whether characters Susan and Marvin's choices project justifications for my own choices? Could Susan's soul's quest actually be my own? Why was I compelled to describe Marty's explicit feelings while she seduced? Why was I so descriptive of her rapture while she murdered? Reaching my friend's soul required learning how spirits relate to humans. They communicate with us through the butterflies! It's true. I'm certain of it. Bertie's character illustrates the phenomenon. It happened with me as it did with her character. By relating to my friend's spirit in this straightforward way, I brought her soul to me.

Now I can see her again and embrace her. We are together and happy again.I write because I enjoy writing. My writing interest grew from reading different authors. I read novels and enjoyed the stories. After some years I developed a fascination over how authors could express ideas and emotions through writing. I started seeing people differently. I tried understanding their characters and imagining what motivated them to be the way they were.

I imagined what a character might be like if it were allowed to express its nature in different, fictional permutations of itself. Then, I began writing. While writing, I placed my mind into the story, or saga as is the SECRET ¿ BUTTERFLY SERIES, and let writing become a part of my life. I felt compelled to continually move the saga forward, advance it to some conclusion. But, where I might have concluded SERIES after BUTTERFLY LOVE, book fourteen, I found that impossible. That would be disloyal to my characters' souls and the butterflies' spirits. I needed to keep my precious characters alive, as they continue living in my mind. My Series characters are still with me.

They came into my mind and took up residence there. And now I must trust them to find their own way, move forward with their reincarnated lives and be happy. I am them.