Which of your characters is your favorite?

I have many favorites.

Darius Laporte is one of my favorites probably because I've been working on his story for so long. I just feel like I know the guy. And I just want to give him a hug.

Niki Sokolof is in the same boat as Darius - I've "known" her forever. She actually is fairly similar to me in ways I couldn't have known when I created her. She's a bit more outspoken and aggressive than me. Well, a lot more aggressive. But some of the similarities such as extreme loyalty and gender confusion are some traits she shares with me.

Ruslan is becoming a fairly deep character. He was originally created as just a background character who occasionally bothered my main character, but he's getting a bigger role now, and he's got more of a personality. More importantly, he has motive for doing what he does, which was something he always lacked. I don't know if it'll even be mentioned in the story, but I like knowing that he's not just doing stuff because he's an asshole.

Jacob Barton is another one I like because he's got all these secret plans and he's manipulating everyone, but no one really knows. He also knows so many things. He's not omniscient or anything but he's got his ways of getting information. He doesn't let anyone know just how much he knows, and this allows him to basically control everything. Because he's also crazy smart.

I hate it when you know all the back story of a character but there's never a chance to tell it. I have so many characters like that. Well, maybe like four or five. For some of my characters that I really like, I've thought about writing separate stories just about them.

I know! In one series, I'm going to have a lot of books. The main series was originally going to be a trilogy, and now it's going to be a series of four books. A quadrology? Tetrology? I get my Greek and Latin mixed up. But whatever. Four books in the main series. And then I think I'll have a bunch of other books set in the same universe. Some will feature the main characters from the main series as well as some of the other characters, but I also think I want to write some more that focus more on the secondary characters. 

Ruslan could have a story about how he came to work for the villain, as well as a story about what he does after the main series and is free. The way he is in the main series, I almost think readers might think I just made his personality all over the place out of laziness, but really, there is a reason that he is the way he is. There's a lot going on the background. On a similar note, Erik also could have a story. But I think it would have a lot of overlap with Ruslan's story unless I tell the story between him and Jasmine, and if I go that route, I'd rather tell it from Jasmine's POV since she's more interesting. This leaves Erik as a perpetual secondary character though.

Justice really needs a story too. I'm going to call it "All the World Ablaze." I originally wanted one of the main series to be called that, but I'd need obnoxious titles to do that. I would have had to call the first one "Redemption: Hunting Truth" and then the third would have been "Revelation: All the World Ablaze." But I like the title for Justice's story anyway given that he's pyrokinetic. He also has schizophrenia, so he probably thinks he will burn the entire world sometime. 

Rheingold could also have his own story because the reader doesn't really get to know his motivation. He tells one of the other characters towards the end of the series, but it feels insufficient. I don't think it makes him look like any less of a dickwad. I mean, he is a dickwad, but he's got a reason for being the way he is. I think it'd be nice to see just why the villain is doing what he's doing.

I could go on listing characters that I want to write extra stories for all day long. And I'm sure I'll write them and come up with even more stories to write.