I love that character. I use her over and over in different forms. In fact, I love the idea of a cast of characters that are mine, a world I can enter in any novel or story. In a sense, writing fiction keeps me sane. It makes sense of my life, order out of mess.
Fiction is orderly, and life is a mess.
Once I've got it right, I can move on. On the other hand, when I've got it wrong, I am eternally fiddling. In any case, I am forever fiddling, one way or another. Writing is a restless process. You say you don't like to talk about work in progress.