I believe the general consensus is that Desiree, while maybe not completely a figment of James imagination, was at least largely spoken for by James due to being rather removed from the fandom.
I'm reminded of Lynne, one half of the Mousey Love Girls duo, who while certainly seemed to enjoy her time in the fandom only really stuck around for Charlene and Herbie Bear. Thus when Charlene passed away, Lynne quietly removed herself from the from the fandom she no longer had any real ties to.
So in my mind, Desiree was probably based on someone real, but didn't really involve herself in the fandom anywhere near as much as James liked to talk about her.
Mind you, I really don't know either way.
Yours humbly
The Warhound
Received on Sun Jun 11 2017 - 07:33:47 CDT