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Writing by colour
Italked last week about how my heroine was all wrong when I first startedwriting this book.  The vision in my headas I wrote was very red.  Red lips, redlingerie, red velvet.  Like chocolatecovered strawberries, hot, sexy, decadent. Here's the collage I was using while writing.
 Yet it wasn't working.
SoI took down the collage, stripped away the heroine, and started afresh.  Let a new heroine appear on the page.  And suddenly the book took on a whole newcolour.  I didn't realize it at the time,but when reading the book I get such a sense of yellow it's like looking atsummer.
Chelseamakes Damien think of sunshine.  She'sblonde.  He drives a yellow AustinHealy.  The book ends in the Yarravalley, surrounded by hills covered in yellow grape vines, over which a brightyellow hot air balloon floats across the sun-drenched sky.  And again, none of this was on purpose.  It just happened.
Itend not to question where this inspiration stuff comes from in case it stopscoming!

The excerpt:
 Then heand Chelsea were alone, hidden from view of the rest of the restaurant by theangle of their table, a large potted Ficus and the clever lighting.  Theirbooth was cramped.  But intimate.  Low candlelight flickering from an alcove onthe rendered wall above shot waves of gold through Chelsea's hair, and createdshadows beneath her lashes, her nose, and full lower lip.Simply looking at her he felt anything but unaffected. A waiter with an eyebrow ring and three more throughhis nose came back with their wine.  Damiendid the whole sniff, sip, thumbs up before they were each poured a healthyglass and the bottle was left in an icebox nearby.Chelsea fussed with her dress, her hair, the placementof the napkin in front of her and said, 'There is something I've been meaningto ask you.'Damien leant his elbow on the table and his chin onhis palm.  'This should be good.' Her hands fluttered to her lap, but she gave himdirect eye contact.  All golden light andsunshine and radiant energy.  He couldhave snuffed out the candle and his senses would have told him exactly whereshe sat.
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