My favourite scene: Alice’s Wonderland by Allison Dobell

Moments later, the brassy blonde was prowling into her office, her long, long legs shown off to full advantage in a micro leather mini skirt and a fresh spray tan. She was the only woman that Alice knew who could wear high-heeled gladiator sandals with the straps wound all the way up to her knees. On most, the effect reminded Alice of a whole lot of B words including ‘bondage’, ‘bulgy’ and ‘big mistake’.  But Tanja looked like a Roman goddess in hers – and she knew it. Her hair was long and peroxide white, her sunglasses oversized and movie star, her leather vest tiny and only just containing her spectacular bosom. If her face was no longer quite young enough to pull off such an extreme look, most men didn’t notice.

I can’t say there was a particular scene in Alice’s Wonderland that was my favorite to write, but any scene with Alice’s business rival, Tanja Thompson (aka the ‘brassy blonde’), was a real highlight for both my co-author and myself.

Every so often, you meet a character who is just a true pleasure to write – a character who makes you laugh out loud with every twist and turn. Tanja is one of these characters (though they’re not always brassy blondes, I had one once who was a very large, very drooly Irish Wolfhound). Tanja is the kind of girl we all wish we could be at some point. Not looks-wise (frankly, peroxide blonde hair and high-heeled gladiator sandals aren’t really for me), but attitude-wise. Tanja is smart and sassy and street-wise and will tell you what she thinks. Every single time. She’s a shrewd businesswoman and cuts a mean deal. But she’s also decent and, when it comes down to the line, fair and kind. Most importantly, she gets all the good lines.

So, were there fisticuffs between my co-author and I about whose turn it was to write a chapter when Tanja was about to make an appearance? Well… if I told you that, we’d be giving all our secrets away, wouldn’t we now?! I think we’d both agree, though, we’ll be writing more Tanja Thompson-types in the future.

Allison Dobell is the pseudonym of two Australian writers – both Allisons (Dobell, get it? Double? Huh? Huh?! They’re nothing if not hilarious). Find out more at allisondobell.com.   Allison Dobell’s first novel, Alice’s Wonderland, is out now:  Here

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