Текст книги "The body painter"

Автор книги: Pepper winters

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PLAYLIST

Imagine Dragons – Birds

Imagine Dragons – Natural

King & Country – Amen

Zac Efron  & Zendaya – Rewrite the Stars

Flora Cash – You’re Somebody Else

One Republic – Rescue Me

The Chainsmokers – Call You Mine

Calum Scott & Leona Lewis – You Are The Reason

Pink – What About Us

Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

Lewis Capaldi – Bruises

Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence

Halsey – Nightmare

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Body Painter has been a labour of love.

I first started this book in June 2017, put it aside until December 2017, wrote 63,000 words, put it on the back burner to write The Boy & His Ribbon, The Girl & Her Ren, and The Son & His Hope, deleted the original 63,000 words, started fresh in March 2019, wrote 137,000 words, sent to betas for feedback, deleted 30,000 words, rewrote 25,000 words and changed some key character personalities.

In the middle of that convoluted process, I almost deleted the entire thing for the second time, almost printed it off and burned it, almost printed it off to let my horses eat it, and overall lost faith that there was a story worthwhile telling in the mess I had created.

But...I’m glad I stuck with it.

Because I really like what is left and hope you enjoyed reading it!

I get asked all the time what inspired me to write. Normally, I have no reply—just the typical generic answer of ‘a story randomly popped into my head and I can’t explain where or why’. But this time...a few things intrigued me enough to create the tale of THE BODY PAINTER.

First, I binge-watched the Netflix show of Skin Wars. I loved watching the artists turn people into creations.

Second, I read a news article of an old man who went to a catholic school when he was young, run by nuns. He never married and spent his life alone, until one day, a young woman knocked on his door claiming to be his daughter. When he was young, a nun sexually abused him. She had a child and never told him. The daughter found out and tracked him down.

It really touched me that story. To think of a young boy being taken advantage of by someone who should be in a position of trust, leaving him with a daughter he never knew about.

Obviously I’ve taken creative license and changed the story to how I needed Gil’s life to unfold but those are the two main areas of inspiration for this tale.

And now, onto my thank you list.

Thank you so much to Heather (Po), Chanpreet, Heather (Pe), Nicole, Selena, Nina, Tamicka, Julia, Effie, Melissa, Michell, and Rochelle. You all provided invaluable feedback and I’m ever so grateful for your time and honesty.

Thank you to Heather (Po) for the quote from Van Gough at the beginning and for reading chapters again and again.

Thank you to Effie for being the first to read the finalized rewritten draft and talking me off the ledge.

Thank you to Selena for running my group, Pepper’s Playground, so efficiently.

Thank you to all my readers for their immense patience with this tale...it truly has been a long time coming.

And lastly, thank you to my husband for giving me the life I’ve always dreamed about.

I’m the luckiest girl in the world.

Love,

Pepper

xxx

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