"Donna," he said, taking my hand, "the only important thing here is that I love you. If that is what you want, I'll do it."

Maurey writes paperback adventure fiction, so he works at home, therefore he could stay in character except for occasional visits to his agent and the publishers.

I have been a beautician for several years, which gave me some experience in the begining. The project took up everything I had learned and forced me to find out many new techinques.

We started with the haircut.

Men wear their hair much longer now than they did in the pre-Beatle era. Despite the length, there is a distinct difference in hair styles between men and women. It's in the parting and side lengths, bangs, all kinds of things. I took a week cutting

his hair, because I

had to think about

him as a girl. That was the first change. I also wanted it to be convertible so he could do the occasional public relations necessary to his work. He has to do the autographsigning bit in bookstores each time one of his books comes out. That

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means looking manly and virile to match the readers' impression of the author of adventure stories.

I trimmed it more than cut it, keeping the original part on one side and form-