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The Whole Idea of Alice

Phyllis replied:

I started out just wanting to write one book about a motherless girl who was looking for a role model, a young girl being raised by her dad and older brother.  But so many readers wrote to me asking for more books about Alice, that I decided to start a series, as long as Alice could grow older in each book.   I’m so glad you enjoy them.

Please Help!!!

Question:

i was sorta hoping that maybe you could help me. i dont wanna sound like everyone else, but we all use you like we would our school consolers and stuff. you do give good advice though. i can’t talk to my best friend about this, bc she doesnt know either.
ok so I have a best friend, and we just became like bff’s this summer when our families spent all our time together. well, ever since school started again, things havent been going well with her other “friends.” their always mean to me, and of course they are always mean to my friend. one friend of hers, i was trying to be nice. i liked her at first, but she got really annoying. she always butted in my conversation about the guy i like (who happens to go to another school) with my bff. (we both know him) but she was trying to say all this stuff about him that i didnt really like. once she punched me in the stomach! i have no idea why! my bff yelled at her, and she just kept doing it. like poking me in the lunch line. my friend is getting annoyed with her too. please help!!!
thanks so much for everything!

Phyllis replied:

 

The number one problem girls write to me about is friends switching loyalties, being jealous, having new best friends, saying bad things about them.  I wonder sometimes if these close relationships between girls at a certain age are sort of dress rehearsals for close friendships with guys later on–the jealousy, the hurt, the gossip, the heartbreak.  Since you and your bff became close this past summer, and trouble started with the other girls once school began, it seems that they resent your closeness, perhaps your exclusiveness.  Sometimes the best way to handle a thoughtless action or a mean remark is simply to ask why.  “What made you do that?”  “Why did you say that?”  “Why have you been acting the way you are?”  It may not get a response, but it might start the person thinking more about why she is saying or acting the way she is.

Did Someone Die?

What’s Masturbation?

Question:

I’m so glad you have a blog because I have so many questions.
I was just wondering what masturbation was. My friends and I have heard about it
but we aren’t sure what it is.

Phyllis replied:

It’s the way males and females get sexual relief and satisfaction by stimulating themselves.

Drifting Apart

Phyllis replied:

There seems to be part of the story missing here:  she formed a plan to get revenge for what?   I can understanding missing the friend she once was to you, and perhaps part of her anger is her knowledge that you don’t approve of her new friend.  Whatever, to renew your friendship with her or/and to understand her, you need to figure out what’s eating her, and what your part might play in all this.

I Feel Threatened

 Question:

 Hi! I have one of my best friends whose been one of my bffs since kindergarten. all the sudden she’s acting like she needs the mooost attention in the world, and she acts like she’s all that. last year, i told her i wanted to be an actress, and that i was doing all i could to achieve that goal, and hours later, she suddenly says” i want to be an actress to” and it was really annoying because i was the one who wanted to be an actress. i can’t help but feel threatened! Please help! and when i’m with her but were also with her GT friends(the higher level in a grade)

she doesn’t even pay attention to me…

Phyllis replied:

 

Pul-ease!  She wants to be an actress because you want to be an actress and you feel threatened?  You should feel flattered!   What difference does it make?  The girl who is going to become an actress is the one who puts in the huge amount of time and effort it takes to learn the craft, to audition for every possible show, to start her resume, to enroll in classes, not the girl who thinks she would like to be an actress because her friend wants to be one.  Concentrate on what’s real.

Love the Characters and Situations

Question: 

I am a young writer and I found the Alice series just 2 weeks ago and I an now hooked! I love the characters and the situations they go through. I am only 13 but I can relate to alot that goes on in your books. As I read the Alice books, I laugh when they laugh and I feel their heartache and pain when something terrible happens. Alice is amazing and I think every girl in her teens should read this series! I love how Alice tries to break free and be her true self!! After I finish an Alice book I feel like I am in a happy bubble and I want more Alice. Thank you so much for the inspiration in your books! I love this series because of the truth in it!

Phyllis replied:

Thanks so much for letting me know how much you like the books.  It’s always fun to hear from a new reader.

 

Do People Recognize You?

Books in Order

Question:

I am thirteen and a great fan of your “Alice” series.  i really like them.  when i have nothing to look forward to, i always know that there is an “Alice” book lying in my backpack waiting to be read.  So anyways, i hope that you keep writing them.  I am glad that Patrick and Alice are back together.  I was waiting for that since “Alice Alone”!  Whenever I read books, it revolvs in ront of my evey like a movie.  i have espically starting reading a lot more than i used to since i started on your alice series.  those books have just some awesome plot lines.  sometimes, i cant resist to look at the story, so i just read the end a little bit.  then i feel that i shouldnt have so i would stay in the suspence.  but i still do that, sometimes anyways.  is intensely alice after almost alice? and alice in charge after intensely alice?  oh, there is just so much story to look forward to in your alice books.  i thought that almost alice was the last one, so i was like, OH MY GOSH!!!!! Then i found out that it wasnt, so i was relieved.  whenever i finish a series, i feel like there should have been more books.  i am aware that you get about millions of these email everyday…. but i would really like for you to respond to me… and would you be so kind to please send me a list of all of the “Alice” books starting from Intensely Alice and so on???? Oh, I would really like it if you would send me the list…. not just the ones that came out, but the other titles that you are also planning to write, or already writing.  any alice books, in order, that you will write after intensely alice.  you see, i really cant find all of the books accurately even on the internet.  so i would be pleased if the wonderful author herself wrote/told me the books.  there is so much more i could write about but my mom is calling me to dinner. i really hope that u respond to my email…

Phyllis replied:

 Please look at the top of the home page on the Alice website and you will see “Books in Order.”  Click on that, and it will list all the Alice books to date.