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I’m Amazed!

Hello! To say I’m a big fan would be an understatement… I am a gigantic fan of yours! I’ve read all your books but none of them beat the Alice series! I finally got to read Now I’ll Tell You Everything after all these years and I was Amazed! I felt nostalgic in some chapters but overall joyous. Last night I fell asleep after reading the last chapter and I just wanted to ask, Did she really marry and THE Patrick Long that she dated & grew up with sine the first book or was that only in my dream? also are you working on any other books? You are a remarkable author and I hope u r living a very safe, happy and healthy life!

I’m just so happy that you loved the ending.  Yes, indeed, she did marry Patrick, after a number of detours along the way.  But this did help them to realize, when they finally got together again, that they loved each other most of all.   I am ALWAYS working on a new book–right now it’s a novel for adults, but I have no contract for it yet.   Yes, I am happy living what I hope is a heathy and safe life, but until this pandemic is over, I guess none of us know for sure.  Lots of good writing time, though!

Regrets on how you ended the series?

Dearest Mrs. Naylor, I have been a Huge fan of the Alice books since I was 11 and I just completely LOVE the way you ended it with how Alice is starting a new career as an Author and how she and Patrick reunited and got married and had children and I honestly felt joyous when I read that Alice and Patrick had a grandchild together though I felt like I was seeing a best friend grow up and leave but the endin was beautiful. Do you have any regrets on how you ended the series such as Alice and Patrick getting back together or would you have written more about menopause or are you happy with how it ended? I know I am:) also how do you come up with the title for your books?

Once I decided that the first Alice book would become  a series (actually reviewers and readers decided this for me), I decided that anxious Alice and awkward Patrick would marry sometime in the distant future.  But in the meantime there would be breakups, other love interests, partings, distance, tragedies, surprises–all the things that make up a long life.  No, I don’t have any regrets with how it all turned out, and I’m glad that you don’t either.

Thank you

Dear Phyllis,I just wanted to say thank you for the Alice book series. I am from Germany and I read the first book, when I was 10 years old and continued reading the books that were translated into German in my teens. Later I discovered that there were indeed serveral books, that weren’t translated and I was hooked. This week I finally finished the last book which I got for my 31st birthday from my financé. I really enjoyed the books, because Alice is so relatable, not the coolest, prettiest kid nor the smartest, but just one of us. Thank you so much for the Alice books, I will miss all of the characters and I am looking forward to sharing the books with my children. Regards and keep on writing,

Thank you so much for writing to me.  I’m pleasantly surprised to read, over the years,  how it is often the finance or boyfriend that gives an Alice book as a gift.  To me that means that you, and the other girls/women are able to share with the guy closest to you what you enjoy, how you feel, what would please you….so important.  I’m delighted to know that you were able to find all the books.  I know that Germany stopped translating them once Alice revealed her sexual feelings and questions, and I’m encouraged that you liked the books enough to hunt them down.  Best of luck to you in the years to come….

 

 

Will the Alice books be available on the Kindle store??

Hi,

I have some nostalgic memories of reading one of the books in the Alice series when I was a teenager. Now as an adult I would love to read the whole book series. I am based in the UK and the books are difficult to find. Will these ever become available for Kindle?

I just checked a few of the titles on Amazon, and yes, they are in Kindle.  You can also buy all 28 books in the series in 3 paperback boxed sets:–Alice in grade school, Alice in middle school, Alice in high school and beyond.  Check out the Alice series on my blog in this website.  In addition, the publisher put the three books of her freshman year of high school into one big book titled “I Like Him, He likes her.”   The three books of her sophomore year are in a big oversize book titled “It’s Not Like I Planned it This Way;”  the three books of her junior year are in an oversized book called “Please Don’t be True;”  and the three books of her senior year are in an oversize book titled “Now I’ll Tell You Everything.”  Happy reading!

just a comment :)

Hi! I don’t have a question, but I wanted to comment anyway because I’m in love with your Alice books! I started reading them two years ago and couldn’t put them down! As of now, I’ve re-read all 28 books about three times. Your writing style makes reading all the more enjoyable. Thanks for letting Patrick end up with Alice because I was somewhat nervous about that, haha. You’re a fantastic author; keep writing.

Well, now you know Alice from age 8 to 60, you’ve met her best friends, and you saw that her dad got remarried.  That’s a lot.  I’m delighted to know you enjoyed the books so much.

A thank you and a couple questions

Hi again, I’m the fan who e-mailed u about “Fan needing help” on the Alice blog and I re-read the book Now I’ll tell you everything and even highlighted some parts at the end to read when I need to reassure myself that Patrick and Alice lived happily ever after. I’ve never loved a book so much before or the characters and Im slowly getting better, but how do I forget about penny and all of Patrick’s other girlfriends? Do all teens go through a faze like this where they’re obsessed with romance? And if so how do I get out of it and enjoy my last remaining year of being a teen? I also wanted to say thank you for being so patient and helping me.

I don’t know, frankly.  I don’t know why you’re so obsessed with fictional characters.  If I tell you I accidentally left out a chapter where Patrick gets down on his knees and tells Alice that he now has almost forgotten every girl he ever dated, and wants to spend his whole life just making her happy, would you still have doubts?   (No, I didn’t write any such chapter).  I think every teen, and probably every person on earth, wants to feel special to someone in some special way.  Don’t try to live Alice’s life.  Live your own.

Alice questions

Hi, I just want to tell you that I absolutely love all your books, especially the Alice books. My first question is did you put a lot of your personality into Alice when you were writing about her? And did you always know what Alice’s future job would be? And lastly, do you ever read your books after writing them? Thank you so very much for taking the time to read and answer my questions! I hope you are having a very nice day!

I don’t read the whole book once it’s written and published.  Usually I read sections of it if I’m giving a talk somewhere and looking for a paragraph to illustrate what I mean.  Or I have to look through a book again to answer a reader’s question,

My take on Alice & Patrick’s relationship

So, I’ve been seeing a lot of questions and doubts on Patrick on here and I’ll bet you’re annoyed with the topic but yet u never push them to the side, u always answer their questions and I think that’s very nice of you! I personally think as a reader that Patrick always loved Alice which is why he only dated penny for a few months & wasn’t fully over her. I also believe that he always loved Alice because out of all the other girls he dated, he always went back to Alice until he finally came back for good and chose her out of all the women he could’ve had, that’s special and I think Alice knew too. They will forever be Patrick and Alice❤ at least that’s what I think. But I do have a question so I can fully understand once I reread the series, what did Patrick mean when he said penny demanded too much of his time? Did he mean she was clingy or needy or did he mean he was too busy with school because he dated Marcie after that. 💕💖❤

Probably a little bit of both.

Fan needing help

So I may sound CRAZY when I say this, but I figured the Author of my Favorite book series could help me. I LOVE the Alice series, but for some reason I’m going thru a strange period in my teen life where I’m in love with romance stories and Alice and Patrick are my fav couple in the world. No offense, because you’re a great author but lately I don’t like reading Alice Alone anymore or Simply Alice simply because it puts a heavy weight on my heart that’s extremely hard to get rid of because Alice and Patrick are no longer together, I have to keep reassuring myself that in the end, Patrick and Alice ended up together, Were in love and happy, had two kids and even a grandson but for some reason I can’t get this bad feeling to go away, for me Alice & Patrick feel real and mean a lot to me. I want my brain and heart to accept the fact that Patrick and Alice lived happily ever after together so I can read other stuff without worrying about them. What should I do? Thx

Well, one thing you could do is read the last book in the series, “Now I’ll Tell You Everything..”  and you will be happy and able to sleep at night if you will accept the fact that no matter how much a couple love each other, much of their life together is routine, hum drum;  they do not fall all over each other  when they are standing side by side at the sink brushing their teeth.  Patrick does not tell Alice how beautiful she is every morning when she first wakes up.  Alice does not delight in picking up the clothes he dumps on a chair.  But they can’t wait for the other  one to return from a trip, and enjoy the prolonged kiss when they are together again  They worry when the other one gets sick and will make that midnight drive to the pharmacy to pick up medication.  They do not tell their friend things that go on between them that would embarrass their partner.  Love is loyalty and kindness as much as it is passion.

Always Alice

Hello, I’m in love with the Alice books and my daughter has gotten into them too! It gives us both something to talk about and she even tells her friends about them! She’s only been able to read them on the internet so I decided to order some and I saw there was a book called “Always Alice” that said it was written by you, I’ve read all your books from The Agony Of Alice to Now I’ll tell You Everything and never saw this one, what is it about? Thank you.

There isn’t an Alice book called “Always Alice”  but there’s an “Almost Alice.”  There are 28 books in all, beginning with “Starting with Alice” and ending with “Now I’ll tell You Everything.”   I love hearing that you and your daughter share them.  A number of mother and daughters do this , and find that it leads to some very honest and helpful conversations.