Character Studies: The rest of the Alice characters

Karen.
Originally one of Alice's friends. Becomes someone she just kind of puts up with.
What I Like. She seems like fun.
What I Dislike. The snarky way she treats Alice in the older books.
Overall. She's okay.

Jill.
Karen's best friend. She's another of the once friends.
What I Like. I can't think of anything lol.
What I Dislike. The snark. She thinks she's better than everyone else.
Overall. I don't really like her.

Justin.
Jill's boyfriend. Liz's ex.
What I Like. Not sure he's barely mentioned.
What I Dislike. Just seems to go for the pretty girls.
Overall. I don't really have an opinion.

Brian.
Originally a friend of Alice's and Pam's ex.
What I Like. Nothing really.
What I Dislike. He turns out to be a douche.
Overall. I don't like him.

Penny.
Originally a friend of Alice's. Dates Patrick after he dumps Alice.
What I Like. I think she tries to be a good friend to Alice and is nice.
What I Dislike. They change the story about her. Alice is fine with her right after the breakup and then suddenly like a year later she isn't. It's always bugged me even when they become sort of friends again. Alice is a bitch to her even when Penny is nice. Bugs me too.
Overall. I like her just not her storylines.

Mark.
Pam's ex. Penny's boyfriend.
What I Like. He's not really ever mentioned so nothing.
What I Dislike. Nothing.
Overall. He's another one that's kind of just there.

There are a few little characters I've realized I missed. I will tell you about them now.

Amy.
Someone Alice pretends to like.
What I Like. She's nice. Not at all like they seem to think she is.
What I Dislike. The group seems to take their frustrations out on her when she doesn't deserve it.
Overall. Okay character. Sweet.

Lori.
Alice's friend.
What I Like. She's caring and nice.
What I Dislike. Nothing really. She might kinda push Alice in the beginning when she likes her.
Overall. I wish she'd stand up for herself. I like her tho.

Faith.
Alice's stage crew friend.
What I Like. Nice girl. Different.
What I Dislike. Takes too much crap.
Overall. I wish she'd stand up for herself too.

Molly.
Alice's other stage crew friend.
What I Like. Nice girl. Friendly. Great.
What I Dislike. She has cancer. A few comments she makes.
Overall. I really like her.

Thanks for reading. I will be bringing you some interviews soon. :)

Character Studies: Gwen, Patrick, and Sam

Gwen.
One of Alice's best friends.
What I Like. She's nice, friendly, helpful, and funny.
What I Dislike. A comment or two she's made. Her sense of humor takes a bit to get use to.
Overall. I really like her.

Patrick.
The love of Alice's life.
What I Like. Smart, nice, always likes Alice.
What I Dislike. He leaves her. He isn't always understanding.
Overall. He's a good guy. I like him.

Sam.
Alice's boyfriend for a few books.
What I Like. He's sweet.
What I Dislike. He tries to break up Alice and Patrick in my opinion. I don't buy that Alice really likes him or their relationship either.
Overall. He's an okay guy. Wish they'd wrote him to do more than like Alice.

Next up are more minor characters like Penny, Brian, Mark, Karen, and Jill. Then I am taking a break to do a few interviews.

Character Studies: Uncle Milt, Aunt Sally, and Carol

Aunt Sally.
What I Like. She's caring, considerate, and loving.
What I Dislike. She's a bit of a worrywart and stuffy.
Overall. I like her okay but sometimes she bugs me.

Uncle Milt.
What I Like. He's a nice and wise guy.
What I Dislike. He's sort of a background character.
Overall. I like him.

Carol.
What I Like. She's sort of like an older sister to Alice and Lester. She's nice and supportive.
Dislike. I don't like the long running incest jokes between her and Les. I also don't like how old she acts around Alice sometimes.
Overall. I like her okay.

Up next are Gwen, Sam, and Patrick.

Character Studies: Ben, Sylvia, and Lester

Ben is Alice's dad.
Like. He's really there for Alice. Really good single parent.
Dislike. He kinda changes when he gets with her step-mom. He isn't mean to her but he expects her to adjust faster than she feels she can, and he isn't understanding when she can't.
Overall. He's a great dad. I like the positive male influence.

Sylvia is Alice's step-mom.
Like. She's really good to Alice before she gets married to her dad. Afterwards she's nice and she starts to try after awhile.
Dislike. She isn't as nice at first.
Overall. She's a nice person and she tries to have a relationship with Alice.

Lester is Alice's brother.
Like. He's a good guy. He has lots of different ladies over the course of time and he cares about them. He comes through for Alice at times.
Dislike. How he treats Alice at times. His annoyance at Liz and Pam.
Overall. I like the character.

Next up are Alice's aunt, uncle, and cousin followed by Gwen, Patrick, and Sam. Thanks for reading!

Character Studies: Alice, Pam, and Liz

Now on to the Alice series.
The series follows Alice throughout most of her school life.

Alice and Pamela and Elizabeth.

Alice.
What I Like. She's funny, fun, and loyal. She has nice adventures that I can kinda relate to. & she faces her problems well.
What I Dislike. She's kinda dumb to things. The Tony stuff.
Overall. I like the character.

Pamela Jones.
What I Like. she's wild and fun.
Dislike. She's kinda pushy.
Overall. I like the character but she bugs me at times.

Elizabeth Price.
What I Like. She's kinda innocent but she'll do fun things with the others.
What I Dislike. The other two treat her kinda like she's stupid even tho she gets experience first.
Overall. I like the character tho at times she bugs me.

Up next are Alice's dad, brother, and step-mom. They will followed by her aunt, uncle, and cousin.

Character Studies: Laura Spencer. Bobbie Spencer. Scott Baldwin.

Since I've been watching Bobbie Spencer has made her way back to Scottie. & been a support for the Spencers especially Luke.

Scottie has been back with Laura. & then chasing after Lucy. & then back with Bobbie. He was DA for awhile. Then he stepped down for Franco. Now he's Ava's lawyer.

Laura has been back with Scottie. & voice of reason and secret keeper for Nik and Liz.

What I Like. Laura is calm and mature. Bobbie seems nice.

What I Don't Like. Scottie in general. Laura not just telling Jason!

Overall. Scottie. Laura and Bobbie are okay but they're bland.

Up next I will be doing character reviews for the Alice series. Alice, Pamela, Elizabeth, Gwen, Patrick, Sam, Alice's brother, Alice's dad, her aunt, uncle, and cousin. Oh and Molly and Faith too. :)

Interview With Alternative Mistress

Q: How long have you been writing?

A: I have been writing since my early childhood so about nine or ten years old. I have a very fond memory of me and a friend of mine sitting around my grandmothers old oaken table where my friend and I were planning out a play. Yes I mean the William Shakespeare type plays. We wanted to be the biggest and best play writes around, although we had no clue being only ten. I remember how we even tried to act it out but the lines were so bad. Utterly awful. I still have it somewhere but I dare not look at it for fear of embarrassment. Haha.
I took up Writing though full time two years ago as a serious career choice and it has been an interesting adventure. I love it! I have tried numerous jobs and I just don't feel comfortable in any of them. Writing is my life. theres nothing else I want to do! Its in my blood to create a world of escapism for the reader. Its my job to create a world where I can escape to when I am in need!

Q: What do you write about?

A: I write a variety of things. These range from blog posts to fanfiction!

Mainly I write Short stories in the Horror genre as I love all things dark and marcarb. To me, the scarier the story, the better the reaction you get and that is what I aim to do when I write a horror story.

It's a challenging genre to write for as you have so many names to live up too in the horror works. Stephen King for example and even Edgar Allan Poe! Those are two of the best horror writers that inspired me to write along with numerous others that I could name! My lsit is endless, but Poe is definitely my biggest inspiration!

I have also dabbled in romance and erotica. Ghost writing is also a new path that I am treading at the moment which I am finding to be very interesting. When I write I look to all avenues and so I came across the interest of ghost writing when I interviewed a fellow author on the same subject!

I have also written poetry and articles for numerous websites. I write for a webzine called Moonproject. One of my favourite subjects to talk about is actually hate crime against alternative people.

Q: Do you have any work getting ready to come out?

A: Yes. I am due to have an article published for an up coming magazine and also a short story that is being prepared to be published for this month! I am very excited!

Q: Who is your favorite author and why?

A: As I stated above, I have to say that Edgar Allan Poe is my favourite author! The way he writes is so hauntingly beautiful that his words just captivate my heart each time that I open a book of his!

My collection of his works are very old and tattered now from constant reading and use and the book always flops opens to the same page when I open it!

Without fail it falls open to The Raven!

This is my favourite work by Poe as I am so in love with it that I just cannot express fully in words what it does to me. Its so sad yet powerful and I can feel the emotion and the madness that is befalling admist the words on the page.

Poe's writing and my own are rather similar or so I like to think. He is a dark and marcarb writer and I too am these things!

He is by far my biggest inspiration!

Q: Are any of your characters based off of people in real life?

A: This is a great question!

I have to be honest, nearly all of my characters are mirror images of myself!

In a way that is a rather cliched thing to say as a lot of writers insert themselves into their characters that they create but with me I go all the way inside and live out the life of my character for a day or two before I begin to write.

I have not written any characters based off real people in my own fiction but I have a few ideas that I will be putting into action before long!

Q: What's your favorite thing that you've written?

A: I have many pieces that I am proud of but one of my most favourite pieces I have written has to be my newest short story that has been accepted. Its a horror story and I poured a lot of time and effort into it and it turned out great!

When I submitted like six months ago and did not get a reply I assumed that I had been rejected only to receive an email one evening saying that I had been selected for publication! I was so proud! And still am! By far that story is my favourite.

I wish I could give details but I am under contract not to give any details away until release!

Q: Do you have any goals related to writing?

A: I think every writer has a set goal when they first set out to become a writer!

My ambition is to simply write, to get better at it and to learn from all the mistakes that I will make in order to better my skills.

I want to go to University so I can study creative writing and gain more knowledge again. But the best way to learn is through writing continuously which is what I do every day non stop!

Eventually I would love to see a book of mine or a collection of short stories published in book form hit the shelves as all writers dream of. But the question, Will I stick out the hardships that the creative world will throw at me to get there?

My answer to that is - Your damn right I will!

Q: Are you published? If so how many times? If not how come?

A:  I have had two acceptances so far in my two years of writing so I suppose yes I am published. I'm not a very well known writer but I am still a writer and am earning my way!

I have been thinking of getting a publisher as I want to release a collection of short stories in book form so by getting a publisher might help me with this!

Then again, I could always self publish!

I am undecided so far!

Q: Do you have a pen name? If so what is it? If not have you thought about having one?

A: No I don't have a pen name though I have thought about having one. I have a series of Erotic stories that I want to release and I thought about using a pen name for this.

It's still in the works at the moment so I cannot comment too much on it yet!

Q: What in writing are you really good at? Really bad at?

A: Romance I feel I suck at completely haha though people tell me that I write romance very well I still feel like its a pile of shit haha

Romance is out of my comfort zone but I feel thats what writing is all about. Writers should step out of their comfort zones every now and again as it broadens their minds and introduces them to new possible ideas!

As in regards to what I'm good at, I'd have to say Horror/Paranormal and overall dramatic writing. I know how the saying goes 'write what you know' and I do agree with it as I do write what I know!

I grew up with all things horror orientated so I know what I write about without having to search my brain to hard. But like I said before - I also like a challenge, so by stepping out of my comfort zone I can get the challenge that I require.

There are so many different genres that I have yet to dip my toe in!

Thanks so much for taking the time to let me interview you. Good luck in all your future writing!