Character Profile Sheet for Larry Evans from Andrew Marc Rowe's ‘Hi De Ho, Infecterino!’

 

Years ago (and still applies today), the experts were telling fiction writers that in order to really know their main character, they must come up with a character profile sheet for them and definitely applies to all your characters as well.  This is a good practice because once you know all the ins and outs of all your characters, the book flows better and allows the author to get inside the head of each of their characters.

We decided to ask authors if they would like to come up with a character sketch of their main character, throwing in a few unique questions to make it really fun!

Today we have Andrew Marc Rowe stopping by on his blog tour with a character sketch of his main character, Larry Evans.  Enjoy!

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Learn more about Larry Evans!

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Name of Character: Larry Evans

Age: 27

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Color: Brown

Birthplace: Cork, Ireland

Marital Status: Single

Children: None

Place of Residence: London, 1988

Description of Home: A low rent flat near down town

Dominant Character Trait: Six of ambition, a half dozen of laziness

Best Friend: Richard, band mate

Enemies and Why: Larry is patient zero of the fungal infection, De Longeuil, that first turns him into a bloodthirsty zombie, then mouthpiece for the fungal hivemind, which is peaceful. So, other humans after he's infected, then the whole world that wants to stamp out the infection?

Temperament: Easy going, a bit lazy

Ambition: To become a rock star - when the story opens his band has just signed with Geffen Records, though the zombie apocalypse puts and end to that. He spent most of his adult years selling skunk to keep himself afloat

Educational Background: The school of hard knocks

Philosophy of Life: Sex, drugs, and rock and roll

Bad Habits: Sex, drugs, and rock and roll

Talents: He's extremely good at guitar and singing at the start of the story, he becomes a superhuman virtuoso with the fungus' help

Hobby or Hobbies: Playing guitar, trying to keep the apocalyspe from destroying humanity

Why is Character Likeable? He's a bit of an everyman thrust into a role (eater of brains, mouthpiece for the fungal hivemind, Starseed) that is beyond the pale

Favorite Pig Out Food: Warm human cerebrum, fresh from a murdered fellow human

Character Mini-Interview:

Every New Year’s I resolve to: Put an end to the zombie apocalypse

Nobody knows I am: Sick of getting erections every time I eat brains

I wish: I could have just had the quiet life of a mega rock star instead of the go get 'em lifestyle of stooge for Starseed, the fungal hivemind

The worse part of my life is: The black goo that drips from my mouth

I want to teach my children that: I tried to save the world, I really did

A good time for me is: Listening to Welcome to the Jungle by Guns n Roses whilst really high on reefer

The worse advice my father gave me is: Stay in school - I ignored that one

When I feel sorry for myself: Everyone thinks I really believe in all this peace and love stuff that Starseed gets on with - I'm just along for the ride

My friends like me because: We're infected with the same fungal monstrosity that is threatening humanity's extinction

My major accomplishment is: Getting signed to Geffen Records before the world went to shit

My most humbling experience was: Getting accidentally infected with De Longeuil

Meet the Author

Born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Andrew Marc Rowe had no idea that the human psyche and the nature of reality were going to end up as his prime fascinations in life. Perhaps he had more than an inkling that he would not wake up one morning as a jock doing sports things, given his penchant for nerdiness like mythology and fantasy and science fiction, but matters of the spirit and philosophy were the furthest things from his mind as an adolescent. More his speed were the most puerile and juvenile expressions of toilet and sexual humour offered up on silver platters by stand-up comedians and nascent Internet peeps.

People grow up, though, or so Andrew has been told. His interests expanded, limited world views were shattered, horizons increased in scope. Mental health problems became intractable, psychedelic medicines and following one’s dreams were recognized for their curative powers. Atheism became raving pantheism became ‘wrong question, dude’ as Andrew found himself no longer young enough to know everything or believe anything. Instead, he finds himself writing characters who think they know everything.

If you really want to stroke Andrew’s ego, tell him you’ve never read anything like his work before. It makes his writing nearly impossible to market but at least I’ve got chicken, as young Leroy Jenkins once proclaimed to a bunch of nerds in the mid-aughts.

What’s that? You want bog-standard biographical info? Lawyer, father of one, man nearing middle age who gets his jollies pushing and bending and licking the literary envelope.

Happy?

Andrew Marc Rowe’s latest book is Hi De Ho, Infecterino! The Come Up.

Website & Social Media:

Website ➜ http://www.andrewmarcrowe.com 

Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/andrewmarcrowe 

TikTok ➜ https://www.tiktok.com/@bawdybardwrites 

Inside the Book

Larry Evans was on the brink of his big break. As the lead singer of a rising rock band in 1980s London, his dream of leaving behind his small-time drug-dealing days seemed within reach. But fate—or more accurately, a freak fire and a faceful of experimental fungal spores—had other plans. Transformed into patient zero of a flesh-eating zombie outbreak, Larry unwittingly becomes ground zero for a pandemic that’s more psychedelic than apocalyptic.

The culprit? De Longeuil, a hallucinogenic fungal infection created by the brilliant but socially awkward scientist Hester. As the infection spreads, it alters not just bodies but minds, creating a hive mind of infected individuals who crave brains and challenge the limits of human evolution. Meanwhile, global leaders weigh the nuclear option, threatening to obliterate Great Britain in a desperate bid to contain the outbreak.

Enter an unlikely alliance: Larry, fighting to maintain his humanity; Starseed, the newly sentient fungal hive mind; and a ragtag crew of survivors, including Willy, an adult bookstore clerk battling his own addictions, and Ralph, whose experimental fluconazole offers a glimmer of hope but at a strange cost to her own humanity. Together, they must find a way to prove to the world that the infected aren’t mindless monsters, all while dodging fallout—both literal and figurative.

Across the Atlantic, Subject #30452—a crow gifted with sapience thanks to Parasol Industries’ sinister experiments—embarks on his own odyssey. From revenge to psychedelic enlightenment, his journey takes him to a New Jersey arcade run by a hippie named Zane, where unexpected connections begin to reshape his worldview.

Hi De Ho, Infecterino! is the first explosive installment of The Parasol Files, a mind-bending trilogy that blends apocalyptic chaos with dark humor, wild characters, and a sharp, satirical edge. Equal parts zany adventure, raunchy comedy, and biting commentary, this is a story of survival, evolution, and the absurdity of it all. Buckle up for a trippy, laugh-out-loud ride into the end of the world—and the strange possibilities it might bring.

Hi De Ho, Infecterino! The Come Up is available at Amazon.