Julia F.F. asked Veronica Roth:

How is Sloane from Chosen Ones and crew doing these days?

Veronica Roth My friend, you have accidentally stumbled into a much greater question here, which is: "do you think about the characters after you finish writing the book?"

So if you actually just want to know what Sloane et al are up to, the TL;DR is: I have no idea. But if you're interested in this greater question, read on.

There are some authors out there who can tell you what their characters are doing ten minutes, ten hours, ten years after a story takes place. They know where all their made-up people ended up, if they ever fell in love, had children, got a new job, died a miserable death, etc. To those authors I say, that sounds fun. But to me, the characters exist only inside of the story I have made. I know very little about them that doesn't appear on the page, and I don't really think about what happens to them afterward. As the Internet would say, that's none of my business.

If I do start to wonder, it's because I have another story in mind and need to write it. But...that doesn't usually happen to me. The reason I know Chosen Ones is complete at one book is that I don't have any lingering questions about it. (Alas.)

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