For this particular book, because I’m not building on characters you’ve heard about in the first book (e.g., in SHADOWS, you already knew who the main players were), I help people a little bit by heading each chapter with the POV’s name (Lizzie, Emma, Eric, etc.).Īre there are a lot of people to keep track of (in WHITE SPACE)? Sure, but there are tons of characters in books by Dickens and Stephen King and Dan Simmons and. So the challenge is in creating compelling characters, each with a distinctive voice, to help people keep things straight. I mean, there are many POVs in the ASHES trilogy, too, if you think about it. Thanks! But I’m not sure how to answer your question. I hear there’s many POVs within it, could you tell us about how this is weaved into the story? How do you think readers will find your new release?

(Jeann)I’m excited about your upcoming book White Spaces(sic). If you want to see what follows in context (and get a gander at the entire week-long discussion), drop by here. Oh, and before I forget: a heartfelt thank you to the David Estes Fan Page and YA Book Lovers Unite Discussion Group for letting me barge in for a week and speak my peace. As with all questions, I give my answers a fair amount of thought, and so I figured, okay, since this is on people’s minds, why not simply share one very excellent question about the book and my answer here? A couple aspects that seem to intrigue people revolve around the book’s structure, including multiple POVs. By now, word’s gotten out that the book is. In all that, there were a fair number of questions about the first book in my upcoming, two-volume Dark Passages series, WHITE SPACE. I got some terrific questions, too, covering everything from MONSTERS to the things I love and hate about being a writer. Last week, I mentioned that I’d be on Goodreads answering all things Bick.

White Space by Ilsa J. Bick