Well done Philip. Question, when is the next book due? Congratulations on your success up to date. The first pages of Dark Muse would make most people want to read on, but I don't know how anyone sets out to write a trilogy - let alone a series.

Philip Mann First question first. The next book, which explains the muse and who Lee and Vi really are, and how the whole thing got started, is due out this fall, either October or November.
As to how to write a series, judging from my meagre experience, you have to create contrary characters, toss in some throw-away lines that you don't really throw away, and especially don't try to explain everything right away. As another person wrote, don't have the reader swallow a bunch of hooey. Allow yourself enough time and space to figure things out.
It also helps if you have an obsessive personality and a demanding editor who won't let you get away with slack efforts.

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