Rodney Tripp asked Paul Trembling:

You have written Local Poet and Local Artist... will the Local books be made into series of books?

Paul Trembling I certainly hope so! I don't have a contract for a series - my publisher (Lion Hudson) doesn't work that way - but I have plenty of ideas to develop.

I'm currently working on the third book, Local Legend, the first chapter of which you can find at the back of Local Artist. I'm currently about 15,000 words into the first draft, the intention is to have it out by autumn next year.

Beyond that, I have rough ideas for two more 'Local' books. And others could be developed. The 'strategy' (if that's not too grand a word!) that I'm following is to make each book about a different character. So Local Poet was about Rob Seaton. Local Artist takes one of the minor characters from the first book, the librarian Sandra Deeson, and tells her story. Local Legend (not a spoiler, it's in the extract included with Local Artist) is written from the POV of her husband, Graham Deeson.

This gives me a lot of flexibility for future books - every one of the minor characters could become main characters in the future.

Thanks for your interest. Feel free to ask any more questions you might have. You can also follow my writing page on Facebook (Paul Trembling - Writing) and/or look at my website. https://yearningblue.weebly.com/

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