1. When I consider the Troy Paiva style, two different things come to mind. The first is that he uses gelled flashes inside small areas, normally vehicles. He uses the same colour combinations regularly which I find a bit tedious. I guess this is what you mean by the TP style. The second is that he brightens areas of images (with and without colour) using a torch from behind the camera. This has a flattening effect as it fills the shadows that face the camera.
I see no reason why either of these could not be used in conjunction with other lightpainting styles, such as the backlighting commonly used in drains. It's just a matter of displaying a location to its best effect rather than being intent on using a particular style.
2. They're very popular right now. In print, TP's Night Vision book is popular in libraries amongst both the young approaching it from an urbex position, and older people who are reasonably proficient amateurs who find it an interesting and easily practicable technique. Online, TCB-style light stencils and lights wands are the focus. These are more limited and I think will soon fall from favour, while the former will last somewhat longer.
3. Yes, though how long it would remain a popular title would depend on the level at which it is aimed.
4. My interest is in using different lighting techniques to create very different atmospheres from a single location - the power of lighting. I would like to see both a variety of effects at single locations, showing the breadth of potential different types of location can have, and particularly good individual photos.
5. Light modifiers for LED torches, allowing different spread patterns in the same way maglite-type torches have, or fresnel bulbs on continuous studio lights.
6. What are your views on the questions you've posed? Who do you envisage as the audience for any such publication?
Hope this helps. Feel free to quote me in your write up and say I'm a leader in the field ;)
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