Ask the Author: David Grimstone
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David Grimstone
Hey Michael! Firstly, thanks for the support and for trying to order them in the first place. Unfortunately, I think it's a timing issue: Hodder have literally just handed back the rights, which means that we'll be publishing them with Kingsbrook just as soon as we've got through the Illmoor series. If you follow my author page on here for updates, I'll let you know the second we have the engine moving on them. The first Kingsbrook book (Shadow of the Shapeshifter) is out in February and after that it's going to be quite an active year for the back catalogue. Apologies for the difficulty with this: it's been a complicated business, as Hodder published in the UK and Penguin in the USA. We're literally just getting on top of things now!
David Grimstone
Oddly, it was from watching two guinea pigs chase each other around a pen...
David Grimstone
I was encouraged at a young age by brilliant advice from both Terry Pratchett and Tom Holt. Also, I'd never read a book until I discovered the Fighting Fantasy adventures of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, so they deserve a mention, too!
David Grimstone
New Illmoor Chronicles, a ya novel and two graphic novel scripts.
David Grimstone
Write and submit, write and submit: never give up and never expect someone else to do all the legwork for you. Asking an established author how they got published is never a great idea as you - deep down - you usually know the answer: blood, sweat and tears (and a lot of perseverance)
David Grimstone
Working for Disney was fun; the production value of my books for them was often incredible.
David Grimstone
I usually go to a coffee shop and wait for the inspiration to come back. Occasionally, I wait days, weeks or even years for this to happen.
David Grimstone
I once leaped between the rooftops of two buildings, believing it to be well within my capabilities. It wasn't.
Note - interestingly, my autistic edge jumped in there and corrected the above to:
I once leaped between the rooftops of two buildings, believing the jump to be well within my capabilities: it wasn't. (However, that's not two sentences.)
Note - interestingly, my autistic edge jumped in there and corrected the above to:
I once leaped between the rooftops of two buildings, believing the jump to be well within my capabilities: it wasn't. (However, that's not two sentences.)
David Grimstone
As a child, Clive Barker's Holiday House from Thief of Always because it's the place where dreams come true (albeit dark ones) and Terry Pratchett's Discworld as an adult (because I'd love to live in Lancre with Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg).
David Grimstone
Lots of re-reads and some new ones. I'm currently on Normal People by Sally Rooney and am looking forward to Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz.
David Grimstone
A few years ago, I became a Master Freemason and the whole glorious adventure - from the initiation ceremony to the final ritual - was something that could definitely be the plot for one of my books. It was a fantastic experience.
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