When asked about inspiration, Terry Pratchett said this;

“I make up my ideas in my head, and that’s where the inspiration comes from as well. Yes, sometimes I can see, in the real world, unusual juxtapositions, or there are little triggers which happen to set something off in my mind, but usually I get my ideas by thinking logically about things that you’re not supposed to think logically about.”

So when I am asked, as I sometimes am, “tell us about how you researched your book, The 400Lb Goril...