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Why retell the tale of Troy when so many have tackled it before?
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- During your career you have seen many diverse changes such as labouring, door management and journalism. How does it feel to be on the receiving end of an interview?
- With each novel having different artwork, what options do you get with the selection of the pieces and does the company present you with a number to choose from?
- Recently you had a quote appear on the debut novel of Ian Graham (Monument) How were you persuaded to review Ian's work and why did you give this quote?
- I write. I play computer games. I watch movies.
- I made it up as I went along. And yes, the map we are using for White Wolf was created by Dale Rippke, an American reader.
- What advice would you give to debut novelists to encourage them?
- With the successful completion of White Wolf whats the next project that your working on?
- Pagan/Kataskicana is a memerable character, have you ever thought about writing a novel based around Pagan or even just around the Opal Coast?
- Maybe. I have a soft spot for Bane and it might be that in some future time I will get an idea for a story.
- What hints would you like to drop about what we can expect from the project?
- I would only go for a another graphic novel if John Bolton was the artist. He does my UK covers and I think he's just about the best in the business. Which one? Waylander.
- I'll take a rain check on that one.
- When can we expect the follow up to Quest for lost heroes and what cataclysmic events the twins caused?
- Legend is often sited, by many fans, as thier favourite Gemmell novel, why do you think that this is?
- What attracted you to the story of Troy seeing as its been recreated so many times in so many different formats?
- Why write a trilogy around Troy and what are you doing to prevent a rework of a tale that already exists?
- With so many covers for Legend over the years, do you have a favourite and why is it?
- What novel or timeline (from your novels) would you most like to live in and why?
- Why retell the tale of Troy when so many have tackled it before?
- Yep, Druss is descended from Oshikai and Angel.
- I dont read fan fiction, for just that reason.
- My only goal right now IS to hit sixty. Almost all my dreams have already been achieved. All that can happen now is to get more of what I already have - or perhaps less.
- I have a signed copy of Stephen Pressfield's Gates of Fire, and 120 old Louis Lamour westerns, which I have been avidly re-reading these last few weeks.
- A great many of your novels have hidden stories behind them when they were being created, what is, if any the tale relating to "Knights of dark renown"?
- How would you say that your mood reflects in your writing, for example the first shannow novel was written at a personally hard time in your life?
- How on earth do you manage to create these worlds with all their history?
- What do you think of the two current literary phenomenons that are Harry Potter and the Da Vinci Code, and why do you think they are so popular?
- That question needs to be directed at someone independent who has read both works.
- Publishers send me manuscripts by new writers and ask whether I'd read them. Occasionally one will grab me. Deborah Miller's was one like that. Hence the cover quote.
- What would you recommend to anybody who wants to write fantasy, specially people who read your work and are inspired by it?
- With over thirty novels to your name how do you keep your characters so fresh and interesting?
- Schools are now being forced to cancel adventure holidays, because youngsters might get hurt rock climbing, or mountain walking, or kayaking.
- We need to rediscover the virtues of individual heroism.
- Which is what I said to the guy who suggested it.
- During the writing of "Fall of Kings" which, if any scenes, have been particularly difficult to write?
- How do you feel the completed book will be received and how do you think you will feel upon completion of the novel?
- Which of David's books is your own personal favourite?
- David never made it a secret how much he hated conducting research. How easy was it for you to immerse yourself into the ancient world?
- What do you think about DavidтАЩs fans reaction to his passing?
3) Anne McCaffrey has recently handed her Pern novels onto her son to continue, have you ever envisaged handing the mantle of your worlds onto someone else ie to sanction an official successor or is it something that you've ever thought about? Why do you think your answer to this?
Difficult question. I could, for example, be cut down by a stroke and be unable to write. There could be a point where the money ran out and a publisher came to my wife and said: 'Hey, we'll give you pots of cash to help with the medical bills.' I would hope she would rip it out of their hands in an instant.
4) With the option of writing a novel on troy was there a concious desicion to go with a less 'classic fantasy' style cover of Lord of the Silver Bow or was this to help sell the concept as a historical fantasy? In addition to that What finally decided you to sidestep genres to write a Historical Epic rather than a straight Fantasy take on the Troy tale?
The cover design is by John Bolton, who also does my fantasy covers. The thinking is that mainstream readers are put off by fantasy art, and so Silver Bow would have more chance in the main market if the cover looked 'classy'. In fact I love it. As to the historical tag... well, you have to laugh, dont you? Gemmell the fantasy writer moves into historicals. Really? By writing about a city that probably never existed - at least in the manner it was described by Homer -, and using characters from the greatest fantasy story ever written. There is almost no historical evidence about the customs, mores, thoughts and feelings of people in that period of the Bronze Age. We dont even know what currencies they used, or what languages they spoke. So to call Lord of the Silver Bow a historical is stretching it a bit. But many publishers find the 'fantasy' tag a turn off. Look at Harry Potter. Is this marketed as fantasy? Is it Hell! Young adult is what they call it. Magic, wizards, spells, but not fantasy. Yeah, right!
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