Goodreads asked L.A. Pontes:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

L.A. Pontes Well, it wasn't really an idea, it was much more than that; It was a need, you know? Writing has always been like that for me. I guess for any true writer, it’s a necessity, a need.
This book wasn’t any different. It came from these deep feelings I had of my teenage, of my young adult age, which was very intense for me, very rich. And in many ways, unsolved, unresolved. So it all comes down to the feelings, you know? And then in the process of writing the book you have to rationalize a lot because a book is much more than just writing a note and you have to think of all the layers and its really a hard construction, it takes a lot of time and effort. Then goes the rationalization, but often interposed by these feelings that bring inspiration, that keeps the fire of the book going.

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