Goodreads asked Sergio Tinoco:

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

Sergio Tinoco I got the idea from my wife, Estela. About seven years ago when we had first starting dating, my wife had asked me how it was that I had ended up joining the Army. She had asked me because she herself had done four years in the Army and wanted to know my reasons. The first chapter of my book, “My road to Arms” is the actual email I had typed up for her at that time. After reading the email, she told me that I should consider writing. As time went by, she would periodically tell me that I should write about my life. I didn’t actually take her serious at the time, but then six years after that initial email—I followed her advice and wrote the book.

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