Goodreads asked D.M. Shiro:

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

D.M. Shiro It's been a political and religious view brewing for a couple of years now. I tried sitting down and writing it out, even going so far as to put it down step-by-step, but it never came out. Some of the book is based on my own life, and regardless of my experiences it was hard to put that down into words. But when I started writing "The Grate", it just started to flow, no hesitation; going so far as to write 7 chapters per day. So, this book is a mixture of both.

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