Goodreads asked Lara Ann Dominick:

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

Lara Ann Dominick The basic concept came to me years ago and I never did anything with it other than write a few disjointed chapters (none of which made it into the final version in their original form, if at all). Recently, with the overwhelming emotional toll of the Covid-19 pandemic, I began to think about the idea I'd cast aside, and the things that I felt still worked, things that didn't work, and the things I wanted to convey. I wanted to have a character study of two completely opposite women, but neither of whom would be a caricature of a female character or a Mary Sue. I wanted them to be interesting, neither all good or all evil, but very real women, strong, but who make mistakes, big and small. I wanted to convey the struggles that even strong women deal with in a society that still makes it HARD to be a woman. I wanted to touch on the anxiety, depression, isolation, and desperation that I felt while in quarantine, but in a way that is relatable to people struggling with mental illness even in day to day life. I wanted a romance to be a part of the story, but not to be the point. I wanted the women to run the show, even if they all envisioned and worked toward a different ending.

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