Goodreads asked Kirk DeMatas:

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

Kirk DeMatas I felt it was time for me to really push myself artistically as well as strive for some genuine, personal growth by pouring the pain of the past into my poetry. I also miss acting so I tried to get into the mindset of earlier versions of myself, as if I were playing a character, and then took those raw emotions and let them run wild in the poems. It was exhausting but I felt like I accomplished something.

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