Goodreads asked David B. Lentz:

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

David B. Lentz I have written several longer novels and find that the long form of meta-fiction can be liberating as it is less restricted by length, subject and literary style. So I wanted to experiment with the discipline of a shorter form and decided to take a closer look at the sonnet. Its traditional form is well defined as a love song of 14 lines with different rhyming schemes invented in the Middle Ages. I like the idea of writing on the subject of love to understand what I may have learned over time and people seem to enjoy reading about it. I also wondered if the sonnet form itself could be updated or possibly improved by new rhyming schemes and exploring the cadences of the 14 lines. I deeply believe that writers have a duty to the language to see if new forms of expression can enhance it for the writers who follow us. So I have written 27 new love sonnets and intend to write another 18: the book is entitled "Sonnets from New England: Love Songs" and it will publish in October.

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