In 2007, my novel, THE PALE SURFACE OF THINGS, was published. The story was set on Crete, in and around Chania and the mountains behind it, and it required me to spend a joyous few weeks cris-crossing the mountains checking out the locations I wanted to use. The trip was to confirm information I gathered from 8 years of book-research. There is a lot written on Crete’s history up to and including the present time. I used it all, and loved doing it.
I returned to Crete one time after the book came out, in part because I was thinking of writing a sequel to PALE SURFACE. I’m still thinking about it, but it seems less likely now, since Greece’s economic troubles have turned all the patterns of city-dwelling and farming upside down from what they seemed in 2008 when I first thought about the sequel.
The book is 11 years old now, still available from Amazon. I’m not sure an independent bookseller can order it any more. I have copies of the first edition and will sell them (autographed!) for $10. Including free postage to US addresses. Amazon has the 2013 version which is print-on-demand and they charge $14.10. (I can’t autograph those.)
