Goodreads asked Eric Witchey:

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

Eric Witchey Bull's Labyrinth, a novel that will be available from IFD Publishing in 2015, was inspired by experiences I had while teaching a ten day intensive creative writing seminar on the Island of Crete. Several images seemed to embed themselves in mind and heart. One was an image in a restored mural in the ruins of Knosos. Another was the enigmatic Phaistos Disk, which was on display in the museum of Heraklion. Another was a classically beautiful, Greek woman I was privileged to chat with for a while. These, and other images blended with mythology to become the story of lovers cursed to live out life after life knowing they love one another and never being able to be together. I find it particularly interesting that when I first composed the book, the Phaistos Disk had no translation. Now, a partial translation exists, and it still works in the story. The universe is strange and wonderful.

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