Publishing in Book Form
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I am going to embark on writing a book. Memoirs of my time at the Westray Coal Mine in Plymouth Nova Scotia. And the aftermath. The cover-ups. The Lies. The mistakes I made in dealing with it. How I came to terms with the imperfect ending for me.
I have over last 4 years or so been tossing around what the ultimate message would be in writing this snapshot of my life. For a long time it was about proving that I was right and other were wrong. But I have decided that making this story just about retribution would cast me as petty and vindictive. I don’t think it would solve anything. Neither do I want to focus on fact I was left out of the list of witnesses that appeared at Richard’s Inquiry. For a long time I felt my voice unjustly silenced by faceless decision makers I have never met. It is funny but I now see it as a blessing. Appearing before that inquiry would taint me with same brush as those who did. I know and can prove that Trevor Eagles lied when he testified on last day. If had been allowed I would have been more than likely destroyed and torn apart. The fix was in and folks just wanted to get on with their lives. The people who lied would still be lying. Maybe telling the truth is too subversive and threatening and Justice Richard was throwing me a bone and doing me a favour. Looking back now if I had gone forward back then the people who know me would likely want to push just a bit further away.
I have a pretty good idea how how I want to structure it even if I have taken this short story on a ramble. Anyways seeing as it is 25 years and anniversaries seem to be great hooks for stories I was wondering if you folks publish in book form.
Regards
Rob
Here is a short piece that was in Magazine a couple years back. I did do a couple of speeches as well. Was told they were well received.
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Sounds like you’ve got a riveting story to tell, Rob!
You can publish your blog in book form. Here’s a link with the instructions: https://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/
Good luck!
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