So the first full draft is finally done. It stands at 38 chapters and runs to approximately 131,000 words. No wonder it took 10 years to complete! But it was in between a multitude of other events and activities - and writing commitments - in life.
To those who have shared their stories of that tumultuous time in all our lives, thank you. Your contributions have certainly made the story of the pulp mill campaign a better one. I just have to hope a publisher will agree, and take it on, but realise there's a way to go before it's ready to submit to one.
Writing the final bits to a backdrop of another Tasmanian issue that's proving to be just as divisive and controversial has been strange and singularly depressing. Tasmania has obviously learned nothing from past campaigns. From dams to pulp mlls and now to a stadium Tasmanians are once again mired in controversy. Of more concern is the fact our political class has also learned nothing. The stadium nightmare continues to play out, and is likely to result in another state election just 15 or 16 months after the last one. - which was supposed to provide 'stable government'. In fact it did everything but and at the time of writing none of us know how it will all end - other than in tears. Certainly for many.
So while I've also been involved - at a distance - with that campaign - it won't be my story to tell, if and when it's over.
For now and for me, I'm basking in the knowledge I've actually written a book, unpublished though it is as yet.
Now it's time to tackle all the things that have been neglected for far too long. Starting with cleaning up my office! And weeding our garden!
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