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The Author Speaks: on the frustration of formatting

A brief update on the final stages of preparing the book for publishing.

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The Author Speaks: on the rapidly approaching deadline

A quick update on the progress of the book.

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The Author Speaks: on the completion of the transcript (for now)

A brief update on the progress of the novel.

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The Author Speaks: on adding the polishing touches

A brief update on the editing process, Aaron Sherritt and cover art.

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The Author Speaks: On “the wall”

A discussion about the difficulties that pose considerable setbacks in writing and editing.

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The Author Speaks: on progress (5 May, 2020)

The light at the end of the tunnel approaches – but will we run out of steam?

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The Author Speaks: “Glenrowan: the edit continues…”

Aidan Phelan discusses the editing progress on the eve of ANZAC Day, 2020.

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The Author Speaks: On Editing

Right now I’m in the process of doing my final edit of Glenrowan in preparation for publishing. I’ve lost count of how many edits I’ve done, but I think it’s at least three or four big edits since I completed the first draft of the whole book. It’s a very important and painstaking process. The […]

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The Author Speaks: on inclusion and exclusion

Aidan Phelan discusses the challenge of working out what to keep in snd what to take out when adapting history into a narrative text.