A song about the execution of Ned Kelly.
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The Hanging of Ned Kelly
Category: The Author Speaks
Posts in this category are about the process of researching, writing, editing and publishing.
A discussion of how the author used books to assist in his research and which texts were most useful to him.
The light at the end of the tunnel approaches – but will we run out of steam?
A brief discussion on the use of symbolism in ‘Glenrowan’.
The core of the Glenrowan story is Ned Kelly. Everything that occurs is either directly or indirectly linked to him and his decisions. Naturally this should position him as the protagonist of the story, though protagonist usually implies that character is the “good guy”. As I’ve discovered, simplistic terms like “good”, “bad”, “hero”, or “villain” are just completely inadequate to describe someone as complex as Edward Kelly.
Aidan Phelan discusses the editing progress on the eve of ANZAC Day, 2020.
Extracts from Superintendent John Sadleir’s memoirs concerning the Glenrowan Siege and the events that led to it.
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 […]
Aidan Phelan discusses the challenge of working out what to keep in snd what to take out when adapting history into a narrative text.
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Why Glenrowan?
Where did the idea for the novel originate? What makes the story of the Glenrowan siege so compelling?
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