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The Author Speaks: Anecdotes and Editing

A brief discussion on the difficulty in choosing what to keep or cut when writing a book based on fact.

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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 completion of the manuscript

The text is finally finished. After the torturous process of writing, editing, getting feedback, editing, editing, editing and editing, I now have a completed manuscript ready to be formatted for publishing. Having gotten quotes on printing, everything seems to be in a good position to begin formatting the book and preparing for pre-orders. This is […]

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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 secondary sources

A discussion of how the author used books to assist in his research and which texts were most useful to him.

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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 […]