by Orna Ross | May 5, 2013 | FICTION |
Here's a sneak peek at the novel I'm working on now, The Pilgrim Soul. It's the first in a trilogy about love and loss, based around the lives of the poet, WB Yeats, and the mother and daughter he loved, Maud and Iseult Gonne. The time is Christmas Day, 1893 and WB,...
by Orna Ross | Mar 10, 2013 | Uncategorized |
It's Mothering Sunday in the UK, the fourth Sunday in Lent. On this side of the Atlantic, the celebration arises out of a Christian tradition. This is the day each year, Laetare Sunday, when people used to return to their “mother church”, the main church...
by Orna Ross | Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I broke my arm on holiday — and lots of other personals have taken over time during the past weeks — including a burglar who made off with my computer and work I hadn't backed up. So I'm just tuning in today to explain that I'm on an enforced go slow,...
by Orna Ross | Feb 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I've been doing my last ever read through of BLUE MERCY as I finalise it for the print-on-demand (POD) edition of the book. While doing so, I've been enjoying the reconnection with two of its major inspirations. One was a place — Laragh in County Wicklow,...
by Orna Ross | Jan 6, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Happy New Year! I wanted to say a huge , huge “Thank You!” if you bought one of my ebooks over the Reading Season (AKA Christmas holidays). You've helped to put the three novels into Amazon's Top 5 in the British and Irish fiction, drama category. Yes, all...