by Orna Ross | May 20, 2022 | FICTION |
Fancy taking part in this historical fiction giveaway from The History Quill? Five great historical fiction writers (and me). Six paperback #histfic books, set in the 20th century (including one of mine). A single little sign up box to fill… and they could all...
by Orna Ross | May 6, 2022 | FICTION |
It's a busy month. We've agreed an offer on our house and so we will be packing up our home of twelve years and moving on At times like this, I've got to be really careful about protecting some writing and publishing time for my own projects. So I've brought in this...
by Orna Ross | Apr 29, 2022 | Gonne-Yeats Series |
This is an extract from the first book in my Yeats-Gonne series, A Life Before This One, a biographical fiction series about Maud Gonne, her daughter Iseult and the poet, WB Yeats. This extract introduces Honor Bright, a key character in the series, and the narrator...
by Orna Ross | Apr 15, 2022 | Gonne-Yeats Series |
This is an extract from the first book in my Yeats-Gonne series, A Life Before This One, a biographical fiction series about Maud Gonne, her daughter Iseult and the poet, WB Yeats. I’m aiming to have the novel out in June 2022. This extract introduces Maud Gonne and...
by Orna Ross | Mar 18, 2022 | FICTION |
Below is the beginning of a short story about a famous Irish love story, the story of Líadan and Cuirithir (pronounced phonetically in English Leeadawn and Coorihir). One of the most heartrending poems in the ancient Irish annals is “Comhrach Líadaine agas...
by Orna Ross | Mar 4, 2022 | FICTION |
A while ago, I came across an idea that has made an enormous difference to how I plan my novels: It's using haiku poetry to plan my novel, from the theme to the story beats of the outline. As I return to writing fiction for publication, I'm drawing on it again. And...