by Orna Ross | Aug 25, 2023 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, FICTION, Gonne-Yeats Series |
Somehow, without my willing it, actually against my wanting it, my book about Maud Gonne and WB Yeats turned itself into a series. This huge, crazy, ambitious project has been going on so long it feels like a piece of historical fiction in itself! If all goes...
by Orna Ross | Aug 11, 2023 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, GO CREATIVE! |
Tuesday saw the funeral of that brave, beautiful, belligerent soul, Sinéad O'Connor. In Ireland we have a saying when a great person dies. “We'll never see their like again.” We need to see more like Sinéad O'Connor. For that to happen, we all need to see...
by Orna Ross | Jun 23, 2023 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, FICTION, Gonne-Yeats Series |
It was only partly true that the Gonne girls were brought up in France. They’d also lived at Howth and Donnybrook in Ireland, and for long spells with their English relatives in London, Richmond and Ascot. They’d spent summers in Switzerland and winters in Italy. And...
by Orna Ross | Jun 14, 2023 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, POETRY |
The theme of this week's #IndiePoetryPlease Contest: Brightness. Win ebooks and exposure! This week's #PoetryContest is inspired by Aisling (pronounced “ashling”), a famous Irish language form—a patriotic, dream-vision, political poem developed in response...
by Orna Ross | May 17, 2023 | - NON-PATRON POSTS |
The theme of this week's #IndiePoetryPlease Contest: Home Place. Win ebooks and exposure! This week's #PoetryContest is inspired by the hearth and heart – home. 🏡 HOW TO ENTER: Entry is free and couldn’t be easier (prize details below). To submit: 1....
by Orna Ross | May 10, 2023 | - NON-PATRON POSTS |
Please join me in congratulating this week's #IndiePoetryPlease Contest Winner: Angel Santos (@instarflights65), and his winning entry – Anthropos 🏆 Anthropos In the beginning Earth was already there darkness parted the deepest voids water split as...