Fiction for Patrons: WB Yeats First Love Laura Armstrong
Enjoy this patron-exclusive extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which WB Yeats meets his first love, Laura Armstrong.
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Final Covers for my Yeats-Gonne Series Books 1-3: Open Fiction Post
I’ve updated the covers for my Yeats-Gonne Series Books 1-3, to reflect WB Yeats interest in ceremonial magic. Hope you like!
New Fiction for Patrons: WB Yeats Casts A Spell
Enjoy this patron-exclusive extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which WB Yeats casts a spell to the Norse goddess, Frigga, to win back his lady love
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My Maud Gonne and WB Yeats book has became a series. Open Post
Somehow, without my willing it, without my even wanting it, my book about Maud Gonne and WB Yeats has become … Read more
New Fiction for Patrons: Tommy’s Secret
Enjoy 'Tommy's Secret", an extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which our heroine takes a late night stroll and makes a startling discovery.
New Fiction for Patrons: Maud Gonne’s Dublin Castle Debut
Enjoy this extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which our heroine is faced with a dilemma at her coming out ball--shall she allow herself to be kissed by the old Viceroy, as is the custom... or cause a scandal and ruin her debut? And who is the mysterious "M" in Tommy's engagement book?
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New Fiction for Patrons: Maud Gonne Witnesses Her First Eviction
Enjoy this extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which Maud Gonne has her political awakening when she witness an Irish eviction and comes to some personally uncomfortable conclusions
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Maud Gonne’s Upbringing: Open Post
A fictionalised summary of Maud Gonne’s upbringing, based on extracts from, A Life Before, the first book in the Gonne-Yeats series by Orna Ross
New Fiction for Patrons: Professional Beauty
Enjoy this extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which Maud Gonne learns the arts of professional beauty from her great-aunt Mary and is in danger of a proposition from the Prince of Wales, much to her sister Kathleen's distress
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New Fiction for Patrons: W.B. Yeats Summons the Spirits
Enjoy this extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which WB Yeats tries to harness supernatural powers to win love by attending a séance... with disastrous consequences.
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Fiction Extract: The Artist’s Way
This is extract is from A Life Before, a prequel to Her Secret Rose, which I published some years ago--and which has now morphed into a series of seven books, the first of which will publish in October 2023. Fiction patrons enjoy an exclusive new extract each Friday... plus exclusives, discounts and a monthly update.
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Fiction: Extract from A Life Before: Yearnings
This is extract is from A Life Before, a prequel to Her Secret Rose, which I published some years ago--and which has now morphed into a series of seven books, the first of which will publish in October 2023. Fiction patrons enjoy an exclusive new extract by Orna Ross every Friday... and more. Sign up to support indie fiction and receive exclusives, discounts and a monthly news update.
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Fiction: Extract from A Life Before: Graignaspiddogue, the Hamlet of the Robins
This is the opening chapter from A Life Before, a prequel to Her Secret Rose, which I published some years ... Read more
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“If she had more religion she would have less morals”: WB Yeats on George Eliot
My favourite 20th century poet, W.B. Yeats, was not a fan of my favourite 19th century novelist, George Eliot. He ... Read more
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Fiction for Patrons: Extract from A Life Before: Introducing Rosy
This is the first chapter of A Life Before, in which the narrator Rosy Cross introduces herself and touches on ... Read more
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