New Fiction for Patrons: Maud Gonne’s Father’s Secret
Enjoy 'Maud Gonne's Father's Secret", an extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing July 2024, in which our heroine takes a late night stroll and makes a startling discovery.
Gonne-Yeats Series
about my Gonne-Yeats series: seven biographicals novels about the Irish poet WB Yeats and his mother-and-daughter muses, Maud and Iseult Gonne
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?
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Graignaspiddogue: A Setting in More Than A Muse
Graignaspiddogue: Hamlet of the Robins and a setting in the Gonne Yeats series, More Than A Muse. An exclusive extract for patrons.
“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
Friday Fiction: Changes to my Fiction Patronage
I have made changes to my fiction patronage, moving it off Patreon over here to my own website. If you’ve … Read more
Friday Fiction: Gonne-Yeats Novel Series Running Order
I’ve mapped out and finalized the Gonne-Yeats series running order. It’s going to be a seven-book series, with each book … Read more
Friday Fiction: Extract from Her Secret Rose-Introducing Rosy Cross
If you don’t already know, my Yeats-Gonne book Her Secret Rose (first published in 2015) has morphed into a Yeats-Gonne … Read more
“Honor Bright”: Extract from the novel A Life Before this One
This is an extract from the first book in my Yeats-Gonne series, A Life Before This One, a biographical fiction … Read more
“A Family, Together” Extract from the novel A Life Before This One
This is an extract from the first book in my Yeats-Gonne series, A Life Before This One, a biographical fiction … Read more