My Next Novel, A Life Before: Launching on Kickstarter in July
The launch of my epic Gonne-Yeats series is getting close. Seven years work is about to come together, with Book … Read more
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Non-patron blog posts open for all to read
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to You All! I hope you had a lovely festive time. Since coming back, I’ve been knee-deep … Read more
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Was WB Yeats an Indie Author? Yeats and Self-Publishing: Open Fiction Post
WB Yeats Was an Indie Author. Join me as I take a deep dive into Yeats’s Self-Published Books. This is an open post for all readers.
Poetry as Commemoration: London Irish Literary Society Event: Open Post
Join me as I take you through the London Irish Literary Society’s “Poetry as Commemoration” event at the stunning Fitzrovia Chapel in this open post for all.
Cover Reveal: A Life Before. Open Fiction Post
Here is the cover of A Life Before, the first book in the Gonne-Yeats series and a standalone novel in its own right. It tells the coming of age story of Maud Gonne and WB Yeats and introduces a host of fictional characters setting out on a remarkable story.
My Upcoming Book of Irish Poems: Open Poetry Post
Join me as I explore the captivating world of old, medieval Irish poetry in “My Irish Poems” journey of translation and interpretation.
How my Maud Gonne and WB Yeats book Became a Series. Open Fiction Post
Somehow, without my willing it, actually against my wanting it, my book about Maud Gonne and WB Yeats turned itself … Read more
Sinéad O’Connor: Fight the Real Enemy. Open Post.
Tuesday saw the funeral of that brave, beautiful, belligerent soul, Sinéad O’Connor. In Ireland we have a saying when a … Read more
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
Open Poetry Post. #IndiePoetryPlease Contest #14.
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 to English colonialism in Ireland.
#IndiePoetryPlease Contest: Home Place
Win ebooks and exposure! This week’s #PoetryContest is inspired by the hearth and heart – home. 🏡
The theme of this week’s #IndiePoetryPlease Contest: Home Place
#IndiePoetryPlease Contest Winner: Angel Santos
Please join me in congratulating this week’s #IndiePoetryPlease Contest Winner: Angel Santos (@instarflights65), and his winning entry – Anthropos 🏆