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Friday Fiction: The Life of Althea Gyles: Designer of The Secret Rose

July 24, 2022June 24, 2022 by Orna Ross
Althea Gyles designed Yeats book & portrait

Althea Gyles, the artist and writer who designed the cover of WB Yeats’s The Secret Rose (which I reproduced on my … Read more

Categories Historical Fiction Tags Fortune magazine

This Sunday’s poem of the week is: Go There

June 19, 2022 by Orna Ross
Poem “Go There” by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

Categories Poetry Tags indie poetry, inspirational poetry, poem of the week, Poetry, sunday poetry

Friday Fiction: “Sparks of light.” Novel Extract from A Life Before

July 24, 2022June 17, 2022 by Orna Ross
Maud Gonne as Caitlín ní Houlihán 1902

This is an extract from the first book in my Yeats-Gonne series, A Life Before This One, a biographical fiction series about … Read more

Categories Historical Fiction

This Sunday’s poem of the week is: Dream Cycle

June 12, 2022 by Orna Ross
Poem “Dream Cycle” by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

Categories Poetry Tags indie poetry, inspirational poetry, Orna Ross, poem of the week, poems, Poetry, sunday poetry

Friday Fiction: All things hurt, all things heal

August 25, 2022June 10, 2022 by Orna Ross
suffering and healing abstract art

I’ve been thinking a lot about hurting and healing lately — as I approach the end of the first draft … Read more

Categories Historical Fiction

This Sunday’s poem of the week is: Breakthrough

June 5, 2022 by Orna Ross
Poem “Breakthrough” by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

Categories Poetry Tags indie poet, indie poetry, inspirational poetry, Orna Ross, poem of the week, Poetry, sunday poetry

Isabella Pollexfen Varley: Artist and Aunt of WB Yeats

June 29, 2022June 3, 2022 by Orna Ross

One thing I love about writing historical fiction is doing the research. I often have to stop myself digging too … Read more

Categories Historical Fiction Tags dancing in the wind, Friday Fiction, indie author, irish author, Irish fiction, yeats

Friday Fiction: Extract from A Life Before This One-Introducing Rosy Cross

July 24, 2022May 30, 2022 by Orna Ross
A Life Before This One Extract

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

Categories Historical Fiction Tags historical fiction, indie author, Irish fiction 1 Comment

This Sunday’s poem of the week is: Your Story

May 29, 2022 by Orna Ross
Poem “Your Story” by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

Categories Poetry Tags indie poetry, inspirational poetry, poem of the week, Poetry, sunday poetry

Fiction Friday: Enter The History Quill’s Historical Fiction Giveaway

June 29, 2022May 20, 2022 by Orna Ross
historical fiction giveaway

Fancy taking part in this historical fiction giveaway from The History Quill? Five great historical fiction writers (and me). Six … Read more

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