by Orna Ross | Sep 10, 2021 | Fiction |
Each Friday, I publish an extract from my work in progress, currently Dancing in the Wind, based on a true story about the controversial love triangle between WB Yeats, his longtime muse Maud Gonne, and her daughter Iseult. In this extract, letters exchanged by Maud...
by Orna Ross | Sep 5, 2021 | Poetry |
My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “Showerings” INTERPRETATION OF AN ANCIENT IRISH WEDDING BLESSING May the blessing of the soft rains be on your house. May they seep into its clay, that its flowers might spring, shedding sweetness on the air....
by Orna Ross | Sep 4, 2021 | Fiction |
I’m delighted that After the Rising & Before the Fall (Centenary Edition) was honoured as an award-winning finalist, in the family saga category of the 2021 American Fiction Awards. The American Fiction Awards program is a speciality book award focused on honouring...
by Orna Ross | Sep 1, 2021 | Fiction |
The After the Rising & Before the Fall blog tour begins today. For 10 days, 13 bloggers will be celebrating the release of my centenary edition of this two-books-in-one set and you can buy the book directly from me here. Here's the full tour schedule:...
by Orna Ross | Aug 29, 2021 | Poetry |
My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “Followings” Creatives grope through the dark drawn by the promise of dawn our way lit by the stars who smile on our stumbles know why we seek and love what our searching creates. To receive exclusive...
by Orna Ross | Aug 27, 2021 | Fiction |
Each Friday, I publish an extract from my work in progress, currently Dancing in the Wind, based on a true story about the controversial love triangle between WB Yeats, his longtime muse Maud Gonne, and her daughter Iseult. As three talented mavericks try to redeem...
by Orna Ross | Aug 26, 2021 | Poetry |
I'm making a change to my reader membership. From September 2021, each member will receive a short ebook from my writings of the month. For the poetry members, a chapbook of poems. For fiction membrs, a short story of novel extract. I'll send this benefit through...
by Orna Ross | Aug 22, 2021 | Poetry |
My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “The Miracle of Reading” Those who give are never alone And she had given over two great gifts: her attention and her imagination the great present of her presence. Those who receive are never alone and she...
by Orna Ross | Aug 20, 2021 | Fiction |
Each Friday, I publish an extract from my work in progress, currently Dancing in the Wind (Book 4 of the Yeats-Gonne series), based on a true story about the controversial love triangle between WB Yeats, his longtime muse Maud Gonne, and her daughter Iseult. As three...
by Orna Ross | Aug 15, 2021 | Poetry |
I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, I post the poem that has got the most Insta likes. If you’re on Instagram, let’s follow each other. You’ll find my account Orna Ross.poetry here....