by Orna Ross | Oct 25, 2019 | FICTION |
I have done some shuffling on the fiction front and I'll be blogging Dancing in the Wind, Book Two in the Yeats-Gonne Trilogy here with weekly extracts in the Friday Fiction slot. I’ve already written this story as a film script, now as a novel. Actually two more...
by Orna Ross | Oct 22, 2019 | POETRY |
Practicing mindfulness, though they would never have called it that, is something that poets have always done. And poetry readers too. Reading mindfulness poetry requires as much creative attention and presence as writing it. I’d been writing for almost a decade...
by Orna Ross | Oct 13, 2019 | POETRY |
My new inspirational poetry book, Allowing Now, which launches on the 25th of October, is a selection of mindfulness poetry. “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,” Alexander Pope said in his great poem about poetry writing and publishing back in 1711. I’m no...
by Orna Ross | Oct 11, 2019 | FICTION |
Below is the opening of “In The Hour”, my next novel. It is the third book in my Irish Trilogy. For more details on the first two books, After The Rising and Before the Fall, see below. If you ever visit Wexford town and travel along the quays from the...
by Orna Ross | Oct 6, 2019 | POETRY |
Would you like a free poetry book? I’ve just changed my offering to poetry subscribers to my website. Sign up for a free poetry book here. I read and write all kinds of poems but I love most the genre called “Inspirational”. My brand of inspirational poetry is not...
by Orna Ross | Oct 1, 2019 | POETRY |
This is a guide to poetry pamphlet competitions for indie poets. Some allow entrants from international poets; others are limited by territory. Please check the rules of the individual competitions. UK Unpublished Poetry Pamphlet Competitions: Mslexia...
by Orna Ross | Sep 29, 2019 | POETRY |
Today’s poem, Pteronophobia, was inspired by a trip to Matthew’s Yard in Croydon, where my daughter lives. This creative hub is home to the first fully crowd-funded theatre in the UK, a successful art gallery, showcasing the work of emerging local artists and...
by Orna Ross | Sep 22, 2019 | POETRY |
New Poem Reveal: The Rest of Our Being As well as books and other bonuses, my patrons get exclusive poetry hot off the creative presses, a full three months before anyone else gets to read or hear it. This week's poem, The Rest of Our Being, was originally published...
by Orna Ross | Sep 1, 2019 | POETRY |
This post is about September's exclusive Patreon poem for patrons: Turning Point. It is another adaptation of an ancient Irish blessing poem. I'm creating a series of these blessing poems, that I'll collect into a book soon. This poem is dedicated to my dear friend...
by Orna Ross | Aug 30, 2019 | FICTION |
I just dispatched my Life in Fiction Newsletter September 2019. Are you signed up to receive it? For a long time I defined myself as a novelist but for the past couple of years, I've been concentrating on nonfiction and poetry. It feels good to be back in the land of...