by Orna Ross | Feb 15, 2019 | FICTION |
This is an extract from Dancing In The Wind, the second book in my WB Yeats trilogy. It is narrated by a working-class Irish Parisienne, Rosie. Iseult Gonne has been dispatched to London by her mother, Maud Gonne, to get her longtime friend and one-time suitor, WB...
by Orna Ross | Feb 12, 2019 | POETRY |
How does a creative entrepreneur balance passion and profit? Conventional business holds that putting emphasis on creativity and passion, mission and purpose is so many businesses fail. It suggests that those who think they can make a living doing what they love need...
by Orna Ross | Feb 10, 2019 | POETRY |
Our online Open Mic is Tuesday Next at 8pm. More details and register here. Today, I'll be Open Mic-ing too but at a live Open Mic event with Spoken Word London. This group is now very popular. It's one of the most egalitarian groups in London as all poets get five...
by Orna Ross | Feb 8, 2019 | FICTION, GO CREATIVE! |
Writing a trilogy is a massive undertaking and I'm at work on Book 2 of my Yeats trilogy, Dancing in the Wind (while continuing the incubation work on the final novel of my Irish trilogy, In the Hour.) That's the fiction fun around here at the moment. So how do you...
by Orna Ross | Feb 1, 2019 | FICTION |
I get a lot of emails asking about In The Hour, the final book in my Irish Trilogy. I'm pleased to say that work has started. It's in the earliest stage and I haven't put down a delivery date yet. I've learned through painful experience not to do that while I'm still...
by Orna Ross | Jan 27, 2019 | POETRY |
On my patreon page, I offer new poems exclusively to my patrons for three months. This three—month exclusivity period is now over for this poem, first published back in October 2018. It's called Oran Mór: The Great Song. The poem is a reworking of an ancient Irish...
by Orna Ross | Dec 2, 2018 | POETRY |
I run a Patreon page for my poetry, for poetry lovers and for those who want to support poetry in the world. This month's new poem on Patreon is The Long Memoried Sea. Te dah! You can read it over here. My Patreon page is also a way for those who have benefited from...
by Orna Ross | Dec 1, 2018 | POETRY |
On Saturdays, I write about my create-dates (one of the recommended Go Creative! flow practices, a date with yourself, doing something that feels totally like fun). This week I spent my create date park walking. And taking some photos of the beautiful autumn day. As a...
by Orna Ross | Nov 25, 2018 | POETRY |
I run a Patreon page for my poetry, where patrons get to be the first readers of my poetry and receive other bonus gifts and giveaways. Once a poem has been patron-only for 90 days, I can publish it here on my blog and in other places. This inspirational poem The Next...
by Orna Ross | Nov 23, 2018 | FICTION |
Friday fiction: Just Do It is an extract from After The Rising, my first novel and the first book in the Irish trilogy. Jo has left Ireland for London and is drinking too much and achieving too little. Something has to give, and in this extract it does. I’m in...