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Creativity is Everywhere but Where are You?

April 30, 2023April 20, 2022 by Orna Ross

As yesterday’s poem suggested, creativity is everywhere, touching every human life, every minute of every day. We feel this in … Read more

Categories Go Creative! Tags creative process, creativist, GoCreative

Friday Fiction. In The Hour First Chapter

February 15, 2022October 11, 2019 by Orna Ross
Prologue to In The Hour

Friday is Fiction day on the blog. Here is the prologue to In The Hour: The Third Book in the Irish Trilogy.

Categories Fiction Tags creative process, creative writing, Friday Fiction, irish author, Irish fiction, Orna Ross, writing

Friday Fiction: How To Self-Edit Book 1 of A Trilogy While Planning Book 2

April 30, 2023February 8, 2019 by Orna Ross
literary historical

Writing a trilogy is a massive undertaking and I’m at work on Book 2 of my Yeats trilogy, Dancing in … Read more

Categories Fiction, Miscellaneous Musings Tags Creative Business, creative practice, creative process, creative writing, creativism, Creativity, Friday Fiction, go creative, go creative in business, Orna Ross, writing

Friday Fiction: Work Has Started on In The Hour

February 15, 2022February 1, 2019 by Orna Ross
Incubation: The Second Stage in Writing a Book

I get a lot of emails asking about In The Hour, the final book in my Irish Trilogy. I’m pleased … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Creative Business, creative practice, creative process, creative writing, creativism, Creativity, Friday Fiction, go creative, go creative in business, Orna Ross, writing

This Week’s Create Date: Park Walking

February 24, 2022December 1, 2018 by Orna Ross
create date park-walking

On Saturdays, I write about my create-dates (one of the recommended Go Creative! flow practices, a date with yourself, doing … Read more

Categories Poetry Tags building your creativity, conscious creation, create date, create dates, creative, creative flow, creative practice, creative process, flow practice, go creative, Orna Ross

WB Yeats Was An Indie Author: The Publishing History of The Secret Rose

February 15, 2022November 30, 2018 by Orna Ross
wb yeats indie author

Independent (“indie”) authors, as defined by the Alliance of Independent Authors, are writers who also publish. An indie takes on the role of creative … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Creative Business, creative practice, creative process, creative writing, creativism, Creativity, Friday Fiction, go creative, go creative in business, Orna Ross, wb yeats, writing

“Just Do It”: Friday Fiction: 2018 Week 47

February 15, 2022November 23, 2018 by Orna Ross
Friday Fiction Just Do It

Friday fiction: Just Do It is an extract from After The Rising, my first novel and the first book in the Irish … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Creative Business, creative practice, creative process, creative writing, creativism, Creativity, Friday Fiction, go creative, go creative in business, Orna Ross, writing

“Just Be Yourself” Friday Fiction: 2018 Week 46

February 15, 2022November 16, 2018 by Orna Ross
friday fiction just be yourself

Friday fiction: Just Be Yourself is an extract from Below The Fall, the second book in the Irish trilogy. Jo … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Creative Business, creative living, creative practice, creative process, creative writing, creativism, Creativity, Friday Fiction, go creative, go creative in business, Just Be Yourself, Orna Ross, writing 1 Comment

Copy Connect Create

July 4, 2012 by Orna Ross

“The kernel, the soul – let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags creative process

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