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Friday Fiction

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

Dancing in the Wind Snippet: What of Love?

February 15, 2022July 30, 2021 by Orna Ross
AN UNEQUAL MARRIAGE

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags dancing in the wind, Friday Fiction, indie author, irish author, Orna Ross, yeats

Dancing in the Wind Snippet: A Chaste Kiss

February 15, 2022July 9, 2021 by Orna Ross
AN UNEQUAL MARRIAGE

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags dancing in the wind, Fiction Snippet, Friday Fiction, indie author, irish author, Irish fiction, Orna Ross, yeats

DANCING IN THE WIND NOTEBOOK DAY 53: Yeats Society Sligo Under Threat

February 15, 2022July 3, 2021 by Orna Ross
AN UNEQUAL MARRIAGE

I am a member of the Yeats Society Sligo and horrified to hear from Director Susan O’Keeffe today that its future … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Friday Fiction, indie author, irish author, Irish fiction, Orna Ross, yeats

Dancing in the Wind Snippet: OPEN YOUR EYES, WILLIE

February 15, 2022July 2, 2021 by Orna Ross
Dancing in the Wind Snippet: OPEN YOUR EYES, WILLIE

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags dancing in the wind, Friday Fiction, indie author, irish author, Orna Ross, yeats

DANCING IN THE WIND NOTEBOOK DAY 49: Best Fiction About the War of Independence

February 15, 2022June 28, 2021 by Orna Ross

The Irish Times has put together a list of the best fiction about the war of independence, which was reaching … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Fiction News, Friday Fiction, indie author, irish author, Irish fiction, Orna Ross

Dancing in the Wind Snippet: A War of Wits

February 15, 2022June 25, 2021 by Orna Ross
AN UNEQUAL MARRIAGE

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Friday Fiction, Gonne, indie author, irish author, Orna Ross, yeats

Dancing in the Wind Snippet: MAUD IS STUNG

February 15, 2022June 18, 2021 by Orna Ross
AN UNEQUAL MARRIAGE

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags dancing in the wind, Friday Fiction, Irish fiction, irish novelist, Maud Gonne, Orna Ross, wb yeats, yeats

Dancing in the Wind: Extract 9: PORTRAIT OF EZRA POUND 1

February 15, 2022April 30, 2021 by Orna Ross
Dancing in the Wind Snippet: OPEN YOUR EYES, WILLIE

  To receive exclusive extracts from this story and give feedback on where it should go next, join my fiction … Read more

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Dancing in the Wind: Extract 4: The Teller of the Tale

February 15, 2022February 12, 2021 by Orna Ross
Dancing in the Wind Snippet: OPEN YOUR EYES, WILLIE

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Friday Fiction, indie author, irish author, Orna Ross

Dancing in the Wind: Extract 3: Who is Rosie?

February 15, 2022February 5, 2021 by Orna Ross
Dancing in the Wind Snippet: OPEN YOUR EYES, WILLIE

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags creative writing, Friday Fiction, indie author, Orna Ross, writer, writing

Join my Reader Group and Help me Develop my new Novel: In The Hour

February 15, 2022September 23, 2020 by Orna Ross
IN THE HOUR:

Do you love fiction? Would you like to help shape my next novel, In the Hour? I now post short … Read more

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After The Rising & Before The Fall: Centenary Edition

February 15, 2022September 16, 2020 by Orna Ross

I’m reissuing my Irish novels in a centenary edition. It’s almost 100 years since the events they describe happened and … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Friday Fiction, irish author, Irish fiction, novel, Orna Ross

New Novel Writing Process for IN THE HOUR

February 15, 2022September 9, 2020 by Orna Ross
IN THE HOUR:

I am sooooo keen to get back to fiction, even though I’ve a lot of nonfiction projects still to finish. … Read more

Categories Fiction Tags Friday Fiction, irish author, Irish fiction, novel, Orna Ross

Friday Fiction: Iseult Gonne and Lucien Millevoye Take Tea

February 15, 2022February 28, 2020 by Orna Ross
Iseult Gonne and WB Yeats in Wartime London

Maud and Iseult Gonne are living in Normandy, taking refuge from the war in Paris, when they hear that John MacBride, Maud’s husband, has been executed. This leaves Maud frantic to get back to Ireland. She dispatches Iseult to London, to fetch their friend, the poet Willie Yeats.

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