by Orna Ross | Nov 15, 2019 | FICTION |
I'm thinking of opening Dancing in the Wind with one of Maud Gonne's fiery political speeches. But my question is: Would you read on if this was what you found in the first pages of a novel? The question is addressed more to those who haven't read Book One, Her Secret...
by Orna Ross | Nov 9, 2018 | FICTION |
Excerpt from: Dancing In the Wind: Chapter 3 The story so far: Having rejected, and been rejected by, the poet WB Yeats, Maud Gonne has decided to marry another. In this extract, she breaks the news to her daughter Iseult, whom she has placed in a convent so she can...
by Orna Ross | Jul 10, 2018 | FICTION |
As you know, I've been writing a film script for a while, Dancing In The Wind, based on the strange love triangle between based on the true story of the love triangle between the illustrious Irish poet, WB (WILLIE) YEATS, his longtime inamorata and muse MAUD GONNE,...
by Orna Ross | Jan 2, 2017 | GO CREATIVE! |
What I do Send you copies of my books as I finish them, for you to read and hopefully enjoy. What You Do If you enjoy the book, you: Leave an honest review on Goodreads and your favorite online bookstore. It doesn’t have to be very in-depth, a couple of sentences and...
by Orna Ross | Nov 5, 2016 | FICTION |
On October 25th, which also happens to be the night the Man-Booker prize winner was announced this year, I won my own first prize as a novelist. It's not likely that you'll have heard of that award, for three reasons. It's an Irish prize, this is its first year in...