PRAISE    FOR    ”LOVERS’ HOLLOW ” &   “A DANCE IN TIME”

  • “Beautifully realised… Ross is an evocative writer.” (Irish Times)
  • “Wild..gamey… John McGahern meets Maeve Binchy.” (Irish Independent)
  • “Crafted with the skill of a veteran…the suspense is built with perfection.” (RTE Guide)
  • “Infinitely rewarding…superb.”(BOOKBAG.CO.UK)
  • “A riveting story…vividly brought to life.” (EMIGRANT ONLINE)
  • “An incredible debut that will have the reader absolutely enthralled.” (BIBLIOFEMME)
  • “A Haunting Tale… a gripping story…brilliant.” (EVENING HERALD)

    • “”Welcome. I’m Orna Ross and I write novels and nonfiction – books, essays, features and, most recently, blogs and tweets.

    But mainly novels.

    That’s because I believe fiction is the highest artform.  That the lies of an invented story are, somehow, what take us closest to truth.

    This website brings my various activities under one cyber-roof, including information about my Creative Intelligence Courses in London. These are not just for writers, or artists, but for everyone who knows – or is coming to sense – that imagination is not the icing on life, but the oven in which it is baked.

    Writing & Publishing

    I know that many who find their way to this website are writers – some aspiring, some emerging, some experienced – so there’s a section on writing and publishing, drawing on the experience gained during my years as a writing mentor and literary agent.

    I write about acheiving agent representation and publication — but more and more about the other end of the process: the flashes, flux and flow of creative inspiration.

    Creative Intelligence

    The 21st century is witnessing a creative revolution, akin to the industrial revolution of the 19th century and the information revolution of the 20th. Honing our creative intelligence is now a requirement, not just for writers and artists, for everyone.

    Yet our schools, society and workplaces not only fail to foster creativity, they actively discourage it.  This can lead many creative people to experience their gifts and abilities as liabilities. The Creative Intelligence Blog and Creative Intelligence Courses are for those who want to deepen their understanding and experience of the creative process — not just in writing or in art — but in all of life.

    Details of the next Creative Intelligence Course in London: here

    Creative Intelligence Newsletter

    Want to give your CQ (creative intelligence quotient) a boost?  Then sign up to receive regular tips and updates, news, views and information through the regular Be Inspired Newsletter.   Those who sign up also receive a free, beautifully illustrated, 64-page e-book, Be Inspired: A Guided Meditation to Boost Creative Intelligence — for Writers, Artists and Everyone.

    Connection

    All the advice and opinion here is meant to be provisional, the starting point in a conversation.  I distrust dogmatism. I don’t believe in the Author as Oracle.  And the older I get, the less convinced I am by the sound of my own voice in my own ears.

    So I have no wish to raise my own practices into principles for others — only to make available what I have gathered in twenty years of following what I once heard a (very oracular!) writer describe as “the way of the word”.

    I hope you find something worthwhile to take away with you and do call back again – there’s always something new in the blog and your ideas and comments are very welcome .  You can email me here.

    Until then, whatever you’re creating…

    Be inspired :) .

    Orna