by Orna Ross | Nov 22, 2019 | Fiction |
This is a scene reimagining the execution of John MacBride, Maud Gonne's husband, for his part in the 1916 Rising. His death was to change life for Maud and Iseult forever. Last Friday, I wondered whether to open the novel with one of Maud's fiery political speeches....
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 | Oct 25, 2019 | Fiction |
I have done some shuffling on the fiction front and I'll be blogging Dancing in the Wind, Book Two in the Yeats-Gonne Trilogy here with weekly extracts in the Friday Fiction slot. I’ve already written this story as a film script, now as a novel. Actually two more...
by Orna Ross | Oct 11, 2019 | Fiction |
Below is the opening of “In The Hour”, my next novel. It is the third book in my Irish Trilogy. For more details on the first two books, After The Rising and Before the Fall, see below. If you ever visit Wexford town and travel along the quays from the...
by Orna Ross | Aug 30, 2019 | Fiction |
I just dispatched my Life in Fiction Newsletter September 2019. Are you signed up to receive it? For a long time I defined myself as a novelist but for the past couple of years, I've been concentrating on nonfiction and poetry. It feels good to be back in the land of...
by Orna Ross | Mar 8, 2019 | Fiction |
I thought you might enjoy this selection from an in-depth interview I've just done with author Regina Joyce Clarke. The full article, which also discusses background, influences, poetry, creative advice and self-publishing can be found on Medium.com. The extract...