by Orna Ross | May 24, 2023 | Go Creative! |
Please join me in congratulating this week's #IndiePoetryPlease Contest Winner: Ashe Kaye (@afkayewrites), and their winning entry – When the House Creaks 🏆 When the House Creaks I am Forget Me Not's and “honey, suckle on these hips” like...
by Orna Ross | Aug 1, 2022 | Go Creative! |
I'm taking some weeks away from the blog, and other activities, as we go through an upgrade here at Orna Ross Publications and also at the Alliance of Independent Authors, and then head off to beautiful Puglia, south Italy, for a holiday. Back on September 5th. If...
by Orna Ross | Mar 14, 2022 | Go Creative! |
I'm taking a bit of a blog break from now until Sunday 27th March 2022–heading off to the Canary Islands for some much-needed rest and relaxation. And posting is likely to be a bit sporadic after that, as we are launching ALLi's 10th-anniversary celebrations at...
by Orna Ross | Nov 27, 2021 | Go Creative! |
We're back! Sorry it all took a little longer than expected. No matter how “realistic” I try to be, my deadlines for large projects are invariably, like Samuel Johnson's said of remarriage, the triumph of hope over experience. But here we are. We're still...
by Orna Ross | Sep 24, 2021 | Go Creative! |
I am taking a blog break as I’m working on a new website that will launch here in November, together with a new podcast. The theme of website, blog and podcast will be “Exploring Histories & Mysteries”, with a closer focus on my fiction and poetry. I hope it...
by Orna Ross | Sep 16, 2021 | Go Creative! |
Do you write about environmental, eco, planetary themes… or follow a writer who does? Heads up about the Orna Ross Green Stories Novel Prize. I'm delighted to sponsor this prize, organized by Denise Baden at Southampton University, with a mission to create a...